CONSULTING SERVICES
Your people
determine your
future. Let’s get
it right.
We partner with organizations to design leadership, talent, and change solutions that actually work in the real world.
OUR CORE CONSULTING SERVICES
Organizational Design & Culture
- Organizational health and effectiveness diagnostics
- Culture and engagement assessments tied to strategy
- Custom survey design with clear leadership actions
Talent Management
- Recruiting and retention strategies for critical roles
- Leadership competency models aligned to business priorities
- Performance management frameworks that reinforce accountability and growth
Learning & Development
- Program mapping and alignment across the organization
- Custom leadership and capability program design
- Train-the-trainer and internal facilitator models
- Succession and leadership pipeline development
Change Management
- Change strategy grounded in business realities
- Leadership and stakeholder alignment
- Hands-on support through execution and transition
Case Studies: Consulting That Drives Real Business Outcomes
Case Study: From uncertainty to a clear leadership pipeline
How Ama La Vida helped a global company prepare its VPs for what’s next.
CLIENT BACKDROP
A global multi-billion-dollar organization needed a stronger, more predictable pipeline of executive leaders as the business scaled and leadership demands evolved.
CHALLENGE
The organization faced:
- No unified definition of executive success
- Unclear criteria for “ready now” vs. “ready soon” VP talent
- Limited visibility into VP leadership capability
- Siloed, disengaged VP community
- A desire to raise leadership expectations and performance
Key question: How do we accelerate VP readiness for senior roles
OUR APPROACH
Ama La Vida partnered with the People Development team to design a practical, experiential VP+ succession program aligned to strategic priorities.
What we delivered:
- Executive alignment on leadership competencies and critical business drivers
- Integration of the organization’s readiness model into development planning
- Use of external assessment insights to tailor individual plans
- A multi-modal cohort program including:
- Quarterly in-person summits
- Competency-based leadership workshops
- Executive coaching
- Mentorship recommendations
- A capstone solving real business challenges
- A scalable program model that can support future cohorts
IMPACT
The program enabled the organization to:
Establish a structured pathway for developing future senior leaders
Build shared expectations of VP+ leadership
Strengthen collaboration and engagement across the VP community
Use assessment data to drive targeted development
Create a repeatable, high-visibility succession pipeline
Case Study: Building a New Manager Onboarding Program
From scattered training to a clear leadership pathway.
CLIENT BACKDROP
A high growth organization needed a foundational program to support new managers and strengthen its leadership pipeline.
CHALLENGE
They had one manager training program designed for tenured leaders and no development path for first time managers. Existing L&D programs were disconnected, outdated, and lacked a clear progression.
The core need: Create a cohesive, scalable foundation for new manager effectiveness and long-term leadership growth.
OUR APPROACH
Ama La Vida:
- Reviewed leadership competencies and expectations
- Analyzed all existing leadership programs
- Identified the need for one leadership mindset and core competencies for all people leaders
- Differentiated how competencies show up across leadership levels
- Identified five essential skillsets new managers must develop
Program Design
We created a 30 day onboarding experience with:
- LMS pre work
- Live workshops
- Post workshop LMS reinforcement
- Organizational touchpoints
- Manager guides and full LMS content
IMPACT
The organization now has:
One unified leadership mindset
A clear leadership progression from Manager to Executive
Consistent competencies for all people leaders
A cohesive, scalable foundation for new manager development
THE AMA LA VIDA DIFFERENCE
BOUTIQUE, CUSTOMIZED PARTNERSHIP
We don’t deliver off-the-shelf solutions. Every engagement is tailored to your organization’s unique culture, needs, and goals.
Holistic, Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approach
We partner with senior leaders to align strategy while simultaneously understanding the day-to-day realities of employees, ensuring solutions that work at every level.
Practical, Implementation-Focused Consulting
Our guidance isn’t theoretical. We design recommendations that translate into real behavior change and can be executed by individuals, managers, and teams.
Consultants With Real-World Expertise
The same seasoned coaches who support your people 1:1 also inform our consulting work, bringing deep leadership, operational, and organizational knowledge to every initiative.
Change That Actually Sticks
Connecting strategy with individual support, we help organizations achieve lasting outcomes, grounded in both human behavior and practical execution.
Jana Day
Executive Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness Advisor
Jana Day partners with senior leaders and executive teams navigating complexity, rapid change, and high-stakes decision-making. A former Fortune 100 executive at Sony Pictures Animation and DreamWorks Animation, she brings firsthand experience leading in fast-moving, high-pressure environments.
