Helping Organizations Lead, Decide, and Perform Better Under Pressure
Leadership Training & Change Consulting for Organizations Navigating Growth, AI, and Organizational Change
Emotional Intelligence for Performance & Leadership
Mindful Performance and Cognitive Resilience at Work
Change Management for Organization, Technology, and AI Adoption
Common Situations We Help With
Organizations Call Us When:
• Newly promoted managers struggle with difficult conversations
• Teams resist organizational or technology change
• Leaders avoid conflict and accountability
• Communication breaks down under pressure
• Organizations want to adopt AI without damaging trust or culture
Our Most Requested Leadership Workshop
Leading Under Pressure: Communication, Decision Making & Emotional Intelligence for Managers
3–4 hour interactive leadership workshop that teaches managers how to:
• handle difficult conversations
• reduce conflict and miscommunication
• lead teams during change
• make clear decisions under pressure
Format: On-site or virtual
Best for: leadership teams, managers, and emerging leaders
Area of Practice
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EQ-i 2.0 Assessment Coaching
EQ-i 2.0 and EQ 360 assessment coaching provides leaders with data-driven insight into how their emotional intelligence impacts decision-making, communication, and leadership effectiveness. These assessments measure core areas such as self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy, stress tolerance, and adaptability, offering a clear picture of both internal patterns and external impact.
What it includes:
- EQ-i 2.0 or EQ 360 assessments
- 1:1 or cohort-based coaching
- Executive and manager debriefs
- Team-level insights translated into action
Why Focus on EQ?
- Leadership effectiveness
- Conflict reduction
- Decision-making under pressure
- Accountability and trust
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Workplace Mindfulness Consulting
Workplace mindfulness consulting helps leaders and teams improve focus, emotional regulation, and decision-making in high-pressure environments. This work is grounded in psychology and neuroscience and is designed to integrate into real workdays, not disrupt them.
What it includes:
- Group training
- 1:1 or cohort-based coaching
Why focus on Mindfulness?
- Focus and attention training
- Stress response regulation
- Emotional self-management during conflict
- Burnout prevention
- Greater clarity & resilience
- Better effectiveness in demanding roles
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Organizational Training & Facilitation
Organizational training and facilitation is designed to help teams build the skills and shared understanding required to work more effectively together during change. Rather than one-size-fits-all programs, I design and facilitate sessions that are grounded in psychology, informed by organizational context, and directly connected to real workplace challenges.
Engagements may include training on emotional intelligence, mindful leadership, communication under pressure, AI readiness, or change adaptability. Sessions are interactive, practical, and structured to encourage application, reflection, and accountability. Facilitation can support leadership teams, cross-functional groups, or full organizations as they navigate complex conversations, alignment issues, or transitions.
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PROSCI Change Management Consulting
Prosci Change Management consulting helps organizations lead change in ways that acknowledge both business priorities and human response. Using the Prosci ADKAR framework, I support leaders in planning and executing change initiatives that improve adoption, reduce resistance, and sustain performance during periods of transition.
This work goes beyond templates and timelines. It focuses on leadership alignment, clear communication, and the behavioral shifts required for change to take hold. Engagements may include change impact analysis, stakeholder strategy, leadership coaching, and readiness planning, all tailored to the complexity of the organization and the nature of the change.
The goal is not change activity, but change that actually sticks.
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AI Adoption Consulting
We help organizations adopt AI in ways that align with how people actually work. Drawing on organizational psychology, change management, and over 20 years of experience in enterprise HR technology implementations, I advise leaders on where AI adds real value, how it affects decision-making and collaboration, and how to implement it without creating resistance, confusion, or trust issues. The focus is not on tools alone, but on readiness, behavior, and sustainable adoption.
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Gallup Clifton Strengths Assessment Coaching
Gallup CliftonStrengths coaching helps leaders understand how their natural patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving influence their leadership effectiveness. Rather than focusing on fixing weaknesses, this work translates strengths data into practical strategies for decision-making, communication, delegation, and collaboration.
Through assessment-based coaching, leaders gain clarity on how to leverage their top strengths more intentionally, avoid common overuse patterns, and work more effectively with others whose strengths differ from their own. The focus is on applying strengths in real work situations, not personality labeling, so leaders can lead with greater confidence, alignment, and impact.
Meet the Founders and Leadership Consultants
A Human-Centered, Evidence-Based Leadership Development
Dr. Della Sanders, PhD, Co-Founder and Principal Consultant of mPowered Consultants, partners with organizations to develop exceptional leaders, strengthen organizational effectiveness, and successfully navigate change. Drawing on her expertise in social psychology, emotional intelligence, leadership development, and organizational change management, she helps leaders build the mindset and capabilities needed to lead people through today’s rapidly evolving workplace.
Together with Co-Founder Learning & Development and People Technology Consultant Elizabeth Chandler, the mPowered Consultants team brings a powerful combination of behavioral science, leadership development, instructional design, HR technology, and enterprise system adoption. With more than 35 years of combined experience across healthcare, energy, manufacturing, and other complex industries, we design practical, people-centered solutions that improve leadership effectiveness, accelerate learning, and drive sustainable organizational performance.
Our expertise includes:
- PhD in Social Psychology
- Prosci Certified Change Management Practitioner
- ICF Certified Leadership & Life Coach
- EQ-i 2.0 Certified
- CliftonStrengths Certified Coach
- Harrison Assessments Certified
- DiSC Certified Facilitator
- Certified Mindfulness Coach
- AI Adoption Certified
- Learning Strategy & Instructional Design
- HR Technology & Enterprise System Adoption
- Leadership Development & New Manager Programs
- LMS Optimization & Workforce Enablement
- 35+ Years of Combined Experience in HR, Leadership Development, Learning, Technology, and Organizational Effectiveness
Whether supporting leadership development, organizational transformation, AI adoption, learning strategy, or workforce capability, our focus is simple: equip leaders and organizations with practical solutions that create lasting results.
Industries: Healthcare, Oil & Gas, HR/HCM, Tech, Legal, Manufacturing
Who Do We Work With?
mPowered Consultants offers customized solutions to address your specific challenges and opportunities.
- Executives and senior leaders navigating growth, change, or complexity
- Founders and small business owners scaling teams and systems
- HR, People, and Change leaders responsible for adoption, engagement, and performance
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Organizations exploring AI adoption without losing trust or culture
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Dr. Sanders has made a big difference in my work and personal interactions. I highly recommend her to work with your organization.
M. Martin
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Financial Services CEO
Why Choose Us?
Organizations don’t struggle because they lack tools or talent. They struggle when change is introduced without understanding human behavior, leadership development is disconnected from real work, and technology is adopted without a plan for how people will actually use it.
Our work is grounded in that reality.
With a foundation in organizational psychology, change management, and over 20 years of experience in enterprise HR technology implementations, mPowered Consultants bring a practical, human-centered perspective to complex organizational challenges. This includes how leaders make decisions under pressure, how teams respond to change, and how AI and technology affect trust, communication, and performance.
We don’t offer generic training or one-size-fits-all solutions. Every engagement is shaped by your organizational context, your people, and your goals. Our approach combines data from validated assessments, real-world implementation experience, and straightforward guidance that leaders can apply immediately.
Clients choose us because we help them move beyond activity to impact. We focus on clarity, behavior change, and sustainable results, not buzzwords or temporary fixes.