We understand people are the driving force behind every successful organization
Helping people work more effectively together is a natural leverage point for improving individual and business performance. Lead with Intention specializes in providing professional facilitation services to help you and your teams achieve higher levels of performance and sustained success in an ever-changing landscape.
We keep it Simple
The industry uses labels like "Team and Organizational Development", "Strategic Planning" and "Change Management". At Lead with Intention, we just call it "helping people work more effectively for better results".
We facilitate engaging leadership, team, and organizational development sessions, tailored to help entire business systems succeed. We utilize people-centric methodologies based in robust leadership principles to develop human potential and alignment, and increase effectiveness and performance.
Our services are informative, impactful, popular, and effective. They can be applied at individual, team, and organization levels equally.
Our Approach
We work closely with our clients to understand their unique needs and develop customized solutions. We educate, facilitate discussions, and help you explore options. We build competencies and empower individuals, teams, leaders, and organizations to work more effectively together. With a "focus on focus" and a people-centric approach, we explore 4 key questions:
1. Where are you going and who do you aspire to be? (Vision,
Purpose, Values)
2. How do you plan to get there? (Plan and Workplan Alignment)
3. How do you unlock your "human potential" and create the aligned, inspired working culture needed to reach your goals and ambitions? (Leadership and People Development, Culture, Change Management, and results)
4. How will you sustain success? (Continuous Improvement)
Practical, results-driven and engaging
We excel in delivering results-driven experiences that are practical, highly engaging, and provide easily applicable content and takeaways. Rooted in systems-thinking philosophy and methodologies, and enriched with the popular Insights Discovery Program, our services are designed to drive meaningful outcomes. We offer customized sessions that blend different methodologies and tools depending on client needs. Examples of some of the tools and approaches we use include:
Insights Discovery
A psychometric tool used for personal, team, and leadership development. Insights Discovery aims to increase self-awareness and enhance personal effectiveness, team cohesion, and working cultures. Insights sessions include comprehensive personalized reports that uncover individual styles, team dynamics, and potential areas for growth and development.
"Insights is a game-changer! It feels as though we have gotten closer as a team already, and we will be able to communicate more effectively going forward." Insights Management Team Workshop participant, 2024
Intentional Leadership through Systems Thinking
Customized strategic leadership and business planning sessions that educate and help individuals, teams, and organizations create clear focus, agility, alignment, and improved effectiveness and results.
"Superb course and highly recommend it." ; "many wow/aha moments." Intentional Leadership course participants, 2024
Customized team and organizational development sessions
Focused sessions aimed at creating inspired, informed, and effective organizational cultures, teams, and employees, blending Systems Thinking and Insights methodologies with team dynamics principles and theory.
"...inspiring and inspirational"; "so many gems and takeaways." Workshop participants 2023
Managing the dynamics of change
Agility, continuous improvement, and adaptation are basic cornerstones of organizational survival in today’s constantly changing world. People who understand the dynamics of change are better equipped to manage it effectively and efficiently to achieve success. We offer informative sessions that help achieve the successful execution of strategic initiatives through exploration and development of effective change management strategies.
"This session has been an inspiration to embrace change" - High Potential workshop participant 2023
Individual leadership development
A self-reflective exercise that helps clients discover their unique leadership style and potential. The process culminates in creating a declaration of "who they intend to be as a leader", a personal leadership profile supported with goals and aspirations, and an individualized plan to move forward.
"My personal leadership profile started out as a foggy concept, but over time, it has turned into my way of being, my guide post and something that I aspire to. It truly is a great exercise to go through." High Potential program participant, 2023
Outcomes of our work
We aim to help clients perform at their best and improve results by enhancing the effectiveness of how their people work together and perform their roles. We focus on helping clients:
- Tap into unrealized human potential and effectiveness through enhanced interpersonal and communication skills
- Develop agile, strategic leaders and leadership skills to guide teams and organizations to sustained success in an ever-changing landscape
- Elevate individual and team performance and create more collaborative, cohesive, and motivated workforces
- Galvanize organizations and teams around a common purpose, vision, and set of values while generating aligned, collaborative plans to achieve success.
- Uncover strengths, broaden perspectives, create a sense of value for each person, and help organizations make better use of their human resources, for improved results.
"Lani 's values-based leadership style, collaborative approach to workshop design, and facilitation skills are exceptional. Lani has a remarkable ability to engage participants and create a collaborative environment, making her an invaluable asset in facilitating Insights, Strategic Planning, and team development sessions. Her character is defined by professionalism, empathy, and a genuine commitment to helping others succeed. I highly recommend Lani Schultz for any strategic planning or team development needs, as her expertise and dedication consistently lead to outstanding outcomes." Mike Romas, Manager People Development, February 2025
Facilitation Services
"Lani is a quintessential professional. She leads with diplomacy and tact while being a straight-shooter. She has a knack for meeting teams and individuals where they are at and helping to navigate a clear and intentional path forward to achieve a clear, unified vision. Lani is a true gem and I highly recommend working with her." C. Adamson, Manager, Community Social Development , January 2025
Lani Schultz is the lead facilitator and founder of Lead with Intention Consulting. She specializes in organizational, leadership, team and employee development, and strategic planning and change management. Her facilitation skills are highly regarded, and she brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to every project she undertakes.
With over 20 years of experience as a senior advisor to City Councils and senior leaders in municipal government, Lani has led high-profile initiatives and delivered large organizational transformation programs. She has developed and co-delivers a national award-winning high-potential leadership development program with Royal Roads University.
Driven by her belief in people, and a passion to empower individuals to achieve their fullest potential, her unwavering dedication to helping others grow is a cornerstone of her work.
Lani integrates Insights Discovery and Systems Thinking, to enhance personal and business performance, and to transform how people work together at the individual, team, and organizational levels. She works with a wide range of clients including government, private business, and not-for-profit organizations. Her style is described as “inspiring”, “engaging” and “highly effective”.
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia, she holds a Master’s Degree from the University of British Columbia, a Mastery Level Certificate from the Centre for Strategic Management, and is a Licensed Practitioner for Insights Discovery. She is also a principal consultant with Peoplefirst, (Peoplefirst.ca) a Canadian consulting firm dedicated to people and organizational development using Insights Discovery.