Thinking People Collective
The Thinking People Collective is a different type of “team”. We are a carefully selected network of experienced consultants, each with a unique, meaningful perspective and a commitment to meeting both your short and long-term goals.
It can be challenging when various consultants come in without common ground or consistent language. Through our collective, Thinking People brings in the right experts at the right time, through a flexible, scalable, single-vendor solution. We come together as “one” for our engagements, so you get the expertise of a broader collective all under one vendor – win, win for all.
We leverage our diverse experience at some of the world’s leading companies, to smaller companies and nonprofits, in wide-ranging industries to develop a deep understanding of your organization. Then, we create a unique, custom solution based on your strategic learning objectives, organizational needs, desired business results, and the size and stage of your company. We are committed to providing a solution that fits with you and your team, in your company.
Whether you need 1:1 executive coaching, facilitated workshops, keynote speakers or entire professional and career development programs, we have the experience and expertise to help you.
Our solutions may incorporate some of today’s leading tools:
It can be challenging when various consultants come in without common ground or consistent language. Through our collective, Thinking People brings in the right experts at the right time, through a flexible, scalable, single-vendor solution. We come together as “one” for our engagements, so you get the expertise of a broader collective all under one vendor – win, win for all.
We leverage our diverse experience at some of the world’s leading companies, to smaller companies and nonprofits, in wide-ranging industries to develop a deep understanding of your organization. Then, we create a unique, custom solution based on your strategic learning objectives, organizational needs, desired business results, and the size and stage of your company. We are committed to providing a solution that fits with you and your team, in your company.
Whether you need 1:1 executive coaching, facilitated workshops, keynote speakers or entire professional and career development programs, we have the experience and expertise to help you.
Our solutions may incorporate some of today’s leading tools:
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Insights Discovery™
The Leadership Circle™ Myers Briggs Type Indicator™ Franklin Covey’s Speed of Trust™ Strengths Deployment Inventory™ |
DISC™ Assessment
EQ In Action™ Strengthscope™ SDI Core Strength™. Crucial Conversations™ |
Amber Wendover
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Amber has over 20 years of strategic and operational experience working with world-leading corporations including Microsoft, Amazon, Whole Foods Market, Boeing, Nike, Intel, Google, and eBay. In addition, she has worked with premier children’s hospitals, mid-sized companies as well as nonprofits.
Amber is practiced in evaluating, developing, and implementing a broad range of talent development solutions such as product training, competency development, leadership framework, talent review, and succession planning strategies. She is also a sought-after facilitator, speaker, coach, and trainer with her work reaching almost a million people (and counting) around the globe. Based in Seattle, WA, she is married with two children, and with her youngest graduating high school this year, she is almost an empty nester. If you catch her outside of working hours, you’ll find her reading or working on writing her first book with a latte in hand. |
Asli Aker
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Asli helps purpose-driven leaders and teams contribute at their highest capacity. She takes a direct yet encouraging approach to support leaders as they take conscious action for higher impact while holding them accountable to their vision and teams.
Asli’s clients develop key skills such as influence, presence, communication, and self-mastery. Working with startups, nonprofits, and corporations, Asli brings her transformation experience, systems thinking, and strategy execution to help leaders scale. She is particularly effective with subject matter experts and visionaries. Asli is a true world citizen who brings her experience living and working in the US, Singapore, United Kingdom, Austria, Dubai, and Turkey to her global clientele. She lives in Seattle, WA with her family. |
Crysta Weigel
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Behind every successful business is a hard-working, organized person, and for us, that is Crysta. She is an organizational magician who consistently ensures the needs of both our clients and our consultants are met. Who is the most important person in our organization? We vote for Crysta. Without her, we would all be lost.
Crysta has been the program manager at Thinking People for almost five years. Prior to her current role, she held program management, executive & administrative support positions at a variety of companies. Crysta is also the CEO of her household. She is based in New York. |
Kathy Clifford
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Kathy believes that all people have equal ability to positively impact the world through their authentic self-expression. She has worked for over 20 years guiding people to increase their self-awareness and capabilities in working individually and more effectively in teams. Through facilitating dynamic and engaging conversations, potential in individuals and teams is unlocked.
The unique combination of experience and skills Kathy brings to her work include Organizational Leadership (as President and think tank coach, working with senior leaders across multiple industries), Certified Success Coaching (20+ years with executives, leaders, teams, and professionals), and Global Teambuilding Facilitation (15+ years across industry, size, geography). Kathy is from Bainbridge Island, WA and has become passionate about pickleball. She plays every chance she gets. |
Leanne Gallagher
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Leanne’s curiosity for peak performance and helping individuals, teams, and leaders be at their best provides her clients insight and clarity to apply to their workplace, families, friendships, and communities.
Following her role as a Leadership Development Consultant at Microsoft, Leanne now partners with learning and development organizations spanning several industries. She creates effective learning environments that carve out time and space to address anything getting in the way of intent and impact. Drawing from her experience crafting growth and learning experiences for personal and cultural transformation, Leanne has also become the go-to event planner for her family and friends. |
Melanie Cossette
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Melanie has been joining people where they are on their personal and professional journeys for over 25 years. She has worked inside corporations and nonprofit organizations, eventually moving to an external consultant/coaching role for the last 15 years.
Melanie has had the opportunity to work at all levels of organizations. Whether working with a front-line worker in a rice manufacturing plant, or a leader in high-tech, she is committed to embracing each person individually and respecting all perspectives, knowing that what connects us is our humanity. When not facilitating positive change inside organizations, she lives in Seattle, WA where she enjoys yoga, meditation, long walks in the woods and a wicked game of ping pong. |
Ron Poindexter
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Ron has always wanted to be a part of something bigger than himself — to work alongside others to create a better world than he could create on his own. Coaching and leadership development became his vehicle for this work. Investing in leaders who can build other leaders is how he makes an impact.
His energy to work alongside leaders and teams is fueled by his passion to build teams and organizations that have diverse representation and whose members have a deep sense of fairness and belonging. Ron lives in Seattle, WA with his husband and loves nurturing the landscaping outside their 100-year-old house. Walt Disney World and Palm Springs are his happy places. |
Shannon Wallis
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Shannon advises C-suite executives on strategy, organization performance, culture change, and leadership development. Shannon was previously the global director of high-potential leadership development at Microsoft.
Shannon has worked with over twenty thousand leaders to launch big ideas and create new realities for their leadership, teams, and organizations. She has facilitated and consulted with a wide range of clients including Fortune 500 companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, and Google, and is a sought-after speaker in leading transformational change. Shannon walked 500 miles across Spain without any prior hiking experience and chronicles her adventure in WE the Change: Launching Big Ideas and Creating New Realities. Shannon lives in Bellevue, WA with her husband and their two daughters. |
Tom Perry
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With over 20 years of tech experience, Tom Perry has built and managed global organizations from the ground-up. Tom started his career in digital advertising, working with clients ranging from AT&T Wireless to JCPenney. During his tenure at Microsoft, Tom interviewed thousands of candidates and hired/managed hundreds of full-time employees responsible for launching Bing Search to consumers around the world.
Now, as a career consultant and leadership coach, Tom primarily works with senior professionals and company leaders looking to maximize individual performance and organizational impact. Tom lives in Portland, OR with his husband John, and is an avid runner, peloton addict, and dog-lover to rescue Rosie. |
Interested in joining our team?
Contact Amber to discuss potential opportunities.
Contact Amber to discuss potential opportunities.