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The old playbook is broken. And you know it.
You're working through the biggest transformation the social impact sector has ever seen. And everywhere you turn, you're hitting walls:
Your partnerships aren't working. The power dynamics are off. Communities want leadership, not "capacity building." You know something needs to shift, but you don't have the roadmap.
You're stuck between values and results. You're told to choose: be ethical OR be effective. Drive impact at scale OR slow down for justice. Lead with heart OR get strategic. Why can't it be both?
The leadership development you've tried wasn't built for this work. Most of it comes from corporate origins, repackaged for social impact. And what you're offered? Either values-led workshops or courses that inspire but don't help you implement, or management training or coaching that misses the justice lens entirely. Theory or tools—never both.
Change keeps coming and you're barely keeping up. Localization. AI. Climate. Funding shifts. Rising authoritarianism. Your career path isn't clear and you're wondering: how do I stay relevant, let alone thrive?
Here's the truth: You're not behind. The system is.
THE PROBLEM
You've been following the wrong models.
Here's what no one tells you: Modern leadership development has its roots in the military and corporate hierarchies—command-and-control structures designed for compliance, not change.
For decades, social impact has inherited these approaches: watered down, repackaged, but still fundamentally mismatched. Corporate models that don't fit our values. Non-profit approaches that don't scale. Everyone treating justice and strategy like they're opposites.
And if you're a woman of color or historically marginalized leader? You're navigating an even bigger gap—told to code-switch and assimilate while the very models you're handed reinforce the systems you're trying to transform.
But here's what I've learned working with leaders across 100+ countries:
The most effective leaders are the most values-driven. They don't compromise their principles to get results. They use their values as their strategic advantage.
They've figured out how to:
→ Build partnerships that actually shift power, not just redistribute resources
→ Make values-driven decisions at speed, not just in theory
→ Navigate constant change without burning out or selling out
→ Show up authentically, lifting others as they rise
They didn't get lucky. They learned approaches designed for us, by us—combining social justice leadership principles with the science of behavior change, communication across cultures, and trauma-informed practice.
When women of color and historically marginalized leaders show up authentically, everything changes. We're not communities that are behind—we're communities building solutions.
When underrepresented and undervalued leaders embrace their power, and they empower others, and everyone wins.
WHY THIS KEEPS HAPPENING
We combine social justice principles with behavioral science to help you navigate power dynamics, build authentic partnerships, and lead through transformation.
Whether you're transforming extractive partnerships, building career resilience, or developing authentic leadership skills, we offer three pathways designed specifically for leaders who refuse to choose between values and impact.
Three pathways. Three ways to grow.
THE SOLUTION
Your Journey to Transformative Leadership
Your Journey to Transformative Leadership
The world needs leaders who refuse to choose between their values and their impact. If that's you, let's get started!
Choose your own adventure:
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The THRIVE Roadmap helps you get grounded, gain clarity of purpose, discover your core values, and build the kind of resilience that actually sustains you through change. Through monthly workshops and peer coaching circles, you'll develop skills that help you lead through whatever the sector throws at you—without losing yourself in the process.
Perfect for ongoing learning and connection with peers who get it. The kind of community that increases your confidence navigating life transitions, career pivots, and sector shifts—because you're not figuring it out alone.
🪸 Flourish Fellowship • Membership Community
In a world overwhelmed by online courses and webinars, Maya's approach to the Shifting Power Accelerator was a breath of fresh air. Maya's facilitation skills kept us engaged throughout the intensive course and live sessions, and the insights continue to transform how I think about shifting power in my work long after the course ended.
Upasana Hembram
Internet Society Foundation
Upasana Hembram
Internet Society Foundation
Insightful, engaging, and a breath of fresh air!
The POWER Method helps you build trust-based relationships, proximate leadership, power awareness, and nuture the kind of partnerships that create lasting, community-led change. You'll learn to recognize power imbalances in real-time and create partnerships where communities lead and funders follow—because that's how real change happens.
Reject aid, embrace solidarity. Discover how equitable partnerships, accompaniment, and flexible funding actually work at leading organizations around the world.
⛵️ Shifting Power Accelerator • 90-Day Course
Shifting Power Accelerator takes you on a journey of deep learning and discovery. Maya's structure, content, and design all work together to create insights you can actually use in your work.
Maya isn't just knowledgeable about shifting power—she's an expert facilitator who knows how to help you digest key concepts and integrate them into your professional context. You leave with practical tools, not just theory.
If you want to learn #ShiftThePower principles and practices, you don't want to miss this immensely valuable course!!
Margherita Sgorbissa
Vitala Foundation
Margherita Sgorbissa
Vitala Foundation
An immensely valuable course...don't miss it!!
The VALUES Compass is a science-backed system for leaders who refuse to choose between being deeply ethical or highly effective. You'll master difficult conversations, build strategic vision, and make values-aligned decisions under pressure—all while staying grounded in what matters most to you.
This is where personal transformation meets organizational impact. Where you stop second-guessing yourself and start leading with the kind of clarity that creates real change.
🧭 Fearless Leadership & Careers • 1:1 Coaching
Ayesha Farah
Comic Relief
Before coaching, I knew I was successful but I felt stuck. I had big ideas and wanted to lead with my values, but I didn't know how to get others to listen. I kept second-guessing myself, even though I knew I was capable of more.
Maya never tried to change my personality—she helped me become the most authentic version of myself. Now I'm speaking at Davos, meeting with government ministers, and leading high-stakes initiatives with confidence.
Twelve months of coaching with Maya was the best investment I've ever made - I know who I am as a leader now.
The best investment I've ever made!
Ayesha Farah
Comic Relief
Your organization likely budgets for leadership development, coaching, and skills training—and Fearless programs absolutely qualify. Whether you're strengthening your leadership, navigating organizational change, or building skills for where the sector is headed, this is exactly what those funds are for.
Not sure how to ask? We've got you. Reach out and we'll help you craft a proposal that makes it easy for your supervisor or HR team to say yes.
Use Your Professional Development Funds
THE SOLUTION
I've been where you are. Tired of choosing between being ethical or effective. Exhausted by sector conversations that stay reactive, complain and shame others on inclusion, and don't offer solutions or deliver themselves.
I believe deeply that principled leaders, like you, are the most effective leaders for just and sustainable futures.
That's why I've adapted leadership insights from community organizing, behavioral science, and cross-cultural communication to create accessible frameworks grounded in evidence now helping social impact leaders, like you, unlock their creativity and turn their greatest challenges into powerful catalysts for change.
👋 Meet Maya: Your Guide
From Surviving to Thriving
Dylan Dellosa
EngageMedia
Dylan Dellosa
EngageMedia
Maya helped our senior leadership examine our organizational capacity and develop KPIs that were both impactful and practical. She transformed what's typically a dull process into a collaborative effort and helped us get out of our own way.
I highly recommend Maya to anyone seeking a consultant who brings a unique combination of expertise and humanity to their work.
A unique combination of expertise and humanity!
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