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The Reality
Most leadership development programs fail.
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They are designed around abstract models, not the organization’s strategy or culture.
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Leaders reflect in classrooms, but rarely apply new approaches to live business dilemmas.
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Deeper mindsets go unchallenged.
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And outcomes are measured in participation rates, not organizational impact.
A Distinct Approach
We start with an advisory stance: understanding your organizational context, strategy, and desired impact. From there, we design a development journey that meets senior leaders where they are and equips them for the mandates ahead.
This isn’t leadership development for development’s sake. It’s development that strengthens both the leaders and the organization's capacity to deliver on results and fulfill its impact potential.
When this is the right lever
➤ You’re cascading a new strategy and need shared leadership standards and practices.
➤ You’re preparing the next layer for bigger mandates and succession.
➤ You need a more consistent and effective way of leading across offices/practices to reduce friction.
What changes
While each program is tailored, the shifts leaders and organizations experience often include:
➤ Greater coherence: leaders align around strategy and act with shared standards.
➤ Faster execution: less duplication, fewer escalations, more ownership at the right level.
➤ Deeper capability: leaders become more than functional experts; they grow into organizational stewards.
➤ Sustained leadership pipeline: stronger succession, more confidence in those carrying the strategy forward.
If your organization has invested in leadership development before but found it didn’t shift the system, let’s talk about what a different kind of program can look like.
Why Leadership Impact
Leadership Impact is a boutique leadership advisory practice founded and led by Nazly Frias, bringing over 15 years of leadership and advisory experience in impact-driven professional service firms and organizations across the globe.
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Focused on Top Teams & Senior Leaders: We specialize in executive teams and senior leaders. This focus shapes a comprehensive approach — combining advisory, coaching, and facilitation — tailored to where leadership carries the highest stakes.
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Grounded in Your Context: We begin with your context, strategy, and outcomes, not generic models; every engagement leverages an advisory lens and is designed to unlock organizational value.
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Proven Inside and Out: Having led, advised, and been part of leadership teams — from global impact consulting firms to public innovation labs- allows us to bring the understanding of an insider and the perspective of an external trusted advisor.
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Global, Forward, Human: We bring global fluency shaped by work across Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia; forward insight and practices grounded in evidence, systems thinking, and what's next in leadership; and the human touch of a founder-led practice supported by a trusted associate network.
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