References

Dedicated, competent and kind describes Debbie’s work well.

— Darin Fahrney, Chief Academic Officer, Singapore American School


Debbie is a trusted and proven leader who can quickly assess how to support your improvement needs. She is an insightful coach and is able to support at the systems level for large organizations as well help individual clients design plans. She is skilled at creating high performing teams and builds credibility through her cutting edge knowledge of leadership development.

— Susana Cordova, Deputy Superintendent, Dallas Unified School District


Debbie helped me make the transition into thinking more deeply about becoming an executive leader. She helped me grow my leadership capability, credibility and results.  Debbie's partnership creates a progressive balance between coaching, mentoring and informing that has helped me greatly improve my relationships with our leaders. Through targeted yet gentle questioning, she nudges me towards tackling the heart of my primary issues. She balances responsiveness to my immediate needs with keeping the focus on longer-term goals.

— Mario Giardiello, Director of Schools, Office of Autonomous Schools, Aurora Public Schools


As a long time consultant, trainer, and organizational developer, I have become very selective with regard to others that I will team up with. Debbie Hearty is one of those few professionals. Her depth of content knowledge, creativity, and strong facilitation skills always add tremendous value to projects we work on together.

— Jeff Wein, Denver Public Schools Leadership Development


I have seen in action Debbie's remarkable ability to drive a human capital strategy from organizational goals - effectively aligning and executing a talent acquisition, culture-building and leadership development support. She's an incredible listener and able to shape language and strategies that help leaders unite organizations and move them forward.

— Will Lee-Ashley, Senior Director Guild Education


We've asked Debbie to keynote for our group of talent leaders multiple times and she always provokes such deep thinking that our participants are still talking about her message days later! Her deep commitment to equity and inclusion permeates everything she does and the strategies she recommends are realistic and impactful. We can't wait to have her back!

— Danielle Pickens & Katie Singh, Urban Schools Human Capital Academy