NextGen Leadership

Small Employer

NextGEN is a leadership development company offering coaching and facilitation to mission driven senior leaders and teams who are navigating a world that no longer behaves predictably.

We are living through a period defined by climate disruption, social fragmentation, and continuous uncertainty. This is not just a strategic challenge—it is a human one. People are carrying fear, loss, and pressure into their work every day, whether it is acknowledged or not.

Most organizations still rely on a model of leadership that asks people to set that reality aside. Professionalism often means staying composed, rational, and in control—regardless of what is actually happening. But under current conditions, that approach doesn’t create stability. It creates distance, fragmentation, and, ultimately, poorer decisions.

We believe leadership now requires something more honest.

Not more frameworks or optimization—but a deeper capacity to:
? stay present when situations are unclear or uncomfortable
? work with emotion as a source of information, not a liability
? build real trust across difference
? and make decisions that people can stand behind over time

NextGEN’s approach is grounded in the lived diversity of our team. As a multiracial, gender-balanced group with varied professional backgrounds, we don’t approach difference as an abstract value. It is part of how we see, how we work, and what we are able to hold with the leaders and organizations we support.

For values-driven businesses, this matters. The challenges organizations face today—social, environmental, and economic—cannot be met through strategy alone. They require leaders and teams who can stay connected to themselves, to each other, and to the broader systems they are part of.

Business Categories

  • Consulting/Training

NextGen Leadership
5 Lincoln Ave
Montpelier, VT 05602
(802) 272-8386

Coordinator
Emily Gould
ejgould@emilyjgould.com
Phone: (802)272-8386
Mobile: (802) 272-8386