Greetings! Thank you for your interest in OtherLeadership and the opportunity to work with you in developing your organization to be a leader in leadership!

I recognize there are endless demands competing for your time and resources, but I can assure you that strategic organizational culture and leadership development is a worthwhile investment.

There is a wealth of research that shows how developing a pipeline of internal leaders and building an aligned organizational culture translates to a competitive advantage, which is increasingly more important in today’s environment marked by technological disruptions, global political and economic turbulence, and digitally interconnected suppliers and customers from geographically dispersed locations.

In this complex and dynamic environment, organizations can no longer rely on leadership silos. Successful organizations are able to cultivate strong leadership at all levels that taps into the knowledge and abilities of others vertically and horizontally.

I can help you achieve this goal.

I am uniquely positioned to do so for several reasons. Over my twenty years in various technical, project management, and supervisory leadership positions, I experienced – firsthand – the leadership development and cultural challenges that today’s organizations face. In fact, I was so intrigued by understanding how to create more effective organizations and leaders, I left the workforce to study it full-time.

Now, with my Doctorate in Strategic Leadership, I am ecstatic to take what I learned and help organizations develop practical ways to implement proven research. I am passionate about growing leadership depth and breadth and creating growth-minded organizational cultures that drive the innovation required in this unstable environment.

I am thrilled to invite you with me on this journey!

With sincere respect,

Dr. Tara Lalonde

My Bio

Dr. Tara Lalonde is the Founder and CEO of OtherLeadership Coaching & Consulting LLC. Holding a Doctor of Strategic Leadership degree, combined with over twenty years of experience in various leadership roles serving the Department of Defense (DoD), Tara uses her experience and academic research to provide organizational culture and leadership development coaching, consulting, and training services. Concurrently, Tara serves as a part-time faculty member at Columbia Southern University where she is a professor of Organizational Leadership instructing graduate students and serves as a doctoral dissertation chair and committee member.

From June 2019 until her departure to pursue her doctorate full-time in 2022, Tara served as the Combat Systems Readiness Division Head for NSWC Dahlgren Division, Dam Neck Activity (NSWCDD DNA), where she was responsible for the strategic direction, business and technical execution, organizational effectiveness, and workforce development for an organization of 200+ engineers, scientists, technicians, and contractor workforce, conducting worldwide Navy support to ensure combat system readiness of the Fleet.

Prior to then, Tara consecutively served as the NSWCDD DNA head of the Combat Systems Support Branch and the Surface Ship ASW Systems Support Branch beginning in December 2015. From March 2008 until becoming a Branch Head, Tara supported the Chemical, Biological, Radiological Defense (CBRD) Waterfront Fleet Support team as the Portfolio Manager for eight different DoD readiness and warfare system sustainment programs with multiple sponsors. She also held collateral roles as the command Diversity Committee Chairperson, Special Emphasis Program Manager, Senior Barrier Analysis Champion, and the Leading in a Diverse Environment (LDE) department representative.

Before that, she was the NSWCDD onsite engineer overseeing the Collective Protection System (CPS) backfit installations on large-deck amphibious ships and a Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) contractor technician responsible for shipboard troubleshooting of CBRD systems. She also spent more than two years working in the private industry as a project engineer for the powerplant industry, involved in engineering pumps for boiler feed, condensate, and circulating water systems.

In addition to her Doctorate in Strategic Leadership, Tara holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering degree. Tara has a passion for developing others and has received numerous awards for her work in leading others. She is committed to building a pipeline of leaders who optimize the value of all others within their organization.

She may be contacted at tara.lalonde@otherleadership.com,  or feel free to connect with her via www.linkedin.com/in/taralalonde/.