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What problem are you trying to solve? We can help your organization strengthen its people, culture and systems so you can thrive through transition. Contact us today and we’ll get back to you within 24 business hours.
Icatalyst Consulting helps organizations thrive in times of transition by enhancing the effectiveness of their people, culture and systems.
We believe that how a leader leads is as important as that they lead, so we help leaders build their capacity and walk with their people toward a shared vision.
What problem are you trying to solve?
By helping you to answer that question, we become a valued and trusted extension of your leadership team.
We develop deep knowledge of your organization, including your operations, staff and culture. We then help you identify your organization's strengths, weak points, opportunities and threats; create the right conditions for strategic problem solving; and give you guidance on how to move forward through ambiguity.
We bring new perspectives and tools to help you problem-solve creatively and adapt to changing situations. And with a focus on the people part of change, we help you clarify and articulate your organization’s goals and values so that your leadership team can inspire and empower your people to move in the same direction.
Icatalyst Consulting, a certified minority and woman business enterprise (MBE and WBE), was created in 2007 by Gisele M. Michel to help organizations, institutions and businesses operationalize their values.
Whether focusing on working with leaders to improve organizational systems, strengthen organizational culture, create inclusive workplaces, manage change or improve workplace processes, we have helped organizations create a more coherent, fair and effective workplace that improves employee well-being, productivity and their bottom line.
Gisele M. Michel, founder and CEO of Icatalyst Consulting, is an entrepreneurial, multilingual and multicultural executive with over 20 years of experience in leadership and management.
She specializes in helping both Boards and staff gain clarity about organizational direction so their organization can improve its processes and systems.
Gisele brings passion, compassion and vision to every organization she works with, whether as a management consultant helping to solve complex problems and improve performance or as an interim CEO leading strategy, goals and mission.
Laurie Nelson-Moe is an Executive Coach whose greatest life lessons—unconditional relationships, authentic conversation, and bold resiliency—came at a young age.
Today she uses those lessons to support CEOs and members of their leadership teams to maximize their full potential and vision. Her passion is to partner with clients through a transformative coaching process that increases their leadership and effectiveness.
Laurie is a trusted ally, dedicated to bringing forth coaching conversations that promote greater clarity, new awareness and alternative perspectives. We live in a volatile, uncertain, complex, chaotic and ambiguous (VUCCA) world. Laurie challenges and champions clients so they can succeed and thrive in ever-changing environments.
Laurie attended the University of Sioux Falls where she obtained B.A. degrees in Psychology and in Management. She values continuous learning and is certified in a variety of modalities including life and wellness coaching, emotional intelligence, and neuro-linguistic programming (NLP).
Marie-Rose Romain Murphy is the president of RMC-Romain Murphy Consulting, a nonprofit management and strategy firm that works with U.S and international organizations on community, resource and organizational development.
Born and raised in Haiti, she's the Founder of Economic Stimulus Projects for Work and Action, Inc. (ESPWA), a Haitian-led organization focusing on the long-term development of Haitian organizations working in Haiti. She's also the Co-Founder of the Haiti Community Foundation.
She has over 25 years of experience and a strong track record in community development, human services, humanitarian projects, philanthropy, marketing, executive leadership and social entrepreneurship. Her core interest is the creation of viable and sustainable pathways of development for low-income individuals, marginalized communities and developing countries.
Marie-Rose has an MBA from Babson, an MS in Community Economic Development from New Hampshire College and a BS in Journalism with a focus on International Relations from Boston University. She also holds a Certificate in Asset Management from the Consortium for Housing Asset Management.
Patricia Newby is committed to helping leaders Build Better Businesses by using their unique leadership skills and talents to build great teams and create winning cultures. Patricia is passionate about creating support systems that enable businesses to survive and thrive.
Patricia is a former executive of the Northrop Grumman Corporation. In 35 years of service she held numerous positions in program management, technical management and functional management. In her last position at Northrop Grumman she was a Business Area Vice President with profit and loss responsibility challenged to turn around a struggling a subsidiary in the Weapons and Sensors programs at the Land and Self Protection Systems Division locations in Baltimore, MD, Rolling Meadows, IL and Huntsville, AL. Patricia successfully doubled revenue and growing profits to double digits. Her success at Northrop Grumman created the foundation for her winning formula for running successful businesses.
Patricia received a bachelors degree in Computer Science and MBA in Management from Loyola University in Maryland. She completed the General Manager Program at Harvard Business School, the Northrop Grumman Financial Management Program at Wharton Business School and the UCLA Anderson School of Management African-American Leadership Institute.
What problem are you trying to solve? We can help your organization strengthen its people, culture and systems so you can thrive through transition. Contact us today and we’ll get back to you within 24 business hours.