Dr. Tim Jansa – Inspiring Organizational Development in Higher Education

Higher Education Advisor | Board and ICF-Certified Executive Coach | Everything DiSC® Certified Practitioner | Passionate Agilist | Organizational Innovator | Podcast Host | Author

It’s my firm belief that all successful leaders need a coach who brings compassion, enjoyment, and deep expertise to helping their clients grow to be their best selves – personally and professionally. That’s why, as a trusted advisor, coach, facilitator, and trainer, I specialize in transforming educational and nonprofit institutions into innovative, adaptive, and agile learning ecosystems that prioritize the human need to grow and find meaning in their professional lives. 

With over two decades of experience in higher education, as well as the nonprofit sector, where I helped multinational corporations tackle intercultural communication challenges, I have built internationally recognized expertise through my research and writing on higher education leadership, organizational development, communication, and culture.

Connect with me today to discuss exciting opportunities in higher education coaching, leadership training, or organizational transformation.

Driving Change Through a Comprehensive Range of Services

Organizational transformation in colleges and universities happens one person and one team at a time. I curate custom solutions based on each institution’s needs through:

• Higher education coaching
• Higher education advisory services
• Organizational development
• Leadership development
• Leadership coaching
• Leadership consulting
• Team facilitation
• Team assessments
• Individual assessments

My deep expertise and human-centered, whole-systems approach help build leaders’ capacity to serve as multipliers and change agents, bringing meaningful and sustainable transformation to the benefit of all campus stakeholders.

Championing Agile Leadership

Adhering to the foundational principles of Agile, my passion for organizations as complex, adaptive, people-led, and continuously emergent entities drives me to leverage positive human behavior, social interactions, and holistic systems thinking to help leaders create purposeful and empowered cultures where no challenge is too big to overcome through the power of human potential.

I am one of a select few coaches and higher education advisors who specialize in Agile-based transformation of administrative operations in colleges and universities. By standing up small and empowered teams of expert practitioners, led by servant leaders, I help institutions build innovative capacity, remove obstacles to meaningful and sustainable change, and create a motivated, engaged, and future-ready workforce.

My Qualifications

With over 20 years of experience serving at higher education institutions in both faculty and staff/administrative roles, I possess the depth of insight and understanding necessary to help my clients tackle much-needed change. In addition to this knowledge and appreciation of organizational complexities, I hold the following certifications and credentials:

• Wiley Everything DiSC® Certified Practitioner
• ICF- and Board-Certified Professional Coach 
• Culture Change Coach
• Change Leadership Coach
• Strategic Planning and Execution Coach

My clients benefit from my powerful combination of expertise, skill, and a people-centered, complexity-conscious, innovative mindset that allows me to guide them in tackling their most pressing personal and organizational challenges.

I look forward to working with you.