Truesdell & Associates, LLC

Truesdell & Associates, LLC is a boutique cultural, organizational, and executive strategic firm committed to helping our clients navigate times of transition(s) by centering their humanity. Led by socio-cultural anthropologist, Dr. Nicole Truesdell, we work with clients to help them understand and align THEIR reality with their priorities, which helps in reassessing time and whose timing is being privileged, and then strategizing and dreaming of new ways forward from the clients perspective (humanity) instead of centering the institution’s inhumane lens. This is what Dr. Truesdell calls “strategic dreaming” because we must envision and dream of the futures we want in the present, and then ground ourselves in our realities so that we BELIEVE our experiences and strategically dream what comes next from that place of knowing.

Or in other words, if we believe that we live in systems and structures within the modern nation-state whose foundations are based in a plantation economy that never left, then we must believe we are still operating within a plantation politic system and strategize from that knowing.

This allows for clients to allow themselves the ability to lead WITH their humanity, instead of suppressing it.

Dr. Truesdell has helped clients over the years navigate the following scenarios:

• Organizational restructuring/chaos, especially when it comes to employee turnover and change in priorities/goals and needing to rethink from the foundation up. This includes sunsetting programs/an organization in a humane way.

• Leadership development through a human-centered approach - both individual development and group trainings

• Grant management and Director development

• Navigating student protests and unrest

• Hate crime response, especially on college and university campuses

• Navigating workplace discrimination (racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism), especially for Black, Brown and Queer executives and leaders

• Negotiating job offers and start up packages, along with visioning what an initial12 month plan looks like through a human-centered lens

• Public relations and mapping out a long term SUSTAINABLE strategic plan

• Navigating personal and professional “crossroad” moments where a person knows it is time to make a pivot/change but is uncertain what that actually means or looks like

• Group facilitation and mediation around difficult subjects and topics.

Who Can Benefit:

Executives and Senior Leaders: Tailored coaching for C-suite executives and senior leaders seeking to enhance their leadership capabilities and drive organizational change.

Academic and Cultural Leaders: Specialized strategizing for leaders in academic and cultural (museums, galleries, third space orgs) institutions, informed by Dr. Truesdell's extensive background in higher education.

Organizational Change Agents: For individuals committed to fostering positive organizational change, we provide guidance on navigating complexities and leading with impact.

Visionaries and Entrepreneurs: Visionaries are those who see patterns, believe them, and then envision what could be. Our services help you commit to making your visions a reality.

Former Clients:

Truesdell & Associates, LLC has worked with clients from various industries, ranging from higher education and cultural institutions (Harvard, University of Michigan, Bath Spa University - United Kingdom, Bristol City Culture - United Kingdom), government (the City of Raleigh, Rock County), nonprofit (YMCABlack Southwest Network - United Kingdom), and corporate (Microsoft) to name a few.

Why Choose Us?

We know from first hand experience what it is like to feel as if you do not trust yourself because you cannot trust the environment you are in. Yet, you also know you HAVE to start to trust yourself, you just need an outside person and/or space you can lay things down in and help you sort through what to take with you and what you can let go of. Strategic thinking and dreaming requires trust - first trusting yourself and then those around you to hold those visions as you bring them into reality. This is what we focus on - building trust between one another so our clients can trust themselves to enact their visions. And we need all the visionaries who are grounded in their humanity right now.

To learn more you can always book a consultation call.

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