APPROACH
People-centered. Business-minded.
Your organization is run by people -- real people, with talents, flaws, hopes and imaginations. It’s also a business with products, operations and market intricacies. We unleash people potential while facing business realities.
Insights that accelerate breakthroughs.
We make good organizations better. That requires rapid and sustained change, and it doesn’t always come easily. We create incisive engagements that provoke, empower and evolve individuals, teams, and whole systems.
One size fits one.
Every organization -- just like every person -- is unique. So while we have a deep toolkit built on decades of consulting and executive experience, each program, meeting, intervention, and conversation is designed and tailored for you and you alone.
“Ted took an abundance of time to get to know me and my partners. With understanding and insight, he opened things up with my team and me and accelerated our transformation.”
-Sadie Lincoln, Founder, Barre3
SERVICES
“Ted’s experience is broad and deep, and I lean on him for advice and perspective. He’s honest with me about what he sees, and pushes me to think about what needs to happen next.”
Jonathan Cedar, Founder & CEO, BioLite
LEADERSHIP
COACHING
FOR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH
TEAM EFFECTIVENESS
FOR TEAM ALIGNMENT AND ACCELERATED MOMENTUM
The complexity and speed of business demands that teams not only work well together but own the vision, align to strategy, innovate and grow. We help you get the mechanics and the relationships right by establishing priorities, clarifying roles and building the trust that creates and sustains momentum.
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
FOR AN EVOLVING COMMUNITY OF TALENT
CULTURE CHANGE
FOR TEAM ALIGNMENT AND ACCELERATED MOMENTUM
CLIENTS SERVED
“With Ted there’s a blend of head and heart that creates powerful learning. He brings years of practice and experience - curating strategies for my unique challenges.”
Lori Wagner, CEO, The Nantucket Project
MEET TED
Dr. Ted Freeman draws on twenty years of consulting and executive experience to catalyze sustainable financial growth, while deepening wellbeing in client companies. He works with CEOs and other executives to expand leadership capacity, optimize team performance, generate high-impact cultures and navigate leadership transitions.
Ted served as VP of People & Culture at celebrated innovator and startup BioLite. He built the talent strategy, established the people infrastructure and deepened inclusion and diversity practices to accelerate the company’s already rapid growth. In this global role, Ted aligned policy across U.S. and Kenyan business units and fostered collaboration to enhance operational performance.
As Chief Culture Officer at EILEEN FISHER, INC., Ted led the People and Culture teams as well as Information Technology. He spearheaded a comprehensive strategy to reshape the business model, enact digital transformation, overhaul supply chain operations, and invigorate the company culture -- advancing the company mission to be a force for good in the apparel industry.
He couples his executive background with more than a decade of consulting experience in leadership development, organizational effectiveness and executive coaching. As a principal at Praxis Consulting Group -- the premiere organization development firm serving employee-owned companies -- he advised scores of organizations across retail, manufacturing, professional services, health care, aerospace, and financial services.
Ted held a senior staff position at the Wharton School’s Executive Development Program and has taught leadership, organization development, and consulting at Rutgers University, University of Pennsylvania, and George Mason University.
Education:
Psy.D. in Organizational Psychology, Rutgers University
B.A. in Social Psychology,
Haverford College
“Ted knows how to integrate the human element with the business reality. He takes complex information and synthesizes it into a clear framework so you can get practical. You convert what you envision into action steps.”
Candice Reffe, Chief Innovation Officer (former), Eileen Fisher
Partnerships:
Ted is proud of his affiliations with leading progressive firms.
Certifications:
Hogan personality and leadership assessments
Clark Wilson Leadership Series
SAVI Communications
