Leadership hasn’t kept up with the pace of change.
Leaders are under pressure to deliver, align teams, and evolve — all while managing complexity and burnout.
SHIFT is a strategic leadership and organizational development system that brings clarity, capacity, and connection to every level of your organization.
Leadership is overloaded. Culture feels misaligned. Strategy loses momentum. Most leadership programs treat the symptoms, not the system.
SHIFT changes that.
It equips leaders and teams to:
• Make better decisions under pressure
• Navigate change without chaos
• Build high-trust, high-performing teams
• Align people and performance with purpose
Leadership today isn’t about controlling chaos—it’s about building the system capacity to lead through it.
SHIFT gives you the tools to lead from the inside out.
THE SHIFT FRAMEWORK
A System for Leading in Complexity
SHIFT maps the five core capacities every modern leader must develop — and shows how to apply them across strategy, culture, and performance.
Security: Trust, safety, grounded presence
Horizon: Strategic vision, meaning-making
Impact: Focus, accountability, execution
Fluidity: Adaptability, change-readiness
Ties: Connection, belonging, collaboration
Explore Your SHIFT Strengths
Practical Guides for Leading AI-Driven Change
Navigate today's AI-powered world with clarity, connection, and confidence. Choose the guide that fits your leadership journey.
For Organizations
Identify your team's leadership strengths and align human capacity with technological transformation.
For Individual Leaders
Recognize your dominant leadership strengths and lead yourself and others with greater clarity through AI-driven change.
One Framework. Multiple Ways to SHIFT.
Choose the path that fits your needs — Services, Learning, or Licensing.
Services
For teams, leaders, and orgs ready for facilitated strategy & support.
- Debriefs
- Workshops
- Strategy Labs
- Custom Consulting
Learning
Scale leadership impact with consistency + customization.
- SHIFT Foundations
- The Regulated Mind @ Work
- Take the Helm
Licensing & Integration
For platforms, HR teams, and L&D orgs scaling SHIFT internally.
- Licensing
- White-label
- Train-the-Trainer
Leadership Impact
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SHIFT gave me a clear picture of my strengths and growth areas. I was able to clearly identify needs within my organization using the SHIFT model; the alignment of my strengths and interests with these needs is what led to me to craft a strategy that will foster growth both for me and my organization.
Director of Employee Engagement, Medical Research
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As someone with generalized anxiety disorder who manages a variety of leadership responsibilities, I’ve thoroughly benefitted from the SHIFT curriculum. I’ve been able to re-direct my anxious energy into more productive and psychologically safe ways of being. In turn, I believe my team has clearer goals, better opportunities to engage with each other, and more comfort in asking for help. SHIFT offers a way to be more comfortable in leading change and creating opportunity for others.
Faculty Member & Department Director, Higher Education
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SHIFT helped me focus on how to leverage my greatest strength(s) and how to improve or develop in those other areas).
Startup Founder | Speaker | Author
It starts with a single SHIFT.
“In today’s uncertain business reality, leaders are looking for proven roadmaps to navigate change. Rachael Lowell has been researching and leading transformation in organizations of all sizes for nearly twenty years. Her SHIFT framework offers a step-by-step approach to guide organizations from where they are now, to where they want to be. ”