A trusted partner to executive leaders of high-growth companies.
We combine CXO experience with proven methodologies to help you:
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Strengthen the foundation of trust
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Engage candidly and directly
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Increase strategic alignment and buy-in
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Accelerate the pace of execution
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Foster an atmosphere of greater inclusion
Every executive needs a personal board.
Your future as a leader is as important as the future of your organization. We ask you the right questions to spark ideas for growth, then help you get there through executive coaching.
Success starts with a cohesive team.
We work with you to optimize interactions so your team can be at their best, implement productive operating practices, and build on your considerable strengths to become a highly effective organization.
Inspiration for organizations.
As a keynote speaker, Debbie Ellisen engages audiences, introduces models that work for your organization, and facilitates dynamic discussions.
Benefit from a
high-performing board.
We assess the dynamics of your board and work with you to create alignment around strategy, operating cadence, and communication expectations.
Meaningful data and actionable insights.
We develop assessments and reports that accelerate understanding and uncover clear opportunities for improving individual, team, and organizational effectiveness.
Who we are
Debbie Ellisen is an experienced founder and CEO who consults, coaches, and speaks on organizational effectiveness with executive leaders and boards. She has helped transform hundreds of organizations since founding Debbie Ellisen Consulting in 2012. The firm also develops innovative leadership tools to accelerate clarity and align expectations.
Debbie works with a broad range of public, private, and non-profit organizations of all sizes. CEOs appreciate her impact orientation, no-hold-back candor, humility, and extensive operational experience. As a consultant, coach, speaker, and product developer, she helps leaders transform their organizations with clearer strategies, greater team cohesion, and operational rigor.
Debbie’s obsession with organizational effectiveness began when she studied Organizational Behavior as an undergraduate. She learned what worked—and what didn’t—during her 20 years as a leader in early stage and Fortune 100 companies.
Debbie believes that individual, team, and organizational success lives at the intersection of behavior, strategy, and execution, and her work emphasizes these three critical disciplines. She’s renowned for meeting her clients where they are and helping them apply these principles to their unique situations.
Debbie received an MBA from Santa Clara University with an emphasis in Leadership and a B.A., Social Science with an emphasis in Organizational Behavior from the University of California, Berkeley. Debbie and her husband live in San Francisco and have two adult children. When she's not with a client, she can be found skiing, golfing, or hiking.
Our partners
Depending on your needs and objectives, we often work with trusted partners including:
Helping leaders work on purpose
Helping teams work at their best
Who we work with
We work with organizations that are experiencing significant growth, undergoing transformation, merging and restructuring, and making leadership changes.
