Where leadership
finds its meaning

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

Train-the-Trainer & Certification Program

Pioneers in Adaptive Leadership

Adaptive Change Advisors (ACA) emerged from over 40 years of field-based learning at Harvard Kennedy School and around the world. We are the premier mission-based Adaptive Leadership 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.

Leadership Fellowships

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

Adaptive Leadership Certification

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

Leadership Coaching

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

Self-Guided Leadership Courses

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

Facilitation & Leadership Team Retreats

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

Adaptive Leadership Workshops

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

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Introduction to Adaptive Leadership

Level 1

This workshop is the premier Adaptive Leadership offering outside of Harvard University, covering all key practices of Adaptive Leadership.

Discover Your Leadership Moment

Level 2

This self-guided course invites you to look inward, uncovering the values and challenges that shape how you lead — and preparing you to step forward with greater courage and clarity.

Leverage Your Leadership Moment

Level 3

A follow-up course focusing on applying Adaptive Leadership in professional contexts, focusing on a specific adaptive challenge.

Train-the-Trainer & Certification

Level 4

An intensive program designed for facilitators, trainers, and coaches to become certified in Adaptive Leadership methodologies.

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, theory and techniques of leadership development.

Mari Haraldsson

Leadership Advisor

A Swedish Korean New Yorker with 15 years of facilitation experience on four continents, Mari brings deep empathy, systems thinking, and cultural acumen to her leadership development work.

Saima Irtiza

Director, Adaptive Leadership Certification

With over 20 years of professional experience, Saima began her career in the financial sector, transitioned through entrepreneurship, and soon discovered her penchant for facilitation and coaching.

Vimal Kumar

Affiliate, Chair, Democratizing Leadership Initiative

Vimal is the founder of Movement for Scavenger Community (MSC), an organization committed to the eradication of manual scavenging in India and bringing education and awareness to the existing scavenger community.

Eric Martin

Founder and Author

Eric Martin is the author of the book Your Leadership Moment and Founder at Adaptive Change Advisors (ACA)

Eric Martin is the author of the book Your Leadership Moment and Founder of Adaptive Change Advisors (ACA). A Detroit native turned prominent adaptive leadership expert and advisors.

Patrick McGowan

Leadership Advisor, Health and Human Services

Patrick McGowan has spent his career as an inside change leader in several organizations, first in business then in healthcare.

Nqobizitha Ndlovu

Managing Director

Nqo works at the intersection of sustainability, leadership and finance. His work with communities addresses socio-economic justice & environmental rights issues.

Winnie Ouko

Leadership Advisor

Winnie is co-founder and a Director of Lattice Consulting Limited, a Kenyan corporate finance, project finance, and strategy advisory firm with a prestigious client base.

Diane Rawlins

Leadership Advisor

MA, LMHC, founder and president of InsideOut Consulting, Diane partners with healthcare leaders and their teams to meet today’s unprecedented opportunities and challenges.

Trevor Rees

Regional Director

Trevor is a sustainability consultant working in collaboration with a diverse network of associates, colleagues and partners in the UK and internationally.

Molly Alexander

Director, Organizational Development; Leadership Advisor

Molly Alexander has demonstrated impact on organizational effectiveness by leveraging expertise in coaching, design and facilitation of experiential learning and systematic training approaches including adaptive leadership and systems change theory.

Greta Cowan

Leadership Coach

Greta is an ICF certified leadership coach who, for over twenty years, has worked around the globe with a wide variety of corporate and non-profit clients.

What our partners say

Eric and his ACA team offered an adaptive and trusted partnership during a unique time in Patagonia’s history. ACA understands our commitment to save our home planet as we foundationally move towards another 50 years of impact and business unusual.

ACA has been a thought partner for many years now. We appreciate the tremendous impact their work and guidance has had on our team, investees and Fellows who continue to utilize the learnings, practices and tools they have acquired.

ACA has been an invaluable partner, particularly during the challenges the world has faced these past few years. They excel at engaging teams and organizations to find meaningful solutions to challenges that have no easy answers.

We believe in partnering with organizations and individuals to build practical solutions to meaningful daily challenges. Adaptive Change Advisors has surfaced game-changing lessons that the leaders we support carry back to their organizations and communities.

Let's start the conversation

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

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

Train-the-Trainer & Certification Program

Introduction to Adaptive Leadership Workshop

Pioneers in Adaptive Leadership

Featured Leadership Offerings

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

Come Learn With Us — Leadership Programs Now Enrolling

Introduction to Adaptive Leadership

Level 1

Discover Your Leadership Moment

Level 2

Leverage Your Leadership Moment

Level 3

Train-the-Trainer & Certification

Level 4

What is Democratizing Leadership?

Our People

Mari Haraldsson

Saima Irtiza

Vimal Kumar

Eric Martin

Patrick McGowan

Nqobizitha Ndlovu

Winnie Ouko

Diane Rawlins

Trevor Rees

Molly Alexander

Greta Cowan

What our partners say

Let's start the conversation

Leadership for, of and by the people,

Democratizing Leadership

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