Who we are

We know leadership because we've lived it

We've led organizations ourselves, so we know that the hardest challenges rarely have a single cause. We start by understanding your organization, bringing together different perspectives to help you see the whole picture, make confident decisions, and move forward.

The leadership

The founders

Roz Cohen, PhD

Founder, Chief Executive Officer

Translates doctoral research on inclusive leadership into models that improve engagement and retention.
Applies cross-industry experience to distinguish standard practice from genuine organizational risk.
Connects culture strategy to measurable business outcomes.

25+ year corporate HR executive. PhD, Leadership & Change. Author of The Engagement Dilemma.

Debra DeFrancesco

Founder, Chief Operating Officer

Brings 25+ years of leadership experience connecting business decisions with the realities of people and work.
Identifies where roles, processes, and management practices are limiting organizational performance.
Works alongside leaders and teams to build practical solutions they can sustain.

Amalia Egri Freedman

Founder, Chief Strategy Officer

Brings a systems perspective to connect people, processes, and priorities for greater organizational impact.
Builds leadership capacity to navigate change with clarity, trust, and shared ownership.
Turns strategy into action by creating clear priorities, strong structures, and accountability.

Our foundation

What we believe informs what we do

We strengthen organizations while solving problems.
Every engagement should leave an organization more capable than when we arrived. We build leadership, systems, and organizational capacity that support long-term success. We equip leaders with practical tools, shared approaches, and repeatable practices that become the way the organization works. Our work is measured by the strength we leave behind.
We uncover the right answers together.
Every organization is unique. We combine deep inquiry, diverse perspectives, and practical experience to develop solutions tailored to your people, culture, and goals.
We connect strategy to execution.
Strategies that can't be implemented are just notes on a whiteboard. We help organizations translate vision into action by aligning priorities, decision-making, and accountability.
We design solutions that consider the whole organization.
Leadership, culture, operations, and organizational structure are interconnected. Lasting change requires understanding how the pieces work together. We design solutions that strengthen the whole organization, not just individual units or functions.

Our collaborative partners

The right expertise for every challenge

We build each engagement around our client's needs, drawing on a trusted network of experienced partners to bring the right expertise to every challenge.

Who we serve

Companies at critical inflection points

We work with small and mid-sized companies at critical inflection points, from rapid growth and M&A to leadership transitions, restructuring, and succession planning.

Whether you're pursuing an opportunity or responding to a challenge, we help align strategy, leadership, and operations for what comes next.