Consultants

VIRGINIA DIAMOND

Virginia works with leaders to help them navigate complex challenges including engaging and developing teams; balancing work and life; and collaborating effectively in demanding environments with different personalities, generations, and perspectives. Virginia helps her clients gain insight on the root causes limiting performance, and then create and implement practical strategies for lasting change. Her extensive background in coaching, organizational development, and change management enables her to collaborate with clients to take the steps necessary to translate potential benefits into reality. Her services include team/organization assessments and action planning; executive and emerging leader coaching; and facilitation/training to develop people management skills.

Virginia’s clients have spanned the public and private sectors. She has spent nine of the last 14 years consulting with the US Federal government (e.g., National Institutes of Health, various Intelligence agencies) and “quasi-Federal” clients (e.g., the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum). Commercial clients have included Constellation Energy and various (confidential) IT firms.

Virginia has a BA from the University of Chicago in psychology and was certified by Georgetown University in organizational development and change management. Virginia earned the Professional Coach Certification from the International Coach Federation and New Ventures West. Virginia is certified to administer various 3600 assessment tools and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. She is also certified to by William Bridges & Associates to teach its Leading Organizational Transition seminar, and by Linkage Inc to teach several of its people management and coaching courses. She is a member of the National Organization Development Network and the International Coach Federation.