Welcome.
Crystal Clear Consultants challenge leaders and organizations to address current realities, imagine new ways of working, and create ongoing practices to support their goals and vision. We are a team of experienced organization development consultants and executive coaches with broad and deep expertise within higher education and social benefit organizations. Explore this site to learn how we can help you with your leadership and organizational transitions. ​

Why choose CCC?

​We know you. We work with higher education and other social-benefit organizations because we understand and support your mission-driven work.
 
We know the challenges you face. With experience as internal and external consultants across dozens of institutions, we understand the context of your work and the particular pressures you are under.
 
We know you are different, and the same. We recognize the uniqueness of your situation, while bringing you an extensive array of tools tested in similar settings.
 
We know you are more than your work.  We understand the impact of pace and pressure, the complexities of work/life balance, and provide strategies for maintaining a rhythm that works for you.
 
We know you have no time to waste. We focus on practical strategies for rapid change while assisting you with the deep learning that makes long term change possible.

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CCC Leadership Framework

CCC Leadership Framework is a way of understanding the capabilities leaders need for themselves, their teams and their entire organization.
The bottom half of the framework highlights the foundational capabilities necessary for a healthy organization. These capabilities focus on the people within the organization.
CULTIVATING is consciously tending to the culture of the organization. What are the norms regarding, for example, communications, time, conflict, accountability, dress code and decision-making. Each practice can either encourage or inhibit CONNECTING (developing relationships with candor and authenticity)  and DEVELOPING (fostering a climate of ongoing reflection, experimentation and adaptation).
The top half emphasizes capabilities that support the continuous evolution of the organization in the desired direction. These capabilities focus on the impact of the organization in the world5.
VISIONING defines what you and your organization are trying to accomplish now and in the future. What impact do you want to have on the world? What values do you need to cultivate to get there?
Realizing VISION requires balancing INNOVATING with STEWARDING- Stewarding is caring for yourself, your team, your colleagues, as well as caring for the financial and capital resources of the organization.  Innovating is responding creatively to new information, opportunities and challenges in your environment and making changes accordingly. A balance between the two prevents stagnation at one extreme and continuous disruption at the other.