Answering the Call: 5 Years of Clarity, Strategy, and Bold Leadership

On September 18, On To The Next One Consulting celebrates five years of a call to build capacity.

What began as a simple, stubborn belief that bold leadership is a calling and strategy should live beyond paper has grown into a firm that has: 

• Guided 30+ purpose-driven organizations through strategic transformation,

• Earned a 100% client satisfaction rating across our strategy, coaching, and workshop engagements, and

• Supported leaders across nine countries in aligning people, purpose, and performance to create measurable community impact.

  
  

 We are celebrating this milestone with gratitude, clarity, and, of course, a crown or two. 👓👑

Our Brand: Why So Much Pink? Why the Glasses? Why the Crowns?

Pink symbolizes more than a brand color. It’s a vibrant tribute to Lisa Dawn Greenfield Griggs, my best friend and college roommate, who bravely battled breast cancer. Pink is my way of honoring her memory and remembering our regular college conversations about how we would someday make a positive difference in the lives of people around the world. As the founder of On To The Next One Consulting, LLC, pink encourages me to lead with compassion, choose hope, and continue showing up for meaningful work—just like Lisa.

Glasses represent the focus of our work. Leadership is about seeing clearly, just as glasses sharpen our vision. For leaders, vision and clarity are essential. When leaders understand their direction and what lies ahead, their teams gain confidence, focus, and a sense of momentum.

Crowns reflect a core belief: Leadership with or without titles is a calling. Our work is to cultivate environments where every person feels valued, their contributions are priceless, and their efforts support the strategic vision. Crowns are not about hierarchy; they’re about shared stewardship of mission and results. We collaborate with mission-centered organizations to create environments where everyone feels valued, their contributions are meaningful, and their efforts support the strategic vision. Crowns are not about hierarchy; they’re about shared stewardship of mission, people development, community impact, and results.

What We Do — And Why It Works!

From the start, we've developed a range of services to help organizations move from #DreamingToDoing, turning strategy into everyday routines backed by continuous improvement.

The Lead Boldly™ Podcast with Deondra Wardelle

Highlighting senior leaders who are creating people-focused impact while achieving ambitious strategic objectives.

• Available for download on seven major platforms: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Audible | iHeartRadio | Podbean | Podchaser | YouTube.

• Guests include CEOs, presidents, and community changemakers leading across various sectors and industries.

  
  

90-Day Strategy Alignment + Execution Engagements

A focused series of visioning sessions, leadership coaching, along with strategy and alignment workshops to clarify priorities, align roles, implement accountability systems, and develop action plans.

• Increased cross-team collaboration scores from 52% to 91% in follow-up surveys.

• Clients report more focused decision-making, meaningful KPIs (Key Performance Indicators), and greater engagement and momentum within three months.

Workshops & Facilitation

Concise, practical sessions for busy executives and boards to thoroughly explore best practices for accelerating strategic plans and enhancing performance discussions, covering topics from continuous improvement frameworks to succession planning and inclusive decision-making.

• Equipping numerous leaders across the globe, both virtually and in person, with continuous improvement routines and tools.

• Leaders often say our workshops and learning experiences “finally made strategy feel actionable and achievable.”

Leadership Coaching

Confidential, actionable coaching for senior leaders and emerging talent.

• Provided over 300 hours of executive coaching to directors, vice presidents, and C-suite leaders.

• Focus areas: navigating change, enhancing team dynamics, and connecting personal leadership habits to organizational outcomes.

Speaking

Keynotes and talks that inspire, inform, and prepare leaders align teams and execute strategy effectively.

• Presented at national summits, conferences, and leadership retreats..

• Known for combining inspiration and execution strategies, leaders and their teams can implement immediately.

Zeelool Brand Ambassador

If you’ve seen my signature frames, you understand that vision is both a metaphor and a mindset. I’m thankful to work with Zeelool because “seeing clearly” is crucial for leading confidently and serves as a reminder to seek out possibilities in people and processes constantly.

How We Partner With You

Our approach combines strategic planning, continuous improvement, and people development. We help each person see how their daily work contributes to the bigger picture and aligns with the mission.

That visibility is a game-changer: alignment improves, engagement increases, and results become repeatable. When we partner, we: 

1. Clarify direction: Turn vision into a few key priorities and clear measures of success.

2. Build capability: Coach leaders to coach others, so improvement doesn’t rely on just one person.

3. Make work visible: Create simple visual systems, rhythms and trackers—so progress is seen and celebrated.

4. Practice learning: Run small experiments, evaluate outcomes, and adjust with humility and courage.

What Sets Us Apart

We don’t confuse activity with progress.

We focus on outcomes, capacity, and culture, because the most effective strategy is one your team can carry forward.

Our clients don’t just “have a plan” — they live it.

One executive director said, “This is the first time I’ve seen our staff excited about a strategic plan. We’re not just checking boxes, we’re building something real.”

And yes, we do it with the color pink, glasses, and crowns because symbols shape stories, and stories shape systems.

Reflecting on Five Years of PDCA

The past five years have been a masterclass in “PDCA-ing” the entrepreneurial journey—planning with purpose, taking action, reviewing the data and stories, and making adjustments with integrity.

Plan: Dream big, then narrow to the essential few.

Do: Experiment, learn fast, and make it visible.

Check: Listen to the people and the data.

Adjust: Refine without losing heart…or the mission!

We’ve iterated our offers, refined our processes, and deepened our impact with each cycle. Every client engagement made us sharper; each experiment expanded our capacity to serve.

Looking Ahead: The Next Five Weeks

We are thrilled to: 

• Expand our 90-Day Strategy Alignment and Execution Experience and leadership coaching services for executive teams.

• Grow the Lead Boldly™ Podcast community.

• Earn two new certifications.

• Launch new toolkits that help organizations operationalize their strategy while developing people.

• Partner with more mission-driven leaders across corporate foundations, not-for-profits, and public-sector teams who are committed to aligning purpose, people, and performance

If you’re navigating change, scaling impact, or building alignment, we would LOVE to talk to you about how we can help your team see clearly and execute confidently.

With Gratitude

To our clients, our partners in this work, thank you for trusting us with your dreams, visions, and missions.

To the On To The Next One team and collaborators, thank you for your excellence, creativity, and courage.

To mentors, friends, and family, thank you for believing in a vision that lives in the work we do every day.

Five years in, I’m more convinced than ever:

Leadership is a calling. Strategy is a practice. And clarity is a gift we owe our teams and our communities.

Here’s to the next chapter—to more learning, more alignment, and more impact. #OnToTheNextOne

Lead Boldly™. Build Strategically. Impact Endlessly.

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 If this blog resonated with you, share it with a leader in your network who’s ready to move from #DreamingToDoing. To explore a 90-Day Strategy, Alignment, and Execution Experience, schedule a 30-minute complimentary strategy call, take advantage of our leadership coaching services, and subscribe to The Lead Boldly™ Podcast.