Expertise

Dr. Nancie Evans is a culture and leadership expert who works with executives and their organizations to develop the personal and organizational capability required to deliver new strategies and capitalize on new business models. Her approach is informed by in-depth knowledge of the relationship between leadership behaviors and practices, culture, and strategy. Her unique perspective helps leaders to identify and implement high impact personal and organizational development plans to achieve sustainable change and improved performance. 

As an executive coach and culture expert, Nancie provides organizational consulting to clients around the world in three key areas of expertise:

• Leadership Assessment and Coaching - For leaders who want to be their best by understanding themselves, their strengths and their weaknesses using this to adapt, grow, and build the culture, people, and organization needed to succeed in dynamic environments.
• Leadership Team Effectiveness - For senior leadership teams who want to operate as a team and not just a working group by developing a strong sense of mutual commitment that creates synergy, thus generating performance greater than the sum of the performance of its individual members.
• Culture Assessment and Change – For leaders who want to build high performing cultures that brings out the best in people by understanding the strengths to protect while aligning their culture with their strategy.

Nancie leads CULTURESTRATEGYFIT®’s Research and Assessment Center and has developed a unique suite of very sensitive, leading-edge diagnostic tools and approaches that provide leaders with deep insights into their behaviors, the culture of their organizations, how this is supporting or hindering strategy execution, and the levers they can use to proactively shape culture fit to future goals.

Background & Experience

Nancie started her culture journey in 1988 when she was hired by Nortel Canada to help guide the company through a major culture change. This was just the beginning of what has become her lifelong passion ...developing great leaders who create great organizations with amazing cultures.

Her leadership and culture expertise are augmented by over 35 years working with organizations experiencing tough operating and competitive challenges and large-scale changes primarily in the private sector. Her field experience includes 14 years of general management experience in large telecommunications and global high-tech companies. Nancie began her career in telecommunications as an installation manager and has never lost the ability to identify practical solutions.

Education & Certifications

Nancie has a PhD in Organizational Behavior from Lancaster University in the UK which was preceded by a Master of Arts degree in Organizational Development from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from the University of Waterloo. Her doctoral dissertation examined the culture change that resulted from the merger of Sprint and PCS in the late 1990's. The findings, in combination with her years of experience, are the foundation of our models and approach to M&A integration and culture change.

Nancie is a certified practitioner in the following assessment instruments:

• The Leadership Circle (360 leadership assessment).
• Decision Dynamics Executive Suite psychometric assessment (Career View, Decision Styles, Emotional Behaviors, Complexity Motives).
• Decision Dynamics Culture Fit assessment.
• DiSC Workplace Everything Profile.
• EQi 2.0 assessment (emotional intelligence).

She has also developed and conducted custom interview-based leadership 360 and company fit assessments. Her expertise in leadership, culture, and strategy means she can interpret assessments in a way that makes the feedback process a powerful experience. The result is a commitment to learn and, if needed, make the changes required to excel.