Culture Accelerator

Ignite Change Global partners with venture capital and private equity firms, along with early-stage and high-growth organizations, to accelerate leadership effectiveness and cultural alignment when speed matters — following investment, acquisition, or during rapid scale.

This work is designed for moments when leadership capability and culture must mature quickly to support execution, retain talent, and protect or maximize investment value.

Rooted in Intelligent Leadership® principles, the Culture Accelerator combines assessment, focused coaching, and targeted consulting to reduce friction, improve execution under pressure, and strengthen leadership consistency during critical growth phases.

When the Culture Accelerator is the right intervention

This engagement is most effective when organizations are:

• Scaling quickly after funding or acquisition
• Experiencing leadership strain as complexity increases
• Seeing early signs of cultural or execution risk
• Transitioning founders or executives into expanded roles
• Under pressure to deliver results before systems have fully matured

At this stage, culture and leadership gaps don’t resolve on their own — they slow execution and create avoidable risk.

Tailored, assessment-driven engagements

Each Culture Accelerator engagement is time-bound and highly targeted, using data to focus on the leadership and cultural factors that most directly affect performance and value creation.

Assessments are used to:

• Establish a clear baseline
• Identify leadership and culture constraints
• Prioritize where the intervention will have the greatest impact

This ensures that time and effort are focused on what matters most now— not on generic development.

Where the Culture Accelerator adds the most value

• Supporting founders and executive teams through post-investment or post-acquisition scale
• Reducing leadership and cultural risk that undermines execution
• Accelerating leadership alignment and operating consistency
• Retaining critical talent during periods of change
• Establishing leadership and cultural foundations that can scale

This program is particularly effective for early-stage leaders and organizations navigating investment or acquisition transitions.

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Measurable leadership and performance outcomes

When leadership and culture are intentionally accelerated during periods of growth, organizations typically see:

• Faster leadership alignment and decision-making
• Reduced cultural friction that drives disengagement or turnover
• Stronger leadership accountability and team cohesion
• Improved employee engagement and retention through change
• A leadership-driven culture that supports sustained growth

Month by Month Overview

Month 1: Leadership & Culture Assessment

Focus: clarity, diagnosis, and shared understanding

• In-depth interviews and intake with founders, executives, and key leaders
• CTRA-40® Leadership Readiness Assessment evaluating six critical change capabilities (e.g., leadership readiness, change mindset, talent levers)
• 5 Cultures of Culture Assessment (5CCA)® to pinpoint cultural strengths and gaps
• Individual leadership assessment (MLEI®) and DiSC® Workplace profiles

Outcome:
Clear visibility into leadership and cultural readiness, with early identification of constraints and alignment gaps.

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Month 2: Strategic Alignment & Prioritization

Focus: Shared vision, priority setting, and team cohesion

• Leadership offsite (generally 2.5 days) to collectively interpret assessment data and build shared understanding
• Facilitated dialogue on cultural state, leadership strengths, and areas impacting performance
• Collaborative prioritization of leadership and culture initiatives to drive business outcomes
• DiSC® –based team-building to enhance communication, trust, and shared leadership language
• Development of a Leadership & Culture Transformation Roadmap and Individual Leadership Development Plans (ILDPs) aligned to MLEI® insights and organizational priorities
• Bi-weekly executive coaching supporting real-time application

Outcome:
Unified leadership commitment to priorities, reinforced by clear development plans, enabling stronger behavior consistency and faster progress.

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Month 3: Execution & Cultural Reinforcement

Focus: Embedding behaviors, sustaining results

• Practical integration of new leadership behaviors into daily work and decisions 
• Continued bi-weekly coaching to sustain leadership growth and effectiveness 

Outcome:
Improved leadership cohesion and execution with a culture poised to sustain growth and retain talent.

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