Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth is an insightful educator and Organization Development Consultant who has spent the last two decades building equitable, just, inclusive, sustainable communities. She combines the art of teaching & facilitation with the science of human behavior & psychology to uplift and create positive and sustainable change. Her use of instructional design, leadership & learning development complement her change management and organization development skills.

Her extensive portfolio includes experience with such things as having difficult conversations, inclusion, racial consciousness, team accountability, personal development, building cultural competence, theory of change, adaptive leadership, and conflict resolution amongst many others. In addition, on a systems level, she helps leaders improve other human systems with such things as talent acquisition, engagement, learning & development processes. Combined with global experience in systems design, and change management, Elizabeth is sure to help you and your organization transform.

Her second master’s thesis research focuses on how educational employees make and maintain meaning in their work. Applicable to many industries, Elizabeth integrates her research in helping organizations offer employees purpose & meaning; which are highly needed and sought after areas of expertise in this rapidly volatile and evolving times.

Elizabeth holds a B.A. in English & Education from Michigan State University, an M.A. in Deaf Education from Columbia University’s Teachers College and an M.S. in Organization Development (MSOD) from the Graziadio Business School at Pepperdine University.

Washtenaw Intermediate School District (WISD) |2010 - 2021

Teacher Consultant and District Leader

• Provided county-wide educational consulting services for children aged 3-26 to 6 public school districts, private schools, Washtenaw Educational Opportunities Consortium, charters, community colleges, and Washtenaw Youth Detention Center. Provided expertise in deaf education, ensuring equal access to the curriculum.
• Taught in a self-contained classroom for non-verbal, severely-multiply impaired young adults. 
• Collaborated with executive administration to strategize and implement practices and policies fostering an equitable, inclusive, and socially-just culture (EISJ). 
• Drove team development efforts district-wide, working with executive administration to strengthen teams.
• Advised and consulted with the local District Support Team on building educator capacity and interventions.
• Co-led Curriculum & Instruction initiative, supporting educators to continuously improve instructional practices.  
• Adaptive Leadership Network to enhance leader capacity in navigating complex change and continuous improvement. 
• Designed, developed & facilitated professional learning sessions including: 
  • Cross-cultural Communication, Navigating Difficult Conversations, Team and Community Building, Feedback, Psychological Safety and Trust, Growth Mindset, Goal Setting.

The Clearing |2022-2023

        Management Consultant

Projects included:

NASA Workplace Collaboration Services (WCS)

• Led change management and organizational transformation for NASA’s WCS, developing strategies, implementing new management processes, and fostering alignment to drive high performance and seamless connectivity for national team.

Prominent Federal Agency (NDA)

• Developed and delivered comprehensive consultant training on Advanced Facilitation.

Prominent Federal Agency (NDA)

• Collaborated with a client-leader from the OD department to examine session designs and successfully implement a six-session foundations leadership course.

The Clearing Mission Support

• Designed and facilitated two-session pricing strategy focus group sessions with company executives, extracting valuable insights for decision-making.

Perfectly Taylored Coaching, LLC |2015-2017, 2021-present                                                                              

Founder, Principal Coach and Consultant

• Provide project contracting, planning (with design and strategic approaches) and execution to drive results in organizational aspects such as structure, processes, HR initiatives and rewards.  Provide coaching and consulting to leaders for change management and optimizing individual, team, and organizational structures to foster diverse, inclusive, and equitable cultures. Additionally, design instructional materials aiding leaders in constructing equitable, inclusive, diverse & socially-just cultures.

Wayfinding Partners |Contractor

Justice, Equity & Inclusion Trainer (Navigator)                                                    

• Facilitate conversations & workshops with organizational leaders and personnel to build rudimentary understandings of race & racism as it displays itself in their systems and relationships.
• Balance empathy, humility, courage, and expertise to promote psychological safety, authentic interpersonal connection, and transformative learning in diving beneath the surface of normative racial discourse.
• Facilitate [white] racial caucus groups to foster increased employee engagement in racial discourse.
• Teach and lead sessions focused on practical ways of dismantling systems of oppression.

Additional Work Experience available upon request:

• Harbor Charter for Arts & Sciences 
• NYC Public School District 75 (Special Education)
• NYC’s Rudolf Steiner School

Pepperdine University, Graziadio School of Business                                                                             

Master of Science, Organization Development (with Honors)

Thesis:  Employee Practices for Finding and Maintaining Meaning in Work

Columbia University, Teachers College                                                                                      

Master of Arts in Education of the Deaf

Michigan State University                                                                                                           

Bachelor of Arts, English and Elementary Education