Leadership Advisor
WHEN THE WAY YOUR LEADERSHIP TEAM HAS BEEN OPERATING NO LONGER SUPPORTS WHERE THE BUSINESS NEEDS TO GO NEXT.
I design and facilitate leadership offsites that help teams recognize the hidden assumptions and patterns shaping how they think, decide, and work together.
THE PROBLEM
THE BUSINESS HAS CHANGED. THE WAY THE TEAM LEADS MAY NEED TO CHANGE WITH IT.
A leadership team may know that something isn’t working. Decisions keep escalating to the same few people. Responsibilities are unclear. Important conversations are being avoided. Friction is slowing progress. Or the company has entered a new phase, but the team is still operating in ways shaped by an earlier one.
These may look like separate problems. Often, they are connected by underlying assumptions, habits, and leadership patterns that are difficult to recognize from inside the team.
Until those patterns become visible, the team can keep addressing the same problems without changing what is recreating them.
“Ginna helped us see things that we could not see ourselves.”
— Dana, Snyder Diamond
HOW I WORK
WE START BY EXAMINING HOW YOU’RE THINKING ABOUT THE PROBLEM.
Metacognition is the ability to step back and examine our own thinking—to question assumptions, consider other perspectives, and recognize how our thinking shapes our decisions, behavior, and impact.
Through guided inquiry, assessment, reflection, and facilitated conversation, I gather multiple perspectives and listen for the connections and recurring dynamics that may be difficult to see or name from inside the situation.
By asking questions that reveal what may be missing, I help leaders and teams challenge familiar interpretations, understand how they may be contributing to the problem, and discover new possibilities for how they can respond.
The goal isn’t to tell you what to think. It’s to strengthen your ability to examine how you think—so you can lead with greater clarity, choice, and intention.
HOW LEADERS AND TEAMS WORK WITH ME
LEADERSHIP TEAM OFFSITE
A CUSTOMIZED ONE- OR TWO-DAY EXPERIENCE DESIGNED TO HELP LEADERSHIP TEAMS EXAMINE HOW THEY THINK, DECIDE, AND WORK TOGETHER.
Each offsite begins with thoughtful preparation to understand the team’s goals, perspectives, and most important challenges. Depending on what the work calls for, this may include individual leadership conversations and assessments.
Through facilitated conversation, guided inquiry, and experiential exercises, we surface the assumptions and recurring patterns shaping how the team communicates, makes decisions, handles pressure, and shares responsibility.
The team leaves with a clearer understanding of what is happening, shared commitments for working differently, and a practical process for carrying the work forward.
"Thank you so much for your leadership, empathy and collaboration in helping us better understand and harness the power of our energy."
—Leadership Team, Pfizer
90-DAY LEADERSHIP INTEGRATION
An offsite can make something important visible. The real test begins when the team returns to the pressures of daily work.
This three-month engagement helps leadership teams apply what they discovered, work through the patterns that reappear, and strengthen their ability to think, decide, and lead together—without transferring responsibility for execution to an outside advisor.
LEADERSHIP INSIGHT SESSION
A FOCUSED ONE-ON-ONE EXPERIENCE FOR LEADERS WHO WANT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT IS SHAPING HOW THEY THINK, RESPOND, AND LEAD.
Using the Energy Leadership Index assessment as a starting point, we examine the perspectives, assumptions, and recurring patterns influencing your leadership—especially under pressure. You leave with greater clarity about what may be shaping a current challenge and a more intentional way to approach what comes next.
The Shift
"Ginna has helped us see things that we could not see ourselves."
— Dana, Snyder Diamond
"Before working with Ginna, my business was running me—not the other way around. Today, I'm leading my business in a way that works for me."
— Kelly, KVID
"The magic of working with Ginna is that she asks the important questions that we don't take the time to ask ourselves."
—Kaveri Singh, Artist
Leadership begins with perspective.
Lasting leadership change happens through practice.
If you’re ready to understand what is shaping the way your team leads—and practice new ways of working together—I’d love to help.
Leadership isn't about carrying more.
It's about leading more intentionally.
“Before you lead others, learn to recognize what is leading you.
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~Ginna Christensen