Strong Teams Aren't Accidental.
Build Your High-Performing
Team by Design.

Executive advisory for CEOs, CHROs, and senior leaders ready to get smart teams unstuck.

Tired of the same breakdowns, gaps, and misalignments showing up again and again?

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Even smart teams get stuck.

Build systems for consistent execution — even under pressure. 

I help organizations strengthen leadership, create alignment, and build accountability so your team can execute with clarity and confidence.

This work lives at the intersection of:

  • Leadership behavior
  • Organizational design
  • Accountability systems
  • Human decision-making under pressure

This is Transformation by Design, Not By Chance

Selection | Leadership | Development | Accountability | Culture | Alignment | Succession | Strategy

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Let's Build Your High-Performing Team Together

Depending on what your organization needs, I may step into one role or several.

  • Facilitator: I design and lead focused sessions that help teams surface real issues, navigate hard conversations, and build shared understanding.
  • "Coach-sultant": I support leaders as they grow, stretch, and lead through change.
  • Executive Advisor: I help leaders see patterns, clarify priorities, and design how accountability and execution actually work day to day.

As a Chief Accountability Architect, I integrate all three — helping teams not just talk about change, but design how leadership actually operates.

Who I Partner With:

  • CHROs/HR Leaders seeking a true strategic executive partner
  • CEOs navigating growth, transition, or complexity
  • Senior leadership teams experiencing recurring execution breakdowns
  • Organizations where culture and accountability must scale
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Assessments & Benchmarking

Data-driven clarity to identify strengths, gaps, and development priorities.

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High-Performing Team Workshops

Assessment-driven sessions to improve communication, trust, and accountability. Including DISC, Working Genius, and The Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team.

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Keynote & Speaking

Engaging, energizing talks that inspire audiences to lead, live, and perform — by design, not by chance.

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Advisory & Change Management

Expert counsel to manage transitions, remove barriers to adoption, and create the conditions for your organization to thrive through change.

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Leadership Development & Training

Short or long-term engagements to develop emotionally intelligent, high-performing leaders who lead with purpose and clarity.

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Quarterly & Annual Retreat Facilitation

Step back to reflect, realign, and reset direction with clarity and confidence for the quarter or year ahead.

The 4-Step Transformation

by Design Process

Assess Your Team

Assessments and benchmarking metrics to understand what’s really happening.

Align Your Leaders

Clarify roles, expectations, communication, and decision standards.

Activate Accountability

Build the systems that turn accountability into action. 

Elevate Performance

Reinforce leadership behaviors that help teams get real results.

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Assessment-Driven. Science-Backed. Results-Focused.

 

High-performing teams aren’t built on guessing and hope. I use the world’s leading multi-science, data-driven assessments to reveal, measure, and inform. Every diagnostic connects to a customized Leader or Team Playbook — translating behavioral insight into daily leadership practice.

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TriMetrix HD: The most comprehensive leadership diagnostic on the market.

Combines insights from:

  • DISC – How leaders behave and communicate
  • Driving Forces – Why leaders act, what drives decision-making
  • Acumen (Hartman) – How leaders critically think and problem-solve
  • Competencies DNA – Leadership capabilities and skill gaps

Ideal for: Executive selection, succession planning, leadership development, team dynamics.

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Additional Leadership Assessments to Drive Transformation:

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Meet Tracy Winkler.

I’m Tracy Winkler — Chief Accountability Architect, leadership facilitator, and executive advisor.

For more than 30 years, I’ve worked inside and alongside organizations, building businesses, leading teams, and helping leaders navigate growth, complexity, and change.

I spent decades leading inside large, privately held, multi-division organizations, including billion-dollar enterprises, where accountability, execution, and leadership alignment carried real consequences.

That experience shapes how I help leadership teams design clarity, alignment, and accountability that holds, especially under pressure.

What Leaders Are Saying

“This was the most actionable session I’ve ever had. Tracy was engaging, thoughtful, and direct — moving us with candor, clarity, and care.”

– Jennifer Ockey, Director of Finance & HR
Elite Medical

"Our session with Tracy wasn’t like any other. She took us beyond the surface. That kind of breakthrough is rare."

– Paula Shepherd, EVP, Health Plan Operations & Technology
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana

"Tracy brought structure to our chaos and meaning to our daily work. We've developed KPIs, educated our team, and grown stronger than ever."

– Benjy Smith, Operations & Safety Director
Barber Trucking

“Tracy's insights into our team's behavior has given us a deeper understanding of how to leverage each other's strengths and navigate frustrations more effectively.” 

– Chris Dilley, CEO
Mad Scientist Associates
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Ready to Design Transformation?

Stop hoping change will stick and start designing systems that do.

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