Jana advises organizations on leadership transitions, team effectiveness, and organizational alignment, helping leaders stay focused, move decisively, and deliver results when it matters most. Her approach is pragmatic, direct, and grounded in real-world executive experience.
Tricia Gehl
Leadership Strategy and Transformation Consultant
Tricia Gehl partners with leaders and organizations facing complex strategic decisions and cultural transformation. With more than 15 years of experience designing and scaling enterprise leadership initiatives, she brings a systems-level perspective shaped by global work across industries and regions.
Formerly at PwC, Tricia helped build leadership programs supporting professionals from early career through senior leadership. She helps organizations align leadership capability with business priorities to drive long-term impact and sustainable change.
Kim Johnston
Executive Advisor & Former Chief People Officer
Kim Johnston is a trusted executive advisor with more than 20 years of experience across people strategy, organizational development, and enterprise operations. As a former Chief People Officer, she has led large, global teams in complex, matrixed environments and understands the realities leaders face at scale.
Kim partners with executives to clarify priorities, navigate challenge, and build trust while driving sustainable growth. Known for her grounded, supportive style, she helps leaders surface blind spots, make confident decisions, and lead with integrity and impact.
Tara Perman
Executive Leadership Development & Change Advisor
Tara Perman advises leaders and organizations navigating growth, transformation, and organizational change. With more than 20 years of experience designing and delivering leadership development at scale, she specializes in supporting global, matrixed, and remote-first environments.
Formerly at PwC, Tara led an award-winning leadership program supporting more than 30,000 senior associates. She partners with clients on executive offsites, leadership alignment, and change initiatives, bringing clarity, warmth, and practical impact to every engagement.
David Molotsky
Executive Advisor, Leadership & Talent Strategy
David Molotsky partners with organizations to strengthen leadership effectiveness, talent strategy, and decision-making in complex environments. A former senior Human Resources executive, he brings deep experience advising leaders across corporate, divisional, and nonprofit settings.
David’s work is informed by data and insight, with extensive expertise in leadership assessments including DiSC, Hogan, and emotional intelligence frameworks. He helps leaders build self-awareness, align behaviors, and make more effective decisions that drive sustainable performance.
Foram Soni Sheth
Executive Advisor, Change Strategy & Organizational Alignment
Foram Soni Sheth partners with executive teams to design and lead meaningful organizational change. With a background in consulting and a master’s degree in Learning and Organizational Change, she helps leaders navigate complexity with clarity, intention, and alignment.
Through discovery-led conversations and strategic facilitation, Foram helps organizations translate insight into action. As Chief Coaching Officer at Ama La Vida, she brings a unique inside-out perspective on building and scaling organizations while supporting leaders through change that is both strategic and human.
Meet Some of Our Consultants
You get more than consultants. You get former CHROs, recruiting leaders, and L&D experts who’ve built leadership programs end-to-end. We bring real experience, not theory
A FEW OF OUR PARTNERS
Trusted by organizations across industries, stages, and scales.
OUR CLIENTS GET RESULTS
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What sets Ama la Vida apart is their commitment to truly understand our culture, ask tough questions, and embrace the complexities of the topics we explore together. They’ve become our trusted go-to partner for developing leadership programs, webinars, and workshops for everyone from individual contributors to senior leaders. Whether they’re facilitating a portion of our annual ERG kickoff, managing coaching engagements for leadership cohorts, or speaking about owning your career at our company-wide learning sprint, their work is always impactful and working with them is the most enjoyable experience.
Appreciate you!
— Devra Schachter, Grubhub
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“For multiple years, Ama La Vida served as an invaluable partner in supporting our Teach For America alumni in North Carolina through personalized 1:1 and group coaching experiences. Their team worked closely with us to design an approach that met the diverse needs of our alumni, ranging from entry-level education leaders to seasoned senior leaders.
What set Ama La Vida apart was their ability to tailor coaching experiences that not only supported career growth but also fostered leadership development in a meaningful and impactful way. Their coaches brought a deep understanding of the education sector and provided our alumni with the guidance, tools, and confidence to navigate their professional journeys successfully.
We are incredibly grateful for the partnership and the dedication Ama La Vida has shown in empowering our alumni. Their expertise, flexibility, and commitment to excellence have made a lasting difference, and we highly recommend them to any organization looking to invest in transformational coaching and leadership development”
— Karyn Pleasant, Teach for America
THE ROI OF HUMAN CAPITAL,
DONE RIGHT
When leadership and talent systems work, everything else moves faster.
Stronger leadership
at every level
Higher employee
engagement & retention
Clear roles, better
alignment, smoother
execution
Faster adoption
of change initiatives
More effective and
scalable L&D programs
A high performing
organization
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