Meet Our Team

Deanna Ball, PhD, CPCC, is a management consultant and certified leadership coach with over 25 continuous years of diversified experience in organization & leadership development, team effectiveness, talent management strategies and organization design. In her work, Deanna partners closely with executive management to build high performing organizations and teams by designing and implementing end-to-end  integrated solutions and processes that enhance organizational  performance.

Dr. Ball is a member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and is recognized for leveraging people’s capabilities and strengths to  unleash potential and maximize business results. Deanna is a trained organizational psychologist and coach with extensive experience in leader and team development, offsite design and facilitation, executive coaching, strategic change management, organization design and high impact communication strategies resulting in improved climate.

Dr.  Ball is a certified professional coach (CPCC) and holds a PhD and MS in Organizational Psychology from The California School of  Professional Psychology, and a Bachelor’s degree in Human Behavior from Salem State University in Salem, Massachusetts. Dr. Ball has her advanced certification in Organization Design through University of Southern California’s (USC) Marshall School of Business and is trained in the use of several  assessment tools, including the Goleman-Boyatzis-Hay Group Emotional  Competence Inventory™ and the Hay Group Leadership Styles™ and  Organizational Climate Surveys™.

Before starting her own firm, Deanna's experience includes over 20 years as an executive  level “Corporate Insider” in Human Resources, Talent Management and Organization Development. In addition to her corporate and consulting experience, Dr.  Ball also served as a volunteer professional mentor with the Cherie Blair Foundation, who's mission is to empower woman all over the world to start, sustain and grow successful businesses and live to their full potential.  She lives in Southern California with her husband, two children, two dogs and horse.

Julie Tesser, PhD, is an experienced organizational  development professional focusing on change management, strategic  planning, leadership development, team and organizational effectiveness,  conflict resolution, communication planning, and training development  and delivery.  Julie has extensive experience with developing and  implementing large-scale technology change strategies while managing the  overall implementation of strategic change.
 

Specific experience includes:

• Developing  change management workplans for large-scale ERP implementations,  specifically for PeopleSoft (HR, Benefits and Payroll modules) and SAP
• Developing, designing, and implementing communication strategies and end-user training programs
• Assessing the change readiness of employees and facilitating focus groups to identify concerns with change
• Developing performance, feedback, and organizational surveys and analyzing results
• Facilitating groups to identify areas for improvement and develop action plans
• Designing, coordinating, and facilitating team building events and a variety of workshops

Erica Solove, PhD, is an industrial and organizational consultant, enabling organizations to achieve their strategic objectives through people and data.  Over the past 15 years, Erica has specialized in telling meaningful stories based on HR people analytics that help executive leadership make workforce decisions, solve complex problems, and maximize organizational potential.

Erica has created and implemented data-driven solutions in many contexts, with a focus on organizational design, training, employee engagement, diversity/inclusion, change management, program evaluation, and retention in more than two dozen varied organizations as both an internal and external consultant.  She has also managed a large-scale employee listening survey program for a matrixed global Fortune 500 organization, leading survey design and analysis, action planning, communication, user training, and analytics dashboard design.

Erica earned a PhD and MS in Industrial Organizational Psychology from Colorado State University, and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the Ohio State University.

Personally and professionally, Erica strives to create purpose by applying her intellect, experience, integrity, curiosity, and grit.  She lives in Colorado with her husband and two children.