How We Help
Deep consulting work — informed by the Shift Leadership™ Model.
IPL operates as a true extension of your team. What sets them apart is not just their expertise, but the way they partner with you—bringing a level of professionalism, responsiveness, and genuine investment in outcomes that is hard to find. They don’t take a one-size-fits-all approach; instead, they listen carefully, ask thoughtful questions, and tailor their solutions in a way that feels both strategic and practical.
Vice President, Global Talent Management for a leading Industrial equipment manufacturing organization.
Real organizational shifts ask more than a workshop or a book can answer.
They ask for partners who will read what’s actually driving the friction, design the move that fits the moment, deliver the right outcome, and leave your organization stronger for what’s next.
That’s what our consulting practice does. Three core capabilities. One diagnostic discipline that runs through all of them.
Activating Organizational Shift
Aligning organization design, processes, and capabilities with where the business actually needs to go.
Best for major transformations, mergers and integrations, operating model changes, and culture work that touches the whole enterprise.
Typically includes: organization effectiveness assessment, organization architecture and redesign, change readiness assessment, transformation measurement, executive change coaching, and Shift Leadership upskilling at scale.
Growing What’s Next Leaders
Building a leadership pipeline ready for what’s next — and the development experiences that get them there.
Best for organizations growing into new strategic priorities, navigating leadership transitions, or building from the inside.
Typically includes: leadership development program design and delivery, executive coaching, talent and succession planning, competency modeling, and high-potential development.
Leading What’s Next Together
Aligning intact leadership teams for cohesion and high performance — especially during shifts that test them.
Best for senior teams navigating strategic pivots, CEO transitions, post-restructure assimilation, or post-merger leadership integration.
Typically includes: leadership team assessment and alignment, intact team effectiveness work, new team assimilation, facilitated working sessions, and team-level coaching during high-stakes shifts.
The methodology that runs through it all
Every consulting engagement is informed by the Shift Leadership Model™ — IPL’s trademarked methodology for reading what’s actually driving friction during change, and choosing the move that fits the layer where the friction lives.
Some clients also bring Shift Leadership into the organization as a standalone capability: through the Field Guide, the Resource Portal, Practitioner Certification, and Workshops & Keynotes.
How we work
Every engagement follows the same disciplined approach. The depth varies; the rigor doesn’t.
Discover. Verify the current state and the desired state. Surface root causes, not just symptoms.
Design. Co-create best-fit solutions. Custom where it matters, productized where it scales.
Deliver. Implement at the organization, team, and individual levels.
Determine. Measure impact and design for sustainability. Build the internal capability to keep going.
Ready to talk through your shift?