Leadership
Each of our principals possesses a detailed understanding of critical leadership issues. They bring deep business and organization knowledge as well as an executive presence and maturity. Each of them has a long history of utilizing assessments and instruments in our practice to enhance our effectiveness to our clients.
Their strong interpersonal skills – listening, confronting, challenging, straightforwardness and rapport – allow them to build a strong affiliation with clients. Their deep experience as family business consultants and coaches uniquely positions them to make a significant impact on the challenges of a client’s business.
Renée Montoya Lado M.S., N.C.C.
President
Direct Line: 303.347.2488
Renée founded Strategic Designs for Learning (SDL) in 1999. As an organizational development practitioner, Renée has twenty-five years of strategic leadership experience and consulting with small, mid-range and large companies in the manufacturing, energy, retail, finance, and information technology sectors. She is accomplished in the following areas:
- Executive coaching, counseling and assessment, organizational behavior and diagnosis, change management and succession planning for family owned businesses.
- Facilitation in the areas of team building, strategic planning and large systems change.
Previously, Renée was Executive Vice President of People Development for an international firm which provided information technology and consulting services in the private and public sectors. In this position she was responsible for both line and staff operations internally as well as for coaching with client senior executives, senior officers and executive teams.
Renée holds advanced degrees in Behavioral Psychology, Policy Analysis and Pastoral Psychotherapy and is certified in the use of numerous assessments and instruments including the Caliper Profile™, HR Chally Instrument™, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator™, Designed Learning’s Empowered Manager™ series, the Center for Creative Leadership’s Benchmarks™ and Corporate Development Group’s Culturetek™. She is a member of the American Psychological Association, Association of Managers of Organizational Design, American Counseling Association and Organizational Development Network.
Maryanne Wanca-Thibault Ph.D.
Principal
Direct Line: 303.347.2490
Maryanne Wanca-Thibault is an organizational and leadership development consulting professional. Her experience in human capital management includes executive assessment, selection, leadership development, executive coaching, and succession planning. Maryanne has a doctorate in organizational communication from the University of Colorado at Boulder and is a recognized communication scholar and practitioner with an extensive background in learning solutions. Her current efforts include developing an affordable suite of talent management tools that provide for small and mid-sized family owned businesses the same resources that are available to larger organizations.
Angela D. Tallman
Senior Consultant
Angela is a professionally trained coach and consultant, with an emphasis in organizational development, business strategy, and market development. Angela has worked with marketing and operations professionals, and senior level executives in both, the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors. Angela brings a great depth of strategic marketing expertise to every engagement. Her uncanny ability to translate broad market conditions and competitive opportunities into simple, straightforward tasks helps each client she serves to achieve effective and efficient growth.
During her 23-year career prior to joining SDL, Angela gained extensive hands-on experience with a variety of corporations, both large and small. In senior staff and management positions, she created and implemented marketing and communications strategies on local, regional, national and international levels. As a former business owner herself, Angela understands the challenges of balancing short-term financial needs with a long-term desire for greater market share.
Angela has accomplished a great amount in her career. She was the Director of Strategic Alliances for TIBCO Software, both during its formative years and its successful $1.5 billion NASDAQ IPO. Her management of the company’s strategic alliances and key line-of-business partners was integral to their success. She has managed a variety of major product launches – from a KN Energy Consumer Services Package to the wireless telecom industry in Colombia during privatization. At MCI, Angela managed internal corporate communications for the technology organization globally. She has consulted with many American multi-national corporations, helping them hone their communications, develop new business lines and streamline their management systems.
Angela has a Bachelors Degree in Marketing from the University of Kentucky, an MBA from Regis University, a process improvement certification from Colorado State University, and is a graduate of Newfield Network with an emphasis in ontological coaching.