Best-practice implementation
40 years leading purpose-based initiatives and turning research into practical action.
MEET DEBBY FORMAN
The work is professional.
The reason is personal.
Thought leader. Operational partner. Fundraiser. Community builder. Board member. Keynote speaker. Author. Mom.
IN HER OWN WORDS
Who’s Debby Forman?
Meet the person behind the frameworks—and hear why closing the GAP is professional, personal and a practice she lives every day.
THIS WORKS ON ME, TOO
Simple does not mean easy.
I have spent my life bridging the GAP between how I see myself and how others see me. People often experience me as resilient, organized and certain. I am those things—and I also know insecurity, scattered thinking and the moments when the next move is not clear.
After 40 years living as an expatriate, working across cultures and building initiatives throughout the Americas, I learned that this tension is not mine alone. It appears in people, teams, organizations and communities everywhere.
I am also the mother of a teenager. Every day I wake up a little older, a little wiser and still aware of how much more I want to accomplish. Because I work so hard to move from where we are to where we want to be, I continually use my own SEE • DO • BECOME™ tools to confront what is not working, choose the next right action and keep growing.
That is the partnership I bring to others: nearly four decades of consulting experience, grounded in the humility of someone who is still doing the work herself.
EXPERIENCE IN SERVICE OF PROGRESS
A trusted partner across people, sectors and borders.
International development
Extensive work across the Americas, informed by four decades of expatriate life.
Stakeholder leadership
Building communities, boards and diverse teams around a shared purpose.
Strategic alliances
Creating and securing unconventional partnerships for purpose-based innovation.
Value creation
Translating intangible services, complex ideas and human friction into tangible value.
Public voice
Keynote speaker, author and trilingual communicator in English, Portuguese and Spanish.
“I have spent my entire life bridging the gap between my self-perception and how others perceive me.”
GAP filling is simple. But simple does not equate to easy. You do not have to make the journey alone.
READY FOR THE JOURNEY?
Let’s name what is between here and there.
Bring the real challenge. Debby will help you see it clearly and build the practical pathway forward.
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