Leadership Development & Coaching
Today’s leaders are navigating unprecedented complexity - balancing strategic thinking, empathy, and innovation while guiding an often overextended workforce. To succeed, organizations need a deliberate, scalable approach to strengthen leadership today and build a strong bench for tomorrow.
I offer tailored leadership development and coaching solutions designed to accelerate effectiveness at every level. With a proven track record of delivering high-impact training and coaching, I help organizations, executive teams, and their leaders unlock their potential and drive real business results.
Talent Initiatives
Small to mid-sized companies (200–3,000 employees) often have ambitious goals for developing their people and improving employee engagement—but limited bandwidth to make it happen. With expanding to-do lists and competing demands, HR leaders may need both strategic guidance and hands-on support to move the needle.
I help HR teams identify high-impact priorities, develop clear roadmaps, and execute talent initiatives that align with business goals. From building engagement strategies to enhancing leadership pipelines, I bring a structured yet flexible approach that adds capacity without adding complexity.
Together, we can design near- and long-term projects that elevate your people practices—efficiently, creatively, and within budget. My goal is to bring clarity to the chaos while helping your internal team shine.
Nikki Palmer Quade
Executive Coach & Consultant
nikki@palmerquadeconsulting.com | 414.514.9558
Services
Leadership Coaching
Executive Team Alignment & Acceleration
Tailored Leadership Development Programs
Talent Strategy Consulting
UNMATCHED VALUE & EXPERTISE
“Through Nikki’s endless energy, her clients receive unmatched value and expertise. She is one of the sharpest professionals I know, with the ability to provide solutions others wouldn’t think of. With Nikki’s guidance, we now have a clear, actionable, 5-year Workforce Transformation Road Map.”
Melissa A.
Special Projects Manager Financial Services
BIG IMPACT AT A CRITICAL TIME
“Big impact at a critical time is the phrase that comes to mind when I think about Nikki Palmer-Quade. I engaged Nikki as my coach to help me navigate a major leadership change at my organization. Nikki would be a true asset for any executive navigating complex changes in a business context.”
Dave G. COO Health Care Nonprofit
NEVER-WAVERING FOCUS
We engaged Nikki to assist us in two critical talent development initiatives including identification & executive consensus of critical leader competencies. With these competencies Nikki walked us through current competency and gap analysis. Nikki's extensive network proved invaluable in the next phase which was to identify leadership development program options to satisfy our global platform need. With Nikki's partnership we found a global development program that understood our needs and built a plan to grow our leaders across the world.
I can confidently say that we would not be where we are without Nikki's never-wavering focus on our end goal. Nikki is an engaging leader who facilitates and fosters diverse thought and critical thinking of the team. Her professionalism, experience and work ethic quickly earn trust and respect.