About Us

Debbie Hixson, PhD

Years of experience – over 25 years of experience

Management and consulting

Helping leaders and teams maximize their performance.  From talent management and succession planning to in the trenches efforts for change management and leadership development.

Design and delivery of leadership programs, talent management and succession planning for high potential leaders, executive and mid-level leader coaching programs.

Areas of expertise:

• Change Management and Building Resilient Change Leaders – specifically the people side of change.
• Talent Management and Succession Planning
• Leadership Development Program Design
• Organization Development
• Organization Effectiveness – diagnosis and design for departments, individuals, teams
• Team Development
• Team and Retreat Facilitation – at all levels of the organization from front-line to C-suite
• Strategic Thought Partnership

Certifications

I am certified and experienced in the following methodologies for change management, leader and team development and executive coaching.

• Prosci Change Management – a leading change management methodology, featuring the ADKAR model. It is foundational for influence for my own change management process.
• Board Certified Coach – through The Center for Credentialing & Education.
• Strategic Human Resources Business Partner Certification – the Human Capital Institute (HCI) focuses on strategic thought partnership practices with leaders in order to build bench strength and manage talent.
• Hogan Leadership Series Assessment – used in understanding individual and team strengths, detailers
• Leadership Circle Profile – a 360 assessment that
• EQI2 Emotional Intelligence Quotient Inventory– explain
• Cialdini Method Certified Trainer – certified to teach Principles of Persuasion, a two day program on optimizing personal/professional influence.
• Situational Leadership Program Certification – certified to teach this two-day Ken Blanchard program for leaders to develop their team coaching skills.
• Myers Briggs Type Indicator Practitioner – a communication style inventory used to help build self and team awareness around different styles.
• Other Program Facilitation Experience – Confronting Difficult Issues, Thomas Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument, Social Styles, Business Simulation Programs For Strategic Communication and Execution, Executive Presence and Presentation, Firo-B, and more.