Pioneers in Adaptive Leadership

Where leadership
finds its meaning

We put adaptive leadership tools that drive change into the hands of people who seek meaningful outcomes

Pioneers in Adaptive Leadership

Adaptive Change Advisors (ACA) emerged from over 35 years of field-based learning at Harvard Kennedy School and around the world. We are the premier mission-based Adaptive Leadership consultants, advisory and training organization, strengthening leadership to tackle critical adaptive challenges. 

ACA’s approach draws on decades of experience enabling collaboration among businesses, governments, civil society, philanthropists and communities. Together, we craft innovative, adaptive responses in times of transition, uncertainty and boundless possibility. 

Our work has accelerated meaningful change for hundreds of thousands of people worldwide through facilitation, convening, executive team alignment, and leadership development and training.

Featured Leadership Offerings

ACA accelerates meaningful change through adaptive leadership consultation, facilitation, convening, executive team alignment, coaching and leadership development.

ACA is the leading design and delivery partner for leadership fellowships worldwide.

Profound adaptive change awaits those who seek to master Adaptive theory as leadership trainers, coaches or advisors.

Our world class leadership coaching supports senior executives to accelerate strategic change initiatives.

ACA is the world’s first and largest provider of online Adaptive Leadership courses.

Leadership services

Skillful adaptive facilitation of convenings, strategy sessions and retreats to ensure meaningful commitments and results.

Molly Alexander

Bring Adaptive Leadership to your team or organization with a standard or customized introductory workshop.

Our Leadership Programs

Introduction to Adaptive Leadership

Level 1
As the premier Adaptive Leadership offering outside of Harvard University, this workshop lays out basic concepts of Adaptive Leadership (TM).
Self-guided Leadership Course

Your Leadership Moment – Self Guided Course

Level 2
Developing a new kind of leadership starts with a deeper look at ourselves. We created this course with this in mind.
Leadership Challenge - Advanced Leadership Course

Leverage Your Leadership Moment

Level 3
This introductory course helps you to identify and make progress on a leadership challenge. You’ll apply the tools and techniques of Adaptive Leadership, a practical framework for leading consequential change that was developed at Harvard Kennedy School.
Ngo Ndlovu - Leadership trainer

Adaptive Leadership Train-the-Trainer

Level 4
Facilitators take part in a well-tested and refined onsite and offsite development process that includes a range of experiential, didactic and results-oriented activities.

What is Democratizing Leadership?

Democratizing leadership is the idea that anyone, anywhere can lead change — regardless of their history, identity or access to financial or political resources.

Our People

The ACA team is our greatest asset built on a culture of continuous growth and learning. Spanning the globe, our leadership advisors have spent years mastering the tools and techniques of leadership managment. 

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Let’s partner to overcome a leadership challenge or create an in-depth learning experience for yourself or your team.

Leadership for, of and by the people,

Democratizing Leadership

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