Iva Vurdelja

Iva Vurdelja, PhD, is a Principal of Requisite Development LLC. As a leadership and change consultant and a cognitive developmental coach, she works specifically with senior executive teams in enabling more effective strategy execution, change management, leadership and talent development. Iva’s powerful approach strengthens leaders’ and organizational capabilities through transformational learning and meta-systemic thinking. She presents new ways for executives, managers, and consultants to reflect on who they are as leaders, how they relate to and impact others, and how to challenge their organization to reach new levels of excellence. Her clients become dedicated to more effective leadership through personal and professional transformation. Clients report feeling that they have expanded their thinking to new dimensions, leading to a greater capacity to manage complexity, embrace challenges and improve relationships with their teams.

Iva’s flagship coaching program, ‘Thinking through Change’ takes a ‘whole-person-in-role’ approach to leadership development using the Dialectical Thought-Form Framework as a guide for senior executives to become deeper thinkers and experience transformational change on a personal as well as professional level.

Prior to founding Requisite Development LLC, Iva has over 25 years’ experience in strategy execution, change management and leadership development in both Fortune 50 and not-for-profit organizations. She also holds a PhD in Leadership and Change, an MSc in Organizational Development, a BA in Business and is a Master certified developmental coach. She is based in Chicago but travels extensively to serve her clients.