Want Your College to Drive Real Change?

Turn Vision into Impact with Equitable Innovation and Inclusive Strategy

The pressures on higher education are mounting—political scrutiny, financial instability, and growing resistance to equity efforts. But progressive deans aren’t backing down. You know that fairness isn’t just an ideal—it’s the key to resilience, relevance, and institutional success.

Tidal Equality equips you with the tools to embed equity and innovation into the DNA of your institution—without ideological gridlock.

 
 

Does any of this ring true for your College?

 

  • Meetings go nowhere - frustrated faculty, disengaged students, and problems keep resurfacing without solutions.

  • Your Strategic Plan collects dust - lofty goals have no real traction, leading to skepticism and stagnation.

  • Widening gap between vision and action - big ideas never translate to measurable progress.

  • Resistance and burnout - without internal champions, the burden of change falls on a few, leading to frustration and inaction.

  • Lost momentum in an era of backlash - with DEI under fire, failing to embed equity in decision-making means fairness remains fragile.

 

Move from conversation to action—faculty, staff, and students collaborate to solve big problems together. Turn your strategic plan into a movement—a shared vision that inspires action, instead of a document that sits on a shelf. Empower your leadership team—clear, aligned goals that turn strategy into reality. Future-proof your college—by embedding fairness and innovation into your institution’s DNA, you ensure progress outlasts political and financial pressures.

 
 

Tidal Equality is Trusted by World Class Institutions and Thousands of Higher Ed Professionals

 
 
 

Tidal Equality took a deep dive into our over 100-year old establishment. They managed to dissect the innermost issues that have proliferated within our organization. Their consultancy skills have allowed us to own our vulnerability and thus allowing us to start to realign our organization strategy for the wellbeing of all of our vested partners.

~ Andre West, Director of the Zeis Textiles Extension for Economic Development, Wilson College of Textiles, NC State University

 
 
 

SOLUTIONS

 

All-College Solution Sprints

Turn meetings into high-energy problem-solving sessions that result in real, actionable solutions, with cultural and strategic insights.

1:1 Leadership Goal-Setting Coaching

Bridge the gap between strategy and execution with our DARRT™ method—turning goal-setting into a tool for institutional innovation.

Strategic Plan + Culture Charter Development

Co-create a living, breathing inclusive strategy that faculty, staff, and students actually believe in—and a Culture Charter that aligns your institution.

 
 
 
 

What Leaders Like You Are Saying

 
 

HAYLEY PICKARD-DUMAS

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Lead
University of Hull

We hired Tidal Equality to facilitate an Executive Leadership Workshop. Our overall experience was exceptional - they were thought-provoking and innovative, with a unique and informed approach. We’re observing that leaders are now showing signs of using the Equity Sequence® method in their design, development, and strategic thinking.

DAVID HINKS

Dean,
Wilson College of Textiles,
NC State University

The Tidal Equality team were truly powerful partners who were true to their core values. They provided leadership in revising and honing our entire strategy. They rapidly built trust and helped guide our thinking in a focused way that enabled the entire college community to develop a deep understanding of our cultural challenges and opportunities. Through their innovative approach, they were essential partners in helping us build a roadmap for establishing a progressive, equitable culture and a strategy for success.

SULA LEVESQUE

Executive Director,
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging
Georgian College

We engaged Tidal Equality in an Equity Sequence® equitable innovation training. It was fantastic; the facilitators are highly skilled, the content is proven and practical and the communication regarding logistics was perfect. They have a commitment to grounding practice in research and practitioner experience and an emphasis on outcomes - this is not a one and done program. Some folks who have been hard to engage previously are now indicating that they have a concrete tool to use.

DEANNA DANNELS

Dean,
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
NC State University

Tidal Equality provided us with a process that allowed all members of our community to engage and be seen and heard. Their ground up process was what our community needed to start re-engaging with the college after the pandemic. We now have a big, bold vision that resonates with both internal and external audiences because it is allowing us to solve concrete problems.  Working with Tidal Equality was one of the best first decisions I made as a dean. I truly believe it was their distinct process and facilitative expertise that has helped shape a clear, coherent, and compelling plan for a bright and hopeful future.

 
 
 

Increase engagement, turn stalled strategies into action, and create a culture of shared purpose and progress.

 
 

How Can Equitable Innovation Expand Your College’s Impact?

Colleges face complex challenges—declining engagement, growing tensions, and stalled progress on critical initiatives. Town halls and committee meetings drag on without resolution, leaving faculty frustrated, staff exhausted, and students feeling unheard. Change efforts stall because decision-making is slow, solutions feel top-down, and real action never takes hold.

All-College Solution Sprints change that. Instead of endless discussions, these high-energy, structured sessions bring faculty, staff, and students together to co-create solutions in real time. Using our FAIR™ method, we help your college move beyond debate and into action—aligning diverse perspectives, unlocking fresh ideas, and delivering clear, practical steps forward.

The result? More buy-in, less resistance, and an institution that makes meaningful progress—together.

 
 
 
 

How Can Goal-Setting Coaching Expand Your Leadership Impact?

You have a vision for your college’s future—but equipping your leaders to translate that vision into real, measurable action is harder than it should be. Big strategic goals get stuck in long planning cycles, competing priorities, and administrative inertia. Faculty and staff look to you for direction, but without clear, actionable steps, momentum fades—and the gap between ambition and execution grows wider.

1:1 Leadership Goal-Setting Coaching helps you and your leaders bridge that gap. Using our DARRT™ method, we work with college leaders to turn high-level strategy into practical, achievable goals that drive real progress. This is more than a planning exercise—it’s a breakthrough approach that helps you think creatively about institutional challenges, align your team, and take action now, not years from now.

The result? Clear goals, focused leadership, and forward motion—without the stall-outs.

 
 

Is Your College’s Strategy Future-Proof?

Your college’s strategic plan should drive action, not collect dust—but too often, planning processes feel disconnected from daily realities. Faculty and staff don’t feel invested, initiatives stall before they start, and without true alignment, change remains slow and superficial. Meanwhile, campus culture lacks a unifying foundation, leaving departments and stakeholders pulling in different directions.

Our Wave® Strategic Planning and Culture Charter Development process changes that. We co-create your strategic plan and culture charter through an inclusive, high-impact process that engages faculty, staff, students, and even donors—ensuring alignment, momentum, and real commitment from every level of your institution. The result? A living, breathing strategy that people actually believe in and a Culture Charter that unites your college under shared values and a common purpose.

The result? A plan that works, a culture that thrives, and a campus that moves forward—together.

 
 
 

Why Tidal Equality?

Progressive Deans aren’t here to maintain the status quo—you’re here to fix what’s broken and build what’s next.

We help you:
- Turn strategy into action
- Get real buy-in from faculty and staff
- Solve problems through inclusive, high-impact processes

Anna Dewar Gully and Dr. Kristen Liesch are the award-winning and acclaimed co-founders and principal strategists at Tidal Equality. They are the co-creators of the Equity Sequence® and Wave® methods for equitable innovation and equitable strategy and culture. They have helped hundreds of organizations, and over 10,000 people maximize their equitable innovation and impact.

Since 2018, they have been helping socially-conscious organizations and decision-makers expand their impact through equitable innovation, and equitable strategy and culture transformation.