Overview
Massey Powell provides strategic leadership training and consulting services to leaders and aspiring leaders. Our focus is on providing tools and insights that prepare leaders to meet the challenges of attaining”NEXT.”
Our services support:
- Association leader building support and awareness around an issue.
- Business Leader undertaking change management.
- Board of Directors visioning and planning NEXT.
- Human Resources augmenting leadership training programs
- Membership Organization improving value proposition.
- Issue advocate broadening coalitions and improving stakeholder engagement.
- Grassroots Organization controlling the issue narrative.
- Public Affairs engaging decision-makers
- Elected officials managing public expectations.
The bottom line is providing our clients with the strategic advantage.
About Our Founder
Dennis M. Powell focuses on helping clients become better strategic leaders. He trains leaders in the three foundations effective strategy: see clearly, act strategically and solve creatively, and the four skills of the strategic leader: Vision, Planning, Leadership and Execution.
In his book, Leading from the Top: Presidential Lessons in Issues Management, Mr. Powell examines one issue managed by each of the last 15 presidents and presents lessons that can be learned and applied from the actions taken by each one,
His latest book, “The Practical Strategist” (due in 2026) presents strategy as a art and science using 40 strategic approaches used to take an organization from where it is to where is needs to be.
Mr. Powell has worked on multi-billion issues helping align resources, set achievable goals, control the issue narrative, build broad-based coalitions, facilitate strategic planning, and create, execute and monitor strategy. He has also presented on strategic leadership international, national and statewide organizations at conferences. Recent activity included:
- 1. BLOCS: 2025 Conference for education leaders in Philadelphia.
- 2. NCSTAE: 2025 National Conference in Charleston, S.C.
- 3. NBOME: 2025 International Conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Strategic Leadership
- Creates a vision for an organization’s future.
- Defines success as the first step toward successful strategy.
- Assesses resources that can be controlled or influenced
- Establishes achievable goals
- Develops a comprehensive plan of action.
- Builds, focuses and aligns the core team around strategy
- Decides the first strategic move as a proof point for strategy.
- Executes the plan of action.
- Monitors trends and changes in the environment
- Adjusts plan as needed
Contact Us
Join the ranks of leaders who have transformed their ability to develop and execute strategy around key issues that are vital to the success of your organization. Contact Massey Powell today.
Strategic Leadership Starts Here!