Meet Tim

I’m an organizational sociologist, leadership scholar, and Empowerment Architect. I design leadership systems that transform abstract leadership ideals into concrete, coordinated practices people can actually use. My work blends sociological insight, systems thinking, and adult learning to create frameworks and tools that match how real organizations function.

 

I developed the 7-HTL Empowerment Framework—the architecture for how empowered leadership is built, distributed, and sustained across teams—and created applied tools such as the SHIFT Feedback System and the PIVOT™ Micro-Feedback System. These systems help leaders, educators, and institutions connect vision with daily practice and establish the structural conditions where people can succeed together.

 

My approach is grounded in rigorous research and assessment. My doctoral training in organizational sociology and advanced methodology shapes the discipline behind every framework I build. Earlier in my career, I designed analytic techniques for LibQUAL+, a global service-quality instrument used by libraries worldwide. That work reshaped how organizations interpret data, uncover systemic issues, and drive measurable improvement. I now bring that same precision to leadership development, student readiness, and organizational change—building systems that help people work more effectively within the environments around them.

 

Empowerment and systems design anchor everything I create. Leadership becomes sustainable when people have clarity, aligned direction, and structures that remove friction. Through B Optimal, I build diagnostics, toolkits, and implementation systems that help individuals, teams, and institutions grow, perform, and create lasting impact. Organizations that adopt these systems gain stronger alignment, more consistent leadership practices, and work environments where people can do their best work without relying on heroics.