Helping Leaders Build Organizations That Thrive

 

Debra A. Van Cleve is an executive leadership strategist, organizational wisdom consultant, and author who helps CEOs and executive teams lead with greater clarity, wisdom, and purpose.

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For more than 25 years, Debra has helped develop people, leaders, and organizations—including more than 16 years advising clients through Create Results Consulting. She understands the pressures leaders face as they navigate growth, change, succession, conflict, and organizational complexity.

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Her work goes beyond traditional coaching. Debra strengthens leaders, aligns executive teams, and builds the clarity and accountability the entire organization needs to perform at its best.

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She is the author of The Clarity Effect: Simple Leadership Principles for Creating a Culture of Purpose, Passion, and Performance, and the creator of Organizational Wisdom™, the PauseWise™ Leadership System, and The SMART Org™.

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Her Philosophy

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Great organizations do not happen by accident. CEOs and executive leaders intentionally build them.

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That begins with knowing who you are, what you value, and why your work matters—so pressure does not make decisions for you.

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When leaders pause, ask better questions, think through complexity, and discern what matters most, they make wiser decisions and align people to act. Trust strengthens, accountability grows, and strategy becomes action.

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How She Helps

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Debra helps CEOs and executive teams:

• Strengthen leadership and decision-making.

• Build cohesive, accountable executive teams.

• Align strategy, culture, people, and execution.

• Create sustainable results without the CEO carrying everything.

 

​Her integrated approach develops how leaders think and decide, clarifies how the organization is designed to succeed, and moves that clarity into purposeful action.

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The result is Organizational Wisdom™—the ability to turn knowledge and experience into sound judgment, wise decisions, purposeful action, and better results.

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A Trusted Strategic Partner

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Debra brings warmth, candor, curiosity, and practical business insight to every partnership. She creates space for honest conversations, asks the questions that reveal what others may be missing, and helps leaders turn insight into action.

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