THE CHANGE ALIGNMENT LAB™
A 12-week diagnostic engagement for stalled strategic initiatives.
Most organizations launch change without assessing whether their system can hold it. The Change Alignment Lab™ surfaces exactly what's missing — and what to do about — before it becomes a crisis.
THE PROBLEM THIS SOLVES
The issue isn't resisance. It's pressure your system wasn't build to hold.
When initiatives stall, most organizations double down on communication. We diagnose the structural and human pressure points that communication alone can't fix.
Most organizations:
Launch change without assessing capacity
Mislabel resistance as attitude instead of pressure
Over-communicate vision while under-resourcing execution
Escalate conflict unintentionally during stress
The Change Alignment Lab™ offers:
Structural clarity and human insight — simultaneously
Data and lived experience — both treated as evidence
Strategy and relational intelligence — in one engagement
Accountability without shame — for leaders and teams
THREE-PHASE APPROACH
Designated to diagnose, align, and re-anchor — in that order.
Each phase builds on the last. We don't skip to strategy before the pressure is named, and we don't name pressure without a plan for what to do with it.
Change Pressure Diagnostic
2-3 weeks • Deliverable: Change Pressure Profile™
TOOLS INCLUDED
SDI 2.0 motivational assessment
Managing Complex Change™ diagnostic
Stakeholder interviews
Initiative inventory
Change Readiness Survey
WHAT YOU RECEIVE
Change Pressure Profile™
Structural gaps, motive shifts under pressure, and early risk indicators — mapped and prioritized.
Leadership Alignment Lab
1/2 or full-day facilitated sessions • On-site or virtual
WHAT HAPPENS
Leaders see how missing elements trigger conflict
Pressure points named without blame
Strategic tradeoffs discussed openly
Shared language for pressure established
WHAT YOU LEAVE WITH
Shared strategic language
Reduced defensiveness, clear priorities grounded in actual capacity — not aspirational planning.
Strategy Re-Anchoring
30-60 days • Deliverable: Change Alignment Blueprint™
FOCUS AREAS
Adjust vision narratives to reflect capacity
Rebuild incentives around real priorities
Align resources to what can actually move
Finalize realistive action plans
WHAT YOU RECEIVE
Change Alignment Blueprint™
What continues, what needs different resourcing, and required leadership behavior shifts.
IDEAL CLIENTS
This engagement is built for leaders who already know something is wrong.
HIGHER EDUCATION
Colleges & Universities
DEI initiatives stalled post-launch, Title IX compliance expansion, accreditation-driven restructuring, leadership team fragmentation
PUBLIC SECTION
Government Agencies
Workforce development programs losing momentum, cross-department alignment failures, policy shifts outpacing organizational capacity.
NONPROFIT
Mission-Driven Organizations
Growth-stage restructuring, culture change initiatives generating cynicism, leadership transitions creating strategic drift.
ANY SECTOR
Initiative Overloaded Teams
Leadership teams running 5+ simultaneous initiatives with no diagnostic framework for understanding why execution keeps stalling.
INVESTMENT
Three engagement tiers — scoped to your organization's complexity.
All tiers include the full three-phase approach. Scope, team size, and system complexity determine the tier.
CORE
$12,000 - $18,000
Single department or initiatives. Stakeholder interviews with leadership team. Full three-phase delivery.
Most Common
EXPANDED
$20,000 - $30,000
Cross-department or multi-initiative scope. Broader stakeholder interviews. Extended re-anchoring phase.
ORGANIZATION-WIDE
Custom
Institution or agency-wide engagement. Multiple departments, leadership layers, and initiative streans.
All pricing is project-based, not hourly. A discovery call is always the first step — no commitment required.
STILL NOT SURE?
Frequently Asked Questions
Do we need to have a specific initiative in mind to start?
No. In fact, many clients come in with initiative overload rather than one stalled project. The diagnostic is designed to surface which initiatives deserve resources and which need to be paused or restructured before more investment is made.
How disruptive is this to day-to-day operations?
The engagement is designed to work around your team's capacity, not against it. Phase 1 interviews are scheduled across 2-3 weeks. The Phase 2 Lab is a single concentrated session. Phase 3 is asynchronous with check-ins.
What if leadership isn't fully aligned on participating?
That misalignment is often the first thing the diagnostic surfaces, and it's entirely normal. We've worked with leadership teams where the engagement itself became the mechanism for surfacing disagreements that had been stalling execution for months.
Is the SDI 2.0 assessment required?
SDI 2.0 is included in full engagements and central to the motivational layer of the diagnostic. For organizations where that isn't possible, we use our proprietary Motivational Drivers & Values Alignment Profile™ as an equivalent instrument.
Can we start with just Phase 1 before committing to the full engagement?
Yes. The Change Pressure Scan™ is a standalone 2-week version of Phase 1. Most clients who complete the Scan move into the full lab, but there's no obligation to do so.
A 30-minute discovery call helps us both determine if this engagement is the right fit, and what the right scope looks like for your organization.