Get to the Root Cause
Team dysfunction often results from a number of behaviors that have been unconsciously normalized within the group. As an organizational anthropologist, I leverage a mix of qualitative and quantitative research methods to identify the most significant barriers driving dysfunction and create highly impactful solutions to change the culture.
The results:
Leaders navigate organizational changes more fluidly and successfully.
Significant increases in team Trust.
Leaders spend less time dealing with bickering.
Reduced cross-cultural friction.
Ongoing Strategic Partnerships
Let’s dive into the challenges on your team and develop a game plan to address the dysfunction.
The Situation
Your managers are navigating internal transformations while simultaneously managing team burnout and disengagement. You're seeing worrying indicators such as turnover, absenteeism, conflict, and resistance to change. Worse, the People Ops team is stretched thin and lacks the bandwidth or specialized framework to address the root cause.
How Cultivate Empathy Can Help
Organizational Anthropology: a research lens most consultants don't have.
Certified Emotional Intelligence Coach with 25+ years inside healthcare, academia, and technology organizations
I've led teams, managed transformations, directed culture shifts, and experienced change fatigue firsthand. I teach from the inside out.
McKinsey named empathy as one of the only skills AI will never replicate. This work is built for exactly the moment we're in.
Strategy Calls
Price
Team Workshops
Essentials
$2,500/mo
2x Monthly
n/a
n/a
Growth
$4,000/mo
4x Monthly
One Culture
Quarterly
Transformation
SOW-Based
Weekly
Entire Organization
2x Monthly
Let's talk through what's happening on your team and what support you need.
No pressure, no pitch, just a conversation.
Leadership Consulting for the Age of AI
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I’m an Organizational Anthropologist and Certified Emotional Intelligence Coach with more than 25 years of experience leading businesses across technology, academia, and healthcare. My unique lens will help you understand why humans do what they do, and provide powerful programs that drive lasting improvements.
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Achieving the benefits of AI while managing a workforce that is increasingly burned out, anxious, and resistant to change is a massive challenge. Instead of addressing the symptoms, we focus on building the systems and culture to drive the right outcomes.
The consultation engagements with the highest impact include a Culture Assessment
Phase 1: Establish a Baseline
Before anything can change, you need an honest picture of where you are.
Using a proprietary blend of qualitative and quantitative research methods, including structured interviews, behavioral observation, sentiment analysis, and validated assessment tools.
Phase 2: Activate Culture Catalysts
Top-down cultural change will break down. Sticky cultural change comes from the inside out.
Research consistently shows that leaders cannot shift a team's behavioral norms on their own. But a small number of well-positioned, well-equipped peers can. Cultivate Empathy identifies and develops these Culture Catalysts: the individuals within your team whose relationships, credibility, and influence uniquely position them to model and normalize new behaviors.
Phase 3: Measure and Sustain
What gets measured gets changed. What gets named gets normalized.
Organizational culture change is not a one-time event. Change is a consistent, persistent shift in the gravitational field of your team. Phase 3 ensures that the changes take root, tracks their impact over time, and provides leadership with the data they need to demonstrate ROI.
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I work with organizations and leaders who care about their people. My clients are often grappling with rapidly changing employee sentiment, high attrition, or have not yet reached the expected benefits of AI adoption.
Client Reviews
“Candice provided great insight on how to create a highly Emotionally intelligent, inclusive culture in the workplace. She guided us through different ways to identify, create belonging, and improve situations. She helped us to develop these skills through learning and practice. These tools will be valuable for our members as we return back to the workplace in the near future and also in everyday life situations!”
Global Market Access LeaderMitra C.
“Candice provided me with great insights to continue to motivate my teams and create an inclusive environment. She gave us a list of resources and key areas to hit to create an inclusive culture within our teams. She really helped me to identify any gaps I have and to improve. I would recommend her to anyone.”
Business Strategy and Operations Leader