Equipping Leaders.
Transforming Systems.
Sustaining Impact.
The Change Makers Leadership Institute Approach
At CMLI, we offer customized coaching, facilitation, and technical assistance to help individuals, teams, and organizations unlock their full potential. No matter your role or your organization's stage of development, CMLI can tailor support to your unique goals.
Partnering for
purposeful change
Working with community leaders and the organizations they manage to strengthen internal culture, elevate stakeholder voices, and improve outcomes by updating systems in ways that break unhealthy cycles and patterns of behavior.
Change-Making
Services
Assessment
CMLI helps leaders see their full landscape clearly, identifying strengths, patterns, blind spots, and emerging needs. CMLI translates complexity into insight. Leaders walk away with a grounded understanding of where they are, what’s shifting, and what’s possible next.
Coaching
Coaching is relational, restorative, and deeply human. We help leaders regulate, reflect, and grow with intention. Through guided inquiry, strengths‑based feedback, and person-centered practices, leaders build clarity, confidence, and the emotional steadiness needed to lead with heart.
Technical Assistance
Technical assistance is hands‑on, systems‑aligned support that strengthens teams, coalitions, and organizational culture. We help leaders apply trauma‑informed practices, repair ruptures, build safety, and create structures that sustain collaboration. Our TA is practical, compassionate, and tailored to the realities of all levels of staff and stakeholders within the organization.
Change Planning
CMLI helps leaders design change that is strategic, human‑centered, and actually doable. Using CMLI tools, we guide leaders to set evidence‑based goals, identify root causes, build scaffolding for success, and recalibrate as organizations/coalitions evolve. The result: change that feels aligned, supported, and sustainable.
“Gabrielle has a unique ability to offer guidance across multiple facets of community-based work while maintaining a strong focus on collaboration and outcomes. She genuinely wants to see others—and the communities they serve—thrive. Her commitment to excellence, paired with her approachable and thoughtful leadership style, makes her an invaluable asset to any organization.”
— LADONNA COLLINS, MA CHES, CHILD AND FAMILY WELLBEING DIRECTOR, GA CASA
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