Supporting Alignment in Higher Ed
Empowering higher education leaders to navigate complexity, lead with clarity, and drive meaningful change.
Consulting
Consulting services for colleges and universities
Individual and team leadership coaching
Leading Transformational Change
Leadership Coaching
Professional Development
Higher Education Administration and Governance
Policy and Program Development and Review
Registrar's Office and Academic Operations
Executive and Board Operations and Governance
Strategic and Operational Planning
Stakeholder Engagement and Facilitation
Environmental Scanning and Research
Plan Development and Strategic Communication
Systems Thinking
Organizational Learning
Adaptive Leadership and Transformational Change
Leadership and Organizational Change
Alignment in Action - Consulting Services
Helping higher education teams align around what matters most, lead change with integrity, and achieve outcomes that move institutions forward.
1:1 Coaching
Individualized coaching to support leadership development.
Leadership coaching for teams or groups.
Group Coaching
Leadership Coaching
Empowering individuals and teams to discover innovative solutions through leadership coaching and professional development.
Professional Development
Leading Transformational Change
Leading Transformational Change is a facilitated change leadership experience designed for modern registrar’s offices that will build the capacity of your RO and your institution to learn, collaborate, and lead meaningful change.
Through a structured five‑module journey, you and your team will engage in a change process that is transparent, reflective, evidence‑based, and grounded in three powerful frameworks: organizational learning, organizational justice, and adaptive leadership.
Transformational change doesn’t begin with a plan — it begins with the way people come together to create it. The Leading Transformational Change program creates the conditions for honest dialogue, shared learning, and courageous thinking. It helps teams see their work, their challenges, and each other in new ways.
And yes. It delivers a clear, achievable plan for your change initiative, along with tools and training that support effective engagement, prioritization, and communication.
Empowering higher education teams to drive organizational transformation through collaboration, learning, and leadership.
A Registrar's Office Planning Framework
About me
I am a higher education change leader and trained facilitator with deep experience helping organizations navigate complexity, strengthen alignment, and move strategic priorities from intention to action. My work spans strategic and operational planning, policy and program development, and service and process evaluation.
I have leadership experience directing the day-to-day operations of complex operational units within a higher education environment, and coaching and mentoring team members to find solutions that achieve strategic priorities.
I also bring substantial expertise in enterprise systems and data — particularly EdTech workflows, system implementations, data governance, and operational and institutional reporting. I understand how systems, processes, and people intersect, and I help organizations align these elements to improve outcomes and reduce friction.
I hold a Master of Arts in Higher Education Administration and Leadership from Royal Roads University, with studies focused on leadership and change in higher education, systems thinking, organizational learning, cultural competency, equity, diversity, inclusion and decolonization, quality assurance, learning technologies, and digital transformation.
Today, through Alignment Era Consulting, I help leaders and teams navigate complexity with confidence — building alignment, strengthening culture, and designing pathways that move organizations toward their most important goals.
Traditional Lands Acknowledgement
Alignment Era Consulting is located on Treaty One Territory, the ancestral lands of the Anishinaabeg, Anisininew, Ininiwak/Nehethowuk, Oceti Sakowin/Dakota Oyate Peoples, and the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. This territory is also a place of significance for the Denesuline and the Inuit Peoples. I also acknowledge that our water is sourced from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation in Treaty Three Territory, and that most of our hydro-electricity comes from Treaty Five Territory in northern Manitoba.
As a settler on these lands, I acknowledge the harms and mistakes of the past and commit to addressing systemic biases and barriers that still exist today, and working together with Indigenous communities in collaboration, respect and reciprocity.
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Sharon Taylor (she/her)
