Leadership Advisor
I help leaders and their teams strengthen metacognition to improve critical thinking, decision-making, and how they work together.
How we think shapes how we lead. And under pressure, we rarely stop to examine the perspectives and assumptions driving our decisions, behavior, and impact.
THE PROBLEM
YOU’RE NOT SEEING THE WHOLE PICTURE.
Leaders and teams often know what isn’t working: recurring friction, lack of ownership, communication breakdowns, or decisions that keep escalating to the same few people.
Those problems are real. But they may not be the whole problem.
The way we interpret what’s happening shapes how we respond to it. Assumptions become facts. Familiar perspectives go unquestioned. And under pressure, we rely even more heavily on familiar ways of thinking and behaving.
That can look like:
moving so quickly that the team loses connection and clarity
maintaining such high standards that excellence becomes control
carrying so much responsibility that others stop taking ownership
assuming we understand someone else’s motives rather than questioning our interpretation
These responses often grow from qualities that contribute to success. But they can also contribute to the very problems leaders are trying to solve.
Over time, ownership decreases, candor disappears, friction slows execution, and the organization becomes increasingly dependent on a few people.
The challenge is that it’s difficult to examine our thinking while we’re inside it.
Sometimes solving the visible problem requires examining the perspective from which we’re trying to solve it.
That’s where our work begins.
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 help leaders and teams apply this capacity to the real challenges they’re facing.
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
THE WORK STARTS WITH THE CHALLENGE YOU’RE FACING.
Some organizations bring me in to help a leadership team work through a specific challenge or strengthen how they work together. Others engage me to support an individual leader navigating complexity, change, or increasing responsibility.
The work is shaped around what you need—not a predetermined program or methodology.
LEADERSHIP TEAM INSIGHT
A ONE- OR TWO-DAY FACILITATED ENGAGEMENT DESIGNED TO HELP LEADERSHIP TEAMS EXAMINE HOW THEY THINK, DECIDE, AND WORK TOGETHER.
Designed around the team’s specific challenges and goals, the engagement combines the Energy Leadership Index (ELI) assessment with facilitated conversation, guided inquiry, and experiential exercises to examine the perspectives, assumptions, and patterns shaping how the team operates.
Teams leave with greater clarity, shared leadership commitments, and a practical tool for integrating what they’ve learned into how they work and lead.
ONGOING LEADERSHIP ADVISORY
CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR LEADERSHIP TEAMS THAT WANT TO BUILD ON THE WORK.
For teams that want continued support after an offsite, Leadership Advisory provides an opportunity to put what we uncovered into practice, revisit commitments, work through new challenges, and continue strengthening how the team thinks, decides, and leads together.
The goal is to build the team’s capacity—not its dependence on an outside advisor.
INDIVIDUAL LEADERSHIP INSIGHT INTENSIVE
Not every leader is ready to bring their team.
For founders and executives who want to begin by understanding the patterns shaping how they lead before bringing that work into their teams.
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
"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
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