MDA Leadership Consulting

Despite the highly publicized focus on promoting DEI in the workplace, emerging evidence suggests that while progress has been made, the "moment" may have begun to pass, and many organizations have since turned their attention to other initiatives. On November 13th, join MDA Leadership as Children’s Minnesota and Thrivent Financial share how they have taken a practical, holistic perspective to infuse DEI into all aspects of HR, keeping up the momentum and making it a differentiator for their business and work culture. https://bit.ly/3YqW2ot

[Last Call!] The stakes are high when you are a new executive at any organization, yet especially in a CEO or C-suite role. How do you select your team, align with key stakeholders, maintain a strong pace, and create immediate value? Join MDA Leadership and CEO Holly Cooper of Altumint in a candid conversation to learn how you can best support your top executives, help them achieve peak performance, and accelerate growth. https://bit.ly/3N6DvYd #PeakPerformance #ExecutiveLeadership

Are your organization’s executives equipped to be successful in their roles? What value and impact can you expect from executive assessment and coaching? Join MDA and CEO Holly Cooper of Altumint on October 24th for a conversation about the transformational development experience that has helped fuel the company’s high performance. https://bit.ly/3N6DvYd #PeakPerformance #ExecutiveLeadership

Once you assess executives to place them in key roles, how do you leverage those insights to help them achieve peak performance? Join MDA and CEO Holly Cooper of Altumint for a webinar on October 24th that explores the value and impact of executive assessment and coaching on leadership and business performance. https://bit.ly/3N6DvYd #PeakPerformance #ExecutiveLeadership

The stakes are high when you are a new executive at any organization, yet especially in a CEO or C-suite role. How do you select your team, align with key stakeholders, maintain a strong pace, and create immediate value? Join MDA Leadership and CEO Holly Cooper of Altumint in a candid conversation to learn how you can best support your top executives, help them achieve peak performance, and accelerate growth. https://bit.ly/3N6DvYd #PeakPerformance #ExecutiveLeadership

It was an incredible evening in the Twin Cities! The PEER 150 regional dinner hosted by MDA Leadership brought together 100 HR leaders for a night of networking and compelling content on Driving Business Transformation Through Better Leadership. MDA’s Sharon Sackett shared critical insights from our recent CEO research and we learned how Valerie Johnson of Marvin Windows, John "JP" Patterson of Macy’s, Inc., Carrie Guthrie of Polaris, and Kelly Baker of Thrivent Financial are leading their organizations into the future. Thank you to all who joined us and contributed to the conversation. We can’t wait to continue the discussion!

Exciting News at MDA Leadership! We are thrilled to announce that Ellie Jeffers Hall, MA, PCC has joined MDA Leadership as Vice President of Executive Coaching! 🎉 Ellie is a trusted advisor, strategy driver, and thought leader with an outstanding track record of providing high quality delivery across mid- and executive-level leadership. Her 35 years of expertise spans executive coaching, leadership development design, coaching, senior-level team facilitation, innovation leadership, and culture change. Ellie loves partnering with the leaders and clients she serves to drive transformational growth. https://lnkd.in/guZX7asV Please join us in welcoming Ellie to the team! We are excited about the future and the incredible impact she will have on MDA Leadership and our clients. 

Exciting News at MDA Leadership! We are thrilled to welcome two outstanding professionals to our Client Development Team! 🎉 Aldon Severson, PMP has been promoted to Director of Client Development after his tenure as Practice Operations Manager. With a reputation for delivering gold standard service, Aldon will partner with clients to architect solutions that address their most critical business and talent challenges. Aldon loves to connect people, ideas, and data to accelerate enterprise talent and change initiatives. https://lnkd.in/gBNa_-mc 🎉 Brian Carpenter is joining us as a Director of Client Development, bringing 10+ years of talent solutions expertise. He is passionate about helping C-level and HR executives align their business initiatives with powerful talent solutions that make a difference. Described as client obsessed, Carpenter prides himself on delivering high-touch service and loves nothing more than working with organizations to deliver business impact. https://lnkd.in/gpB2RsjY Please join us in welcoming Aldon and Brian to the team! We are excited about the future and the contributions they will make to MDA Leadership and our clients. #Welcome #NewTeamMembers #ClientDevelopment 

“Coaching works best when it is designed to be more aspirational,” says Sean Allen, MBA, MS Finance, Ph.D., SVP of Strategy and Talent Solutions at MDA Leadership, during a recent From Day One’s panel discussion, Conscious Coaching: Guiding and Recognizing Talent with a Holistic Approach. ICYMI, check out this article recapping the session, including Sean’s best practices for coaching and how investing in your leaders will create change champions for your organization. https://bit.ly/463ONFl #FromDayOne2024 #ConsciousCoaching

[Last Call!] MDA Leadership is proud to have partnered with Children’s Minnesota to bring their Leadership Academy to life—a world-class leadership development experience designed to accelerate leader readiness and cultivate collaboration across boundaries. Please join Children’s Minnesota on Thursday, May 30th to hear them tell their development story and the strategies being implemented to ensure future-fit leadership. Register today! https://bit.ly/3KdQrKe #LeadershipDevelopment #LeadersInHealthcare