IVA VURDELJA, PH.D.

is a certified executive coach, organizational change strategist, and independent scholar-practitioner. She has worked with Fortune 500 companies and public sector leaders to develop organizational and personal transformation strategies. Her practice focuses on the impact of adult cognitive development and emotional intelligence on leadership capabilities for creating innovative, socially conscious, and purpose-driven organizations. Currently, she coaches leaders in global organizations and government agencies on how to build inner capabilities for leading in complex environments, engaging in dialogue with diverse stakeholders, articulating clear vision and purpose, shaping organizational culture, orchestrating large-scale change initiatives, making effective decisions, promoting well-being at the workplace, developing leadership talent, fostering innovation and building winning teams.

With over 300 coaching clients and more than 2000 coaching sessions, Iva has worked with a range of notable organizations. She currently serves as an adjunct faculty member at two graduate schools of business; Loyola University Chicago and Marquette University, where she teaches MBA courses in Leadership Development and Coaching, Organizational Change and Development, Organizational Behavior, Talent Development, Group Dynamics and Facilitation, Ethics in Business, and Corporate Social Responsibility, and Business and Society.

Iva holds a doctoral degree in Leadership & Change from Antioch University in Ohio. The title of her doctoral dissertation was “How Leaders Think: Measuring Cognitive Complexity in Leading Organizational Change” (2011). She holds an MSc in Organization Development from LoyolaUniversity Chicago and a BA in Liberal Arts from DePaul University in Chicago. She is based in Chicago but travels extensively to serve her clients.

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WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Senior VP and General Counsel, Global Pharmaceutical Corporation

Iva is incredible. Change in my team’s composition, change in management or senior leaders, change in organizational structure, new leadership responsibilities.

Senior Manager, Construction Company, Canada

Today was my last session with Iva and this journey has been amazing. Iva has changed the way I think and react towards other people. Self-awareness for myself has skyrocketed and life changing.

Executive, Space exploration organization

It’s been a life-altering 6 months for sure. I’ve learned a tremendous amount on how to reshape my thinking and my leadership. I thought these 6 months would be just a few tactical “tips for leaders” but this has really started me on a path of changing how I approach work, life, leadership, and tough situations!

Executive, Global Cyber Security

“I would say the biggest benefit of using Thought Forms has been my ability to take groups/ systems (such as a company or department) and uncover hidden patterns of existing relationships. I’m able to think through the implications of decisions on multiple stakeholder groups, not just through linear ‘if this then that’ thinking, but by taking into account existing relationships, communal values, and goals. This helps me form a clearer picture of how stable a group dynamic truly is and informs me where work needs to be done on bridging divides before solving whatever business problem we have in front of us.”