By
integrating a number of innovative approaches with extensive practical
experience, Cheryl Alexander Stearns offers a leadership development
framework and tools that strengthen the ability of individuals and
organizations to drive desired changes. Her exclusive programs combine
reading, reflection, feedback, peer coaching, and action learning
practices to build resilience and agility, create trust, and result in
consistently high performance.
Her nearly three decades as an
entrepreneur engaged in business development, team leadership, and
executive development has given Cheryl keen insight into the
organizational and individual dynamics that facilitate failure or
support success. She has worked both nationally and internationally,
and with non-profit and emerging companies as well as large
multinationals. In addition to her work with Cheryl Alexander &
Associates, she is a senior consultant with the Center for
Character-Based Leadership.
Cheryl has served on several
national and international advisory boards, including the U.S.
Secretary of Energy’s Advisory Board. She traveled to South Africa as a
delegate of the U.S. Trade Mission on Sustainable Energy and
Empowerment, and was a delegate and speaker at the Fourth United
Nations conference on Women in Beijing and at the World Economic Forum
in Madrid. She was a contributing author of The New Entrepreneurs:
Visionaries for the 21st Century. Early in her career she was a
founding member of numerous professional women’s associations and
networks.
Extensive work and travel around the globe and a BA
from the University of Minnesota in Chinese with a minor in Russian and
additional studies at Nan Yang University in Singapore have contributed
to her multicultural and global approach to leadership. She is a
recognized pioneer in working with organizations to successfully
integrate cultural and gender diversity into their executive ranks and
to increase their global effectiveness.
“Cheryl
is a coaching and consulting professional with great insight into the
workings of leaders. She's also a terrific presenter and trainer, able
to get to the heart of the matter, communicate clearly and powerfully,
and inspire true change. She is truly a professional of the highest
caliber. We've partnered on a number of projects, and I would recommend
her to anyone interested in bettering their leadership skills.”
“Cheryl
is a highly skilled and dedicated professional who brings a lot of
energy and innovation to her work. She has been responsive to the needs
of the business, integrating organizational values and goals into the
coaching support she provides leaders. She is thorough, honest,
appropriately challenging, and dedicated to a positive outcome for all
concerned. Those who have worked with her have been extremely pleased
with the outcome and enthusiastically recommend her to others. I would
not hesitate to call on her support for leadership and development
coaching, career counseling, and to offer guidance in any number of
organizational development situations.”
