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When success no longer aligns

Leadership & human systems advisory

Advisory work with senior leaders who want their success to make sense, not just look right.

WHAT I DO

I work with leaders who are successful by every external measure, yet sense that the way they are living or leading no longer fits.

 

Often, nothing is “wrong” on paper. The role works. The responsibility is real. And yet success starts to feel harder to carry, decisions feel less clear, and leadership no longer feels as grounded or coherent as it once did.

 

My work is advisory. I support leaders in making sense of this misalignment, so their success can be lived with clarity, meaning, and integrity, not just sustained or performed.

WHY THIS WORK MATTERS

Leadership rarely fails because people stop caring or trying.

 

It fails when leaders are asked to carry responsibility inside systems that reward speed, output, and endurance, while quietly stripping away the conditions needed for sound judgment and trust.

 

Over time, success continues, but leadership starts to feel heavier and less truthful. When this gap goes unnamed, its cost is absorbed privately until it reshapes how people decide, lead, and live.

HOW LEADERS WORK WITH ME 

Different ways to create clarity when success no longer fits.

Advisory + Strategic Partnerships

Private advisory work for senior leaders navigating misalignment inside successful careers and systems.

This is for moments when clarity, judgment, and alignment matter more than momentum.

Programs and Courses

Structured spaces for leaders to reflect on success, judgment, and human limits.

For those who want their success to remain meaningful and sustainable without forcing change or performance.

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Writing & Thought Leadership

Essays and conversations that name what many leaders sense but struggle to articulate.

Focused on alignment, responsibility, and living with success in a way that makes sense.

Speaking & Facilitation

Conversations that help leaders and organizations examine how success is defined and lived.

Less motivation, more orientation.

What Leaders Say 

Working with Val changed how I think, lead, and make decisions.

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Her approach is both strategic and deeply human. She challenged me to look beyond achievement and reconnect with clarity, energy, and what truly matters. That shift fundamentally changed how I show up for my team and how I lead under pressure.

 
Senior VP Leader

Hi, I'm Val

I’ve lived inside many definitions of success, and I’ve walked away from ones that no longer held.

 

I left my family at sixteen to work in a factory, immigrated alone in my twenties, and spent two decades rising through leadership roles in education, including Associate Dean, before choosing to step out of performance-driven success.

 

Today, I work with leaders navigating a similar moment, when outward success is real, but no longer fully aligns with how they want to lead or live. My work focuses on helping leaders bring judgment, meaning, and responsibility back into alignment, so success can be carried with clarity rather than strain.

 

How leaders define and live success shapes everything else.

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