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Executive Advising.
Executive Advising.
QIMA works with founders, boards, executives, and institutions at moments of transition, pressure, or ambiguity. We clarify what is happening, identify the decisions that must be made, and design the structure needed to move forward.
QIMA works with founders, boards, executives, and institutions at moments of transition, pressure, or ambiguity. We clarify what is happening, identify the decisions that must be made, and design the structure needed to move forward.
Engagements often center on leadership transitions, board and executive alignment, organizational restructuring, mergers or closures, institutional conflict, strategic decision-making, and complex cultural or public initiatives.
Engagements often center on leadership transitions, board and executive alignment, organizational restructuring, mergers or closures, institutional conflict, strategic decision-making, and complex cultural or public initiatives.
Where We Enter
Where We Enter
Where We Enter
Organizational Moments
Organizational Moments
Leadership and executive transitions
Board and executive team alignment
Board development and onboarding
Organizational restructuring
Mergers, closures, and strategic resets
Institutional conflict and ambiguity
Complex cultural and public projects
Leadership and executive transitions
Board and executive team alignment
Board development and onboarding
Organizational restructuring
Mergers, closures, and strategic resets
Institutional conflict and ambiguity
Complex cultural and public projects
Leadership and executive transitions
Board and executive team alignment
Board development and onboarding
Organizational restructuring
Mergers, closures, and strategic resets
Institutional conflict and ambiguity
Complex cultural and public projects
Ways We Engage
Ways We Engage
Listening sessions and strategic diagnosis
Stakeholder conversations
Retreat and meeting design
Facilitation of consequential conversations
Strategic and transition planning
Project or program design
Roadmap and implementation design
Listening sessions and strategic diagnosis
Stakeholder conversations
Retreat and meeting design
Facilitation of consequential conversations
Strategic and transition planning
Project or program design
Roadmap and implementation design
Listening sessions and strategic diagnosis
Stakeholder conversations
Retreat and meeting design
Facilitation of consequential conversations
Strategic and transition planning
Project or program design
Roadmap and implementation design


Olivetti Leadership Institute, Ivrea, Italy 2022
Within an Engagement.
Within an Engagement.
QIMA does not begin with a predetermined solution or another generic strategic plan. We begin by understanding the system, locating the real decision, and designing a process the organization can actually carry.
QIMA does not begin with a predetermined solution or another generic strategic plan. We begin by understanding the system, locating the real decision, and designing a process the organization can actually carry.
Diagnose.
Diagnose.
Listen across leadership, staff, boards, and partners
Clarify what is happening beneath the presenting problem
Identify what is blocked, unresolved, or at risk
Map authority, stakeholders, and competing commitments
Listen across leadership, staff, boards, and partners
Clarify what is happening beneath the presenting problem
Identify what is blocked, unresolved, or at risk
Map authority, stakeholders, and competing commitments
Decide & Design.
Decide & Design.
Name the consequential decision
Determine who must be involved
Establish criteria, boundaries, and responsibilities
Sequence what must happen now, next, and later
Name the consequential decision
Determine who must be involved
Establish criteria, boundaries, and responsibilities
Sequence what must happen now, next, and later
Deliver.
Deliver.
Build the process, structure, or roadmap
Facilitate critical meetings and conversations
Align roles, communication, and accountability
Support implementation through transition
Build the process, structure, or roadmap
Facilitate critical meetings and conversations
Align roles, communication, and accountability
Support implementation through transition
Selected Advisory Work.