Who We Are and How We Work
We are The Change Leader, a higher education consulting firm dedicated to transforming institutions of higher learning for sustainable success.
We know that changing isn’t easy – if it were, you would have done it already. That is why we approach your challenges holistically, taking into account your culture, values, and history – the things that make your institution unique and special – and help you build a shared vision that can be implemented without resistance to change. Our holistic approach has driven more than $500 million in results to our clients’ bottom line, with value being added daily.
Whether it be board or shared governance issues, resistance to change, an inability of leaders to implement critical changes, overcoming crises, accreditation problems, or a need to merge with another institution, The Change Leader will get your college or university on the right track, just as we’ve helped many others in our 20+ years of higher education strategic management consulting.
Our Clients
The Change Leader higher education consulting firm, has a broad list of clients from the higher education industry.
The following is a representative list of our clients from private, public, and Christian colleges and universities.
- Dine College
- Jubilee College
- Troy University
- Western Michigan University
- The Master’s University and Seminary
- Southeast Missouri State University
- Grand Valley State University
- Elmezzi Graduate School of Molecular Medicine
- Apex College of Veterinary Medicine
- Ocean County College
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- King Abdulaziz University
- King Saud University
- Chapman University
- Southern California University of Health Sciences
- Trident University
Clients Beyond Higher Education
In addition to consulting to higher education colleges and universities, The Change Leader has worked and consulted with multiple industries, including:
- Research Triangle Park Foundation of North Carolina
- Los Angeles Unified School District
- Fortune 500 companies such as Dell Computer and DuPont
- High-tech startups
- Nonprofits, including the US standards body for management consultants
- Professional associations, including the American Board of Orthodontics and the Tennessee Dental Association
- Military organizations such as the US Air Force Reserve and the US Navy
- NGOs, including the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Why We Became The Change Leader - A Higher Education Consulting Firm
The Change Leader higher education consulting firm was born out of its founders’ deep love for higher education and an understanding that higher education is undergoing (and needs) deep change.
Our consulting team has walked in your shoes and lived through the challenges that you face. We know that the very thing that makes your institution special is also what makes it vulnerable: your goals and vision are not directed inward, and your motivation is not for immediate profit. Instead, you focus your efforts outward with the goal of improving society as a whole.
We see things through a different lens.
Bottom line, we have the expertise, proven skills, and tools you need to manage, strengthen, and build your institution, allowing you to spend less time in crisis management and compliance and more time leading your people, driving growth, and ensuring vitality and financial health into the next decade.
