The Human Side of Transformation
Where Leadership Holds Under Pressure
I'm Susan Howes, founder and Chief Transformation Strategist at Howes Consulting Solutions.
For more than twenty years, I’ve worked inside real transformation pressure — across energy, finance, technology, and public sectors. The pattern has been unmistakable:
Organizations don’t stall because they lack direction.
They stall when pressure fractures the human side of execution — presence, interpretation, decision flow, and follow-through.
That’s why I created Shift to Lead™.
A practical method that equips leaders to:
- steady their signal before pressure intensifies
- activate conviction teams move with
- lead motion that holds through complexity
I don’t fix leaders. I partner with them. I guide, co-create, and steady — so the leader’s signal becomes the organization’s stabilizing force. My work integrates:
• Organizational Change Management
• Human-centered practice
• Narrative interpretation (how meaning lands under pressure)
• Behavioral & pressure-pattern insight
Better signals move people.
Better motion drives results.
Why Leaders Choose Us
Senior leaders come to us because pressure is rising and the stakes are high.
They stay because the method works.
✅ We surface breakdowns leaders can sense but haven’t named
✅ We strengthen alignment without more meetings
✅ We create clarity that spreads without push
✅ We build execution strength without “culture programs”
✅ We activate conviction — not compliance
✅ We turn pressure into clarity, and motion into execution that holds
You're already leading. We ensure your signal leads too.
Signal Briefs → Real Stories of Motion That Holds
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The Shift to Lead™ Approach
Recalibration → Activation → Execution
A system built for leaders in motion.
🔵 PreShift™ — Recalibration
Where leaders steady their signal under pressure.
Identity, presence, alignment—the foundation of traction.
🟨 StoryShift™ — Activation
Where clarity turns into conviction.
Teams stop waiting for direction and start moving with it.
🟥 ChangeShift™ — Execution
Where motion holds—even when conditions shift.
Complexity becomes coherence.
Decisions turn into motion.
The Shift Begins Here
Leadership today requires more than direction.
It requires steadiness, clarity, and motion that holds.
If you're ready to restore traction—and lead with the kind of presence people move with—we're ready to partner with you.
The Shift That Enables All The Shifts That Follow
PreShift is now on Amazon. The recalibration EVERY leader needs—before story, strategy, and change.