Wade A. Hinton mid-session with a leadership team

Leadership development and culture consulting

Your culture strategy is only as strong as the leaders carrying it out.

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Culture Compass

Start with three questions.

A taste of the twelve-question diagnostic. Answer three and watch the bars form. The fourth dimension stays empty until you finish all twelve.

Question 1 of 3

People on my team raise problems early, before they become expensive.

Trust

Clarity

Bench strength

Belonging

0 of 3 answered.

You already know something is off.

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Your engagement scores went up and your best people still left.

Your managers were promoted for being excellent at the work. Nobody taught them how to lead.

Your leadership team agrees in the room, then executes in five different directions.

The hard part is not caring about culture. The hard part is knowing exactly where it is breaking and who can fix it.

What changes when we work together

You stop guessing.

Culture Compass gives you a read on trust, clarity, bench strength and belonging, with numbers you can put in front of your board. You walk into your next leadership meeting with evidence instead of instinct.

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Wade A. Hinton speaking at a leadership session

Your managers actually lead.

We build the people one layer below you into leaders who can carry the strategy without you in the room. That is the layer where culture is either real or theater.

Your senior team moves as one.

We facilitate the conversations your team has been avoiding and end them with decisions, owners and dates. Not a feel-good offsite. A set of commitments.

98%

of our clients would recommend us.

Trusted By

Volkswagen Groupof America

Unum Group

CBL Properties

Builders Insurance

Chattanooga AreaChamber of Commerce

Wade Hinton's keynote was a game-changer, infusing our event with energy and invaluable insights. We're eager to tap into his expertise further across our organization, inspired by his ability to engage and set a new standard for excellence. His wealth of knowledge on diversity added an invaluable dimension to his impactful presentation.

Shaquanta Locke

Manager, Supplier Diversity, Volkswagen Group of America

Three ways we work

Culture Compass assessment

One read on trust, clarity, bench strength and belonging, with numbers you can put in front of your board.

•Culture Compass diagnostic across four dimensions
•A debrief that turns scores into decisions
•A written readout you can share with your board

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Culture advisory and leadership development

A standing partnership that moves your culture from diagnosis to measurable change.

•Executive and leadership coaching, 3 or 6 months
•Leadership Accelerator programs for emerging and mid-career leaders
•Offsites that end with named owners and dates

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Workshops and keynotes

A session your people are still talking about in the hallway on Monday.

•75-minute sessions, half-days, and keynotes
•Topics include Culture in Action, The Art of Bridge Building, Building Trust for Innovation, Belonging Across Generations, Navigating Change for an AI-Ready Culture
•Built around your context, not a stock deck

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we’ve been in the chair.

Find out where your culture actually stands.

Four minutes. No sales call. A clear read on the four things that decide whether your culture holds.

Show me where we stand