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Developer of the AGILE Leadership Development Process for teams and individuals.

Ebb Tide specializes in executive coaching, team development, change management and strategic planning.

We partner with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.

Why Ebb Tide?

Because when the tide recedes and the shore is still, the richness underneath is revealed. Likewise, time spent reflecting evokes insight, promotes learning and generates wisdom. From this fertile ground comes the emotional intelligence, strategic insight and forward momentum to generate change.

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Step Into A New Leadership Role

Newly promoted means you must prove yourself again. Those first 100 days matter: getting known, establishing trust, reading the environment, understanding what’s most critical and setting a vision of how to succeed.

I will work with you to be a values driven, emotionally intelligent leader who delivers results.

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Create Connected Teams in Hybrid Work

The future of work is hybrid. Leaders worry creativity will suffer without connectedness and effectiveness will take a hit without accountability. Research says it can work with the right culture.

I will work with you on how to create highly effective, creative, connected teams through a culture of trust, belonging and accountability.

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Lead Through Change

Leading through change takes a high degree of emotional intelligence and strategic vision and can make the difference between efforts that stall and those that soar.

I will work with you to become a leader who anticipates barriers by seeing around corners, inspires action with a compelling vision and navigates human reactions to change with the insight and compassion that engenders loyalty.

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Rediscover Energy and Inspiration

Government leaders have been on the frontlines of the pandemic response and guiding more equitable service delivery.  It’s hard to find creative energy, make strategic decisions and stay focused when you are depleted.

We will work together on generative solutions that restore energy, creativity and focus.

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What People Say About Brooke Bascom

Superb, cutting-edge, & practical

 

Vince Vu

Chief of Staff, Public Sector, ​Qualtrics

"Brooke's superb change management, communication, and organizational development skills were unmatched - Brooke continually not only brought in best-practice techniques, but incorporated new and cutting-edge concepts in a very practical and tangible way."

"...thinking 10 steps ahead..."

 

Dan Farmer

 Executive Analyst, King County

"Brooke has a knack for defining a strategic path forward and is a master at melding stakeholder feedback into a compelling vision that gets people excited. She was the first person I would go to for advice on any new idea that I wanted to implement. She is always thinking 10 steps ahead and her ability to identify and work around potential roadblocks lead to many successful projects together."

Masters the moment & builds for the future

 

Janine Anzalota, LICSW, MSW, MPH 

Organizational Health & Development Manager, King County Metro

"As a former long term government worker, Brooke can hold all the complexities of the moment and help leaders navigate how to respond to urgency and build the path for the future at the same time.”

Ebb Tide's Leadership Insights

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Consistency From Leadership When Setting A New Direction

A key strategic moment for a crew during a race is taking the stroke rate up. If you have watched rowing, this moment looks like a surge of power. One boat moves on another, and with each stroke, moves farther past its competitor. In the boat, it’s an exhilarating moment when executed properly.  ….The boat…
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How Catching a Crab Taught me a Lesson in Performance Management

Catching a crab while rowing is a very dramatic moment. If you are picturing a crab hanging off the end of an oar, one pincher holding on stubbornly, the other ready to significantly damage anything that comes close, allow me to clarify. Catching a crab is when the rower’s blade gets trapped in the water…
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When the Coxswain Says “Um”

I started rowing again this spring after a 30 year pause. The last time I rowed was in college.  I was in my 20’s – fit, fearless and flexible. Now in my 50’s I find I am more cautious and clumsy. It feels different to be a 50 year old rower than a 20 year…

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