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METHODOLOGIESWe provide proven process methodologies
that guide transformation at all levels of scale.
Navigate transformation with confidence.
Any adventurer knows that a good map, compass, GPS and guide are critical to navigating complex terrain. For forty years, we’ve been developing strategic guidance systems for all levels of transformation: self, relationship, team, organization and community. These process methodologies guide action so you achieve optimal results and sustainable breakthroughs.


Streamline action and reduce confusion.
Immediately up-level your leaders’ ability to lead change.
All our methodologies are process roadmaps: they guide action over time.
Using our change process methodologies is like having a masterful coach or guide at your side.
- They function as operating systems, providing the background wisdom about what to do and how to do it.
- They provide both strategic direction and operational guidance, including the tools and practices that ensure successful implementation.
- They inform your way and help you assess what is needed to take right action.
The Breakthrough Process

"Strategies and tools for leaders using strategic change as a competitive advantage..."
“Being First captures the science and the art of orchestrating organizational change by providing both practical and insightful strategies and tools for leaders who must use strategic change as a thoughtful competitive advantage.”

"A practical approach to large-scale change and transformation..."
“If you've been searching for a practical approach to large-scale change and transformation, the Being First Approach is it.”

"Equips and encourages leaders to understand how to deliver breakthrough results..."
“Transformative times require transforming the way we change. The Being First approach challenges, equips and encourages leaders to understand how to deliver breakthrough results. It is not just about change…it is about YOU as a leader in these transformative times.”

"Essential for anyone managing complex change..."
“This approach is essential for anyone managing complex change, especially today’s healthcare leaders. It's a comprehensive and practical system that will significantly increase your likelihood of success and lower your risk of costly setbacks. Based on 15 years of experience managing complex clinical and operational change, I highly recommend Being First.”
“Being First guides leaders safely through the turbulence of leading change..."
“Being First guides leaders safely through the turbulence of leading change, helping them mitigate the transformational dangers of overwhelm, chaos and uncertainty. Whether you are launching new products, restructuring, cutting costs or growing, you’ll learn how to take effective action with confidence.”

"Useful insight into how to address the dynamics of transformational change..."
“The Change Leader's Roadmap provided very useful insight into how to address the dynamics of transformational change. It also was a valuable lesson on the importance of my role in successful transformational change.”

"An approach based on decades of experience for executives leading strategy..."
“Based on decades of experience, Being First draws you into the world of what’s possible in change. Our development was engaging, tangible, practical and compelling! Their approach is applicable to executives leading strategy, Operations, change consultants and Learning and Development specialists.”
"The most comprehensive set of strategies and tools I have come across globally..."
“The Change Leader's Roadmap is the most comprehensive set of strategies and tools I have come across globally and the most practical in its guidance toward understanding what works best in each individual situation.”

"A thinking discipline for how I support change initiatives across our enterprise...”
“After 18 months using our license to The Change Leader's Roadmap, we realize it is not just a resource we can access every day to support our execution of specific changes but has become a thinking discipline for how I support change initiatives across our enterprise.”
"Unquestionably the best transformational change approach I have found..."
“Being First provides - unquestionably - the best transformational change approach I have found in 20 years working with organizations. They have a comprehensive blueprint for well planned, results-oriented change that balances discipline, innovation and the human dynamics of change.”

"A must for anyone responsible for complex, large-scale change efforts..."
“The Change Leader’s Roadmap provides access to a rare experience: creating real, transformational change in a grounded, easy-to-understand manner. This is a must for anyone responsible for complex, large-scale change efforts.”

"The most relevant and applicable approaches to advancing change successfully..."
“Even the expert and experienced change practitioner will be humbled by this approach. It brings together the most relevant and applicable approaches to advancing change successfully, but more importantly, it fills the gap we all fundamentally need—how to move ourselves and our organizations to achieve transformative change.”

CLIENT CASE
CLIENT CASE
Utility Successfully Realigns Thirty Districts into Six Regions and Strengthens its Culture
Challenged by the historical culture of field autonomy and the prevalence of command-and-control leadership, a major Utility’s corporate leaders implement strategic change initiatives to transform the company to optimize costs, better serve customers, and reduce competitive differences among its districts.
CLIENT CASE
Healthcare System Masters the Overwhelm of Too Much Change
With an initial count of over 200 change initiatives, a major provincial healthcare system uses the Change Leader’s Roadmap Methodology to reduce and streamline initiatives and integrate their efforts. They significantly increase their expertise in leading change, producing a significant increase in results while reducing risk and overall stress in the organization.
CLIENT CASE
Canada’s Biggest Landlord Effectively and Affordably Privatizes Property Management
CLIENT CASE
Consulting Firm Expands into Change Leadership Services Market
Challenged with supporting their clients to fully reap the benefits of their top-notch operational solutions, this consulting company built a skilled pool of consultants trained in strategic change consulting and conscious change leadership. What better service than to ensure their solutions would deliver the expected ROI for their clients!
CLIENT CASE
Pharmaceutical Sales Organization Doubles in Size, Evolves Its Culture
A fast-growing pharmaceutical sales division sees its most successful product launch to date. The newly expanded sales force creates new strategies and approaches, resulting in the highest Sales Force Effectiveness rating in company history. The culture is further enhanced and breakthroughs in business results achieved.
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EBOOK
Awake at the Wheel: Moving Beyond Change Management to Conscious Change Leadership

This eBook outlines a new leadership paradigm, skills and methods to achieve breakthrough in business results, culture and leadership in all your complex change efforts.
Recommended for CEO’s, C-Suite executives, change sponsors, project managers, change managers, executive coaches, and other change leaders and professionals.
Authors: Drs. Linda Ackerman Anderson and Dean Anderson
WEBINAR
What it Takes to Go Beyond Change Management
This webinar delves into the skills and knowledge of the strategic change consulting role, which can expand the positioning and brand of change management in significant ways.
Once you see where you can add additional value, without rocking the boat, you can do just that, beyond the confines of traditional change management.
Instructor: Dr. Linda Ackerman Anderson
WEBINAR
Scales of Breakthrough: Personal, Team, Organizational, Communities
Instructor: Dr. Dean Anderson