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Leadership Development
Curriculum design and facilitation grounded in adult learning theory, behavioural science, and competency-based assessment.
Kingston · Public sector & organizations
Leadership, Strategy, and Organizational Effectiveness Consulting for the Public Sector
Principal ConsultantAlexa Dewhirst-MooreM.A., Industrial-Organizational Psychology — University of WaterlooAdjunct Lecturer, Leadership & Organizational Behaviour, Royal Military College of CanadaCo-Creator, Activate Operator
We help municipalities, government agencies, educational institutions, and mission-driven organizations strengthen leadership capacity, align strategy, and execute complex organizational priorities.
Clear thinking. Practical frameworks. Actionable results.
The Practice
Four domains of organizational science, in service of one outcome: better decisions about people.
Engagements draw on validated instruments, peer-reviewed literature, and over a decade of applied work with public-sector, military, and private-sector clients.
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Organizational Diagnostics
Validated instruments and qualitative inquiry to surface the structural and cultural levers driving — or stalling — performance.
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Team Effectiveness
Applied research on psychological safety, role clarity, and decision architecture to translate group dynamics into measurable outcomes.
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Executive Coaching
One-to-one consultations informed by personality, motivation, and 360° data — calibrated to the demands of mid-career and senior leadership.
About the Founder
A scholar-practitioner working at the intersection of research and command.
Principal Consultant
Alexa Dewhirst-Moore
The practice is led by Alexa Dewhirst-Moore, a Waterloo-trained industrial-organizational psychology practitioner whose work bridges the academy and the field. Alongside private consulting, she serves on the faculty of the Royal Military College of Canada, designing and teaching leadership curricula for officer cadets and mid-career members of the Canadian Armed Forces.
As co-creator of Activate Operator, she translates research on human performance, decision-making, and team dynamics into tools leaders can actually deploy in operational settings.
This dual vantage — research and command — informs every consultation. Theory is tested against the realities of high-stakes operational environments; practice is held to the standards of empirical inquiry.
- —M.A., Industrial-Organizational Psychology — University of Waterloo
- —Adjunct Lecturer, Leadership & Organizational Behaviour — Royal Military College of Canada
- —Co-Creator — Activate Operator
- —Curriculum designer for officer and NCM professional development
A disciplined sequence: diagnose, design, deliver, and measure.
- 01Diagnose
Structured interviews, archival review, and validated assessments to define the actual problem — not the presenting one.
- 02Design
An intervention tailored to context: workshop, curriculum, coaching arc, or systems-level recommendation.
- 03Deliver
Facilitation and implementation calibrated to your operational tempo and constraints.
- 04Measure
Pre/post evaluation against behavioural and organizational indicators, with transparent reporting.
Career Transitions
Helping senior leaders engineer their next move.
Mid-career and senior transitions — promotion, pivot, exit from uniformed service, move into the private sector — are among the highest-stakes decisions a leader will make. They are also the moments where most professionals are working with the least support and the least data.
Activate Operator, co-created with that gap in mind, brings AI-enabled research tools and behavioural science together to help leaders navigate the transition with rigour: clarifying what they want next, evidencing what they bring, and targeting the roles, sectors, and organizations where they are positioned to win.
- Clarify direction
Structured reflection on capability, motivation, and the conditions you actually want next.
- Map the market
AI research tools surface roles, employers, and sectors aligned to your profile.
- Position to win
An evidence-based narrative and target list calibrated to the move you are making.
Enquiries
Considering a consultation? Begin with a conversation.
Initial consultations are complimentary and confidential. We will discuss the question on the table, whether the practice is the right fit, and what a thoughtful next step might look like.