A
Align
Alignment Compass
Get the leadership team saying the same thing about why this change matters and what it is not.
→ One shared change story
Signature approach
ASPIRE™
ASPIRE™ is MTI's proprietary framework for turning strategy into sustainable change with these service offerings:
ASPIRE Executive Workshop → ASPIRE 6-Week Cohort → ASPIRE Change Consulting → ASPIRE for AI Transformation → ASPIRE Executive Team Facilitation.
Why now
The challenge on your desk
Competing strategic priorities
Everything is urgent, so nothing gets the attention a real change needs.
AI and technology disruption
Work is being redesigned faster than people can be brought along.
Change fatigue
Your workforce has absorbed several transitions already and is running low.
Leadership misalignment
Senior leaders describe the change differently, and everyone below notices.
The framework
Six phases, six tools
S
Sync
Stakeholder Engagement Map
Map who is affected, who is influential, who is resisting quietly, and what each group needs.
→ An engagement plan by group
P
Prepare
Decision Gate Roadmap
Sequence the change around real decision points instead of an optimistic calendar.
→ A roadmap with gates and owners
I
Implement
Change Conversation Plan
Equip managers for the conversations that decide adoption — including the hard ones.
→ Managers who can lead the change
R
Reinforce
Recognition Rhythm
Build the cadence of recognition and feedback that makes new behavior worth repeating.
→ Behavior that holds after go-live
E
Evolve
Culture Commitment Canvas
Turn what worked into commitments the culture keeps, and set up the next round of learning.
→ A culture that absorbs the next change
What makes it different
Three things you won't find elsewhere
Strategic and human, led as one
Most programs treat the strategy and the people as separate workstreams. ASPIRE™ runs them together, because in practice they are the same job.
Tools you keep, not lose
Participants leave with six working tools they can run themselves — no dependency on a consultant to reuse them.
Agility built in
The MTI Agility Loop gives teams a way to adjust mid-change instead of defending a plan that reality has moved past.
MTI Agility Loop
How teams stay adaptable mid-change
- 1SENSE
- 2DECIDE
- 3MOVE
- 4LEARN
- 5ADAPT
The loop runs continuously through implementation, so course corrections are a normal part of the plan rather than an admission of failure.
Participants leave with
Everything needed to run the change
- All six ASPIRE™ tools, completed with their own content
- Leadership alignment on the change story
- A stakeholder engagement strategy
- A 30-day action plan with owners
- A recognition system that reinforces new behavior
- A culture commitment canvas for what comes next
Delivery options
Six ways to run it
Keynote
45–60 minutes to set the frame for a leadership event.
Half-Day
A focused working session on alignment and stakeholders.
2-Day
The full program with all six tools completed.
6-Week Cohort
Weekly sessions with application between them.
Ongoing Facilitation
ASPIRE™ applied to your live change over time.
Train-the-Trainer
Equip internal facilitators to apply and sustain the framework.
Who it's for
Built for the people accountable
- CEOs and agency heads
- CHROs and HR leaders
- Transformation and program leads
- Government senior executives
- Executive teams entering a major change
Investment & outcomes
Built around the change you are leading
Scope and investment depend on delivery format, team size, facilitation needs and the level of consulting support. Every engagement begins with a discovery conversation and a tailored proposal.
Investment: custom proposal based on the selected format and scope.
- Leadership alignment and a shared change story
- Stakeholder engagement and implementation plans
- Six completed tools your team can continue using
- Reinforcement and measurement for sustained adoption
Relevant past performance
See the framework in practice
Your facilitator
Monica Thakrar
26 years of leadership development, executive coaching and change management with federal agencies and large commercial organizations. ICF-certified coach, Prosci change practitioner, Georgetown faculty member, and certified in ten-plus leadership and team assessments.