Transformative leadership & team development

Who I am

I am a facilitator and leadership development practitioner with 20 years of cross-sector experience in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. I specialize in transformative leadership development that goes beyond generic skills acquisition – helping leaders and teams develop the inner acuity and relational capacity that genuine and sustainable change requires.

I'm known for designing experiences that are intellectually rigorous yet deeply human. Whether working with an individual leader, a team, or a whole organization, I create conditions for honest and courageous conversations that shift mindsets and transform how we lead and relate with others.

My practice is grounded in evidence-based insights from adult education, group dynamics, organizational psychology, and contemplative and experiential learning traditions, including original research and peer-reviewed scholarship. I hold a Master's in Transformative Leadership & Spirituality from Saint Paul University (University of Ottawa), where my thesis research examined leader identity formation in the nonprofit sector. I also hold an undergraduate degree in Psychology and Sociology from Queen's University.

My published work includes a co-authored chapter on collective shadow work for leader development (Routledge, 2024) and a peer-reviewed journal article on inclusion norms in Ontario settlement agencies (Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, 2024).

Publications:

• Séguin, M., Briciu, B., MacDonald, A., et al. (2024). Inclusion Norms in Ontario Settlement Agencies as Workplaces: Between Prefiguration and Systemic Exclusion. Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, 15(2), 1-24.

• Briciu, B. & MacDonald, A. (2024). Making the Darkness Conscious: Collective Shadow Work for the Spiritual Development of Leaders. In M. Raei, S. Guenther, & L. Berkley (Eds.), Leadership at the Spiritual Edge: Emerging and Non-Western Concepts of Leadership and Spirituality. Routledge.

What I can do with you

Transformative leadership starts from the inside out. My leadership and team development sessions are experiential, human-centered, and designed to develop the whole leader – not just a generic skillset.

Through intentionally designed learning experiences, I help leaders develop genuine self-awareness, strengthen how they relate to and bring out the best in others, and navigate the complexity and pressure of leading in demanding environments. Teams develop not just competencies but trust, shared purpose, and momentum.

The difference is depth – going beyond ‘what you do,’ to who you are (your leader identity), why you do what you do (your deepest values and motivations), and how you do what you do (how you show up, lead, and relate with others). My approach is psychological, human, and relational.

Sessions are tailored to the people in the room and draw on frameworks from organizational psychology, adult learning, and evidence-based leadership development. The goal isn't compliance with a model – it’s foundational shifts in how leaders understand their role and their impact.

My Approach

Gather

Bringing people together in the right way.

Meaningful change begins with meaningful encounter. Before any work can happen - strategic, developmental, or cultural - people need to feel genuinely present with one another. I design and facilitate gatherings where participants feel psychologically safe, seen, and ready to engage honestly. Whether a leadership retreat, team session, or organizational workshop, I create the conditions for real conversation, not just productive output.

Discover

Revealing what shapes how you lead.

Discovery happens when we slow down enough to see clearly - ourselves, each other, and the patterns that shape how we lead and relate. Through reflective practices, experiential methods, and carefully crafted questions, I help leaders surface what is often hiding in plain sight: unexamined assumptions, untapped strengths, and the deeper values and motivations that drive behaviour. This is the inner work that makes outer change possible.

Where insight becomes integrated.

Transformation isn't a training outcome - it's a reorientation. The goal of my work is not compliance with a new model or framework, but foundational shifts in how leaders understand themselves, relate to others, and exercise their influence. These shifts take root when the work goes deep enough - attending to identity, values, and ways of being, not just skills and strategies.

Transform

Amy was fantastic! In the two days that Amy was facilitating, it felt like she was a part of our team and we were all working together. She made me feel competent and capable to take on the information and theory and implement it.

Leader, Nonprofit Sector

★★★★★

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