Who We Are
Spark Change Consulting partners with leaders, teams, and organizations across sectors to build leadership cultures where people are continuously developing, doing their best work, and leading with lasting impact.
At Spark Change we believe the hard work of creating change should not come at the cost of the people doing it, and that organizations can be both high performing and genuinely joyful places to be, where everyone belongs and can flourish.
We work with leaders and organizations navigating uncertainty, change and complexity, helping them stay grounded, clear and focused on the future they want to create.
We work at the individual, team and systems level. What shifts in a leader ripples into a team. What shifts in a team ripples into an organization. What shifts in an organization ripples into the world. Change happens from the inside out. And it requires working at every level to make it last. Learn more about Spark Change.
How We Work
Every engagement starts with a real conversation. We work to understand where you want to go, what is in the way, and what shifts are needed to get there. We listen, co-create and work in true partnership with every leader, team, and organization we serve. We aim to be a long-term trusted partner, not a one-time intervention, growing and evolving alongside the leaders and organizations we work with.
Sometimes that is individual or executive coaching. Sometimes it is team development, a leadership 360 debrief, a feedback workshop, a facilitated retreat, or a leadership cohort. Sometimes it is a sustained leadership development engagement that runs over months and brings together multiple approaches in service of real and lasting organizational change.
Some of the most important work happens in the conversations that feel hardest to have. We create the conditions to have these conversations well.
Interested in a conversation? Reach out. Learn more about our services.
Testimonial
“Over the course of several months, Allegra worked with our team on team building and development. In this process, Allegra supported me as a leader of the team by prompting and provoking me to develop strategies for helping the team grow and thrive and giving me tools to support the growth and development of people I supervised. Allegra designed and facilitated several team retreats so our team could come together, get clear on our vision for our work, and figure out how we wanted to work together in service of this vision. As a facilitator, Allegra’s experience with process, leadership, and gravitas was invaluable for helping us build team culture and purpose. This came at a time when, after going through leadership changes and turnover, we needed a reset and process that invited team members to take ownership over the future of the team. Allegra’s experience and style were a perfect fit for what the team needed. As a coach, Allegra supported the growth and development of key members of our team. Her method for individual coaching encouraged staff to take their own development seriously and provided them with the tools to step into their roles with more purpose and leadership.” -Chirag Mehta, Director of Policy and Ideas, Community Change
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“Working with Allegra Baider was a transformative experience for me as a nonprofit leader. ….
Through our sessions and a 360 review, Allegra helped me to identify and appreciate my strengths, while recognizing areas for growth. Her guidance allowed me to explore alignment between my leadership approach and the varied expectations of my stakeholders. Allegra’s empathetic and perceptive coaching has been invaluable in my professional journey, and I am grateful for her support. ” – Indivar Dutta-Gupta, Founder and CEO, Blue Lotus Strategies (former nonprofit Executive Director)
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“I can’t say enough about Allegra and her approach to leadership and organizational culture. Allegra worked with my organization to design and facilitate a team retreat where we focused on building the organizational culture we need in order to have the biggest impact. She designed a retreat that helped us clarify our vision and values for operating as a team, including strengthening our culture around feedback…. I am awed by how she brings in every team member – listening and adapting her facilitation based on how she reads the room. The impact of working with Allegra for me has been to be a more intentional organizational leader – especially in how I approach delivering feedback and making the implicit, explicit. For my team, it’s created more cohesion so we approach our work with the sense that each of us is part of a big “we.” – Marisol Bello, Executive Director, Housing Narrative Lab
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“Working with Allegra was transformational. She helped me shift my perspective to embrace my strengths, lean into my growth edges and refine my leadership toolkit. Through our coaching and the leadership 360 process, she guided me to get curious, play and integrate feedback in service to calibrating my leadership to meet the needs of any given moment. I am a more confident and adaptable leader because of Allegra. Her coaching was truly a gift, empowering me to lead with clarity, empathy and authenticity. ” – Rella Kaplowitz, Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies.
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