Executive advisory for leadership performance that drives business results.

Whether the plan is set or still taking shape, what it returns depends on how your leaders perform.

I help CEOs, boards, and sponsors improve leadership performance across the organization, executive teams, and individual leaders. My work combines evidence-based advisory support, leadership assessment, and practical implementation — all tailored to the business challenge at hand.

Tessa Tubbs, executive advisor and leadership performance consultant

Senior operator. Evidence-based advisor. Global leadership experience.

20+ years

Senior leader inside global organizations.

$78B

Advisory experience inside a private-equity firm.

Doctoral research

Global leadership and organizational change.

5 continents

Work delivered across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, India, and Australia.

PepsiCo · Fidelity · Chevron Phillips · Guy Carpenter · Liberty Mutual, plus advisory experience inside a $78B private-equity firm. My work is grounded in formal assessment, organizational development, executive coaching, and doctoral research in global leadership and organizational change.

Where the work begins

Start where the need is clearest.

Every engagement starts with a business challenge: a promotion, a succession risk, a team accountable for the plan, or a leader whose performance matters to what happens next.

Organization Focus

Team Focus

Leader Focus

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Facing More Than One of These?

Most clients are.

A team question usually has a leader question inside it. A succession concern often reveals a pipeline question. A new appointment may surface team performance issues.

Start with a conversation, and we’ll sort what comes first.

How I work

Define. Diagnose. Deliver.

A three-phase organization development approach refined over twenty years — disciplined without being rigid, and built so the work lives on beyond the engagement.

Define

Agree on the problem, the scope, and what success looks like.

Diagnose

Use structured interviews and formal assessments to produce written findings you can act on.

Deliver

Implement the work the findings call for, with change management built in.

Selected experience

Delivered as both an operator and an advisor.

Across complex, high-stakes organizations in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, India, and Australia.

Sectors

Consumer productsFinancial servicesTechnologyEnergy & petrochemicalsInsuranceMediaPrivate equityIndustrial

Representative work

  • Leadership development architecture
  • Succession planning
  • Executive coaching
  • Team performance work
  • New-leader acceleration
  • Leadership assessment
  • Retained advisory support
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What makes the work different

This is not coaching detached from the business.

I bring operator judgment, advisory experience, and formal assessment together to identify what is actually happening inside the organization, team, or leader — then turn the findings into work that can be implemented.

  • Direct questions
  • Written findings
  • A clear recommendation
  • A straight answer on fit

Start a Conversation

The first step is a 30-minute scoping conversation.

No preparation is required. You’ll talk through what is happening, who it involves, what you have already tried, and what a good outcome looks like.

If there’s a fit, I’ll follow up quickly with a clear scope and fee. If another path would serve you better, I’ll be direct about that and help you identify a more useful next step.