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Indra A. Books
Founder and CEO
Empowering Authentic Leadership
As a seasoned consultant with over 25 years of experience in organizational development, Indra Books helps leaders and teams unlock their full potential by embracing their authentic selves. Her virtual boutique consultancy, Agility for All, offers a range of services designed to transform organizational culture and enhance team performance.
About Indra Books
With a background in corporate consulting, she transitioned to establish Agility for All in 2019. Based in Spain, she caters to a global clientele through a 100% virtual business model. Her approach prioritizes collaborative growth, fostering high-performing and inclusive team cultures that align with organizational goals for sustainable outcomes.
Expertise and Impact
As a sought-after speaker and workshop facilitator, she advocates for strategic investments in culture and people. Her interventions focus on actionable strategies for unparalleled organizational success, empowering visionary leaders to drive transformative change.
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Join Indra on a path of transformation and empowerment, where authenticity, agility, and inclusivity come together to unlock the full potential of your organization.
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Join Indra in a candid conversation and embrace the philosophy of agile thinking. Dive into the essentials of ethical consulting, the power of authenticity, and practical advice for leaders seeking to connect more deeply with their teams. Don't miss her insights on personal growth and an exclusive peek into her upcoming programs designed to help you succeed. And once you are ready to take the next step, book a call with Indra and begin the journey to making your vision a reality.
Kofi Blankson
Agile Leadership Expert and Digital Transformation Strategist
Kofi Blankson, known as "Africa's CIO," is a seasoned IT strategist and program manager with extensive experience leading technology and business teams to success globally. As a certified Agile leader, he excels in leading Agile transformations, coaching teams, and adopting Agile methodologies to drive business agility and deliver value at scale.
Expertise and Impact
With a strong vision for digital transformation, Kofi leverages his exceptional program management skills to foster innovation and align technology strategies with business objectives. He has been recognized for customer service and project delivery success, and his expertise includes digital technology strategy, executive engagement, problem-solving, customer satisfaction, and change management.
Sarah Shields
Communications Expert, Engagement Strategist and Facilitator
Sarah Shields, has established more than 16 years of experience in communications, focusing on organizational and employee engagement, change management, and diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) initiatives across the government contracting, healthcare, technology, and travel industries. She specializes in a variety of engagement methods, including comprehensive communication strategies, cross-functional and matrixed-team collaboration, employee resource group (ERG) initiatives, and techniques fostering inclusive work environments.
Expertise and Impact
An advocate for balancing empathy and transparency in employee communications, Sarah is particularly passionate about, and has been recognized for, empowering women to show up confidently in the workplace. She enjoys coaching leaders on the most authentic ways to engage with their employees, and how to build strong and compassionate workplace cultures. Sarah is based in the Washington, DC metro area, and her goal is to help leaders cultivate a better balance between driving success for their stakeholders and engaging humanely with their teams.
Mike Cantrell
Agilist and Strategic Project Manager
Mike Cantrell is a versatile project management professional who combines advanced expertise in agile methodologies with 15 years of cross-industry experience. As a certified Project Management Professional (PMP)®, Scrum Master, and Product Owner, he specializes in leading complex initiatives across operations, sales, and technology implementations, with particular success in system deployments, organizational transformations, and large-scale operational changes.
Expertise and Impact
Drawing on his MBA and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification, Mike excels in fostering collaborative environments that drive innovation and operational efficiency. His servant-leadership approach combines strategic planning with practical problem-solving, delivering consistent value through careful trend analysis and budget optimization. Mike is particularly passionate about building high-performing teams and creating exceptional customer experiences, leveraging his hospitality industry background to bring a unique perspective to stakeholder engagement and service delivery excellence.
Elvin Assiam
Consultant and Certified Trainer
Elvin Assiam, has a passion for agility with well-balanced experience in training, consulting, and coaching the Agile Scrum methodology. He has poured that passion into helping young Africans expand their skillset to open opportunities for them.
Expertise and Impact
He has certifications from multiple organizations and is accredited Scrum trainer. He aims to teach teams how to maximize value by inspiring them to be more agile and customer-oriented. Creating high performing teams has become his personal mission over the years. Elvin joins our virtual team from Ghana and his greatest desire is to get the word about agility all around the globe especially Africa, Asia, and South America in areas where it is not as widely known and used, but could provide unlimited value.
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Dannie-Lu Carr
Dannie-Lu is an ILM Level 7 Executive Coach with more than 18 years of experience designing, developing, and delivering impactful training across business, educational, and charity sectors. As a member of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC), she specializes in Communication, Personal Impact, Creativity, Strategy, and Leadership development.
Her credentials extend beyond coaching practice—Dannie-Lu is also a published author and TEDx speaker, bringing additional depth to her expertise. She has developed particular experience supporting neurodivergent professionals, demonstrating her versatility and inclusive approach. Throughout her career, Dannie-Lu has built a reputation for creating honest, empathic, and challenging coaching conversations that drive positive transformation, enabling her clients to achieve meaningful mindset changes and seriously step up their performance and impact.
Diane Gombart
Diane is an Organizational Change Coach with over 10 years of experience helping teams navigate and thrive in complex environments. As an Executive Coach and Learning Development Specialist, she drives resilient transformation by empowering businesses through tailored coaching, comprehensive training programs, leadership development, and change management strategies that deliver sustainable results.
Her expertise lies in aligning business strategies with operational execution while developing high-performing teams. Diane has a proven track record of reducing defects, improving lead times, and supporting strategic decision-making across organizations. As a multi-lingual professional, her extensive experience spans multiple industries. Diane excels in facilitating cross-functional collaboration in diverse environments, bringing a passion for teamwork and growth that translates into actionable insights for lasting organizational success.
Nadine Kazerounian
Nadine brings a wealth of experience to the team, having earned her MBA from Cranfield School of Management and authored Stepping Up - A Women's Guide to Career Development. Her career spans years in strategic management consultancy for international corporations, working closely with senior leadership. Herself a former senior manager in well-known organizations, Nadine excels in developing and implementing new strategic business processes.
Nadine's coaching expertise extends to developing personal impact, and building self-confidence and self-awareness leadership skills. Her volumes of real-world experience and broad perspective allow her to quickly identify and communicate challenges facing organizations. With exceptional listening and questioning skills, she helps clients set realistic goals and develop actionable plans and navigates challenging situations while recognizing the implications for the wider business context.
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