The Leadership Development Group is a global talent development consulting firm for leaders, teams, and organizations across the health ecosystem. Our solutions are designed to engage and empower leaders to take on challenges and position their organizations for success.
Our Solutions
Mission: We develop leaders and teams to execute transformational strategies through our customized and innovative talent development solutions.
Vision: To create a more interconnected and equitable health ecosystem by developing leaders who are collaborative change agents.
TLD Group ignites leaders, teams, and organizations to align their passion and purpose.
We work with the most influential players in the industry --- providers, payers, health systems, pharmaceutical companies, policymakers, health-adjacents, and those looking to disrupt.
Our talent development solutions create leaders who are collaborative change agents capable of executing on mission-critical organizational strategies. This in turn advances what our teams collectively stand for – enhancing health and well-being for all.
Every engagement is bespoke. Our dedicated client solutions team, former health ecosystem leaders themselves, understand your strategic challenges. Our global network of hundreds of thought partners, health industry experts, and leadership and team development authorities co-create tailored solutions to deliver outstanding results.
We know radical change is needed to create a better future for healthcare and it starts with transformative leadership. Let us be your leadership transformation partner.
President & CEO
I inspire leaders to revolutionize the health ecosystem by developing their unique capacity for leading change and significant transformation within themselves, their teams, and other collaborators throughout the industry.
President & CEO
With a background combining operations experience in various sectors of the health industry, three decades of leadership coaching and consulting, and innovative research on executive and physician leadership effectiveness, Tracy founded The Leadership Development Group and serves as its CEO.
Tracy is a recognized expert on leadership within, between, and across the various sectors of the health ecosystem. She is a published author of From Competition to Collaboration: How Leaders Cultivate Partnerships to Drive Value and Transform Health, a nationally recognized speaker, and a sought-after leadership coach.
Before founding TLD Group, Tracy led the Healthcare Practice Leader at a leading boutique executive coaching firm and was a Senior Consultant with Hay Group (now Korn Ferry). Earlier in her career, Tracy held executive positions in a variety of leading organizations including Oxford Health Plans, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Tracy earned her PhD in Public Health Policy and Management from New York University, her MPH from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ, and BA from the University of Rochester. She serves on the board of the Physician Coaching Institute and is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and Harvard McClean’s Institute of Coaching, and a member of the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association and the American College of Physician Executives.
Tracy is passionate about making a positive impact. She loves spending time with her husband, daughters, extended family & friends, and traveling to exotic places.
Senior Vice President, Client Solutions
Through the power of connection, I support leaders to cultivate roots and wings so that they can endure and soar to new heights
Senior Vice President, Client Solutions
Tara is Senior Vice President of Client Solutions at The Leadership Development (TLD) Group. Tara is a six-year ‘TLD Groupie’ and has played a critical role in laying the foundation in our focus as the premiere talent development firm for leaders, teams, and organizations across the health ecosystem. With over twenty years of cross-functional, progressive experience in organizational development, human resources, executive coaching, counseling psychology, and clinical research, Tara brings a dual perspective as both practitioner and healthcare leader. Tara’s unique responsibilities include the design of customized client solutions, oversight of large-scale leadership development programs, and support of sales and marketing efforts.
Prior to joining TLD Group, Tara was Organizational Development Consultant at Lahey Health, an integrated healthcare system of 15,000 employees comprised of a large academic medical center, community hospitals, behavioral health, continuing care services and community group practice networks in the greater Boston area. Tara previously worked in community mental health and private practice as a psychologist and executive coach and, early in her career, as a research coordinator at Bellevue Hospital and New York University Medical Center in New York City. Tara earned her PhD in counseling psychology from Boston College, her MA in clinical psychology from Connecticut College, and her BA in psychology from Hofstra University. She holds a Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching (GCEC) from William James College (formerly the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology) and is certified in a variety of psychometric assessments including DISC and Hogan and developmental curricula including Leading Organizational Transitions and Inside Out Coaching.
Tara lives just outside of Boston where she enjoys Peloton yoga, singing with the Soul Sisters, her husband’s cooking and appetite for travel, and the sport of raising teenagers.
Vice President, Client Solutions
I mobilize leaders and leadership teams across the health ecosystem to have a positive impact on their organization’s unique value proposition, translating intention into sustainable action internally and within the communities that they serve.
Vice President, Client Solutions
Karen joins The Leadership Development (TLD) Group as the Vice President, Client Solutions. With three decades of experience in the “client” arena, Karen is well poised to support the full continuum of needs across the TLD Group health ecosystem.
Her expertise in assessing needs, designing & delivering creative solutions, acting as a trusted advisor and building innovative strategies allow Karen to see opportunities from a broad perspective and through a wide angled lens.
Karen’s career journey began in non-profit elder care where she discovered her knack for designing learning programs. She brought these talents into the work/life consulting space and then into
academic medical centers at UC Health and at UMass Memorial Healthcare.
Prior to coming on board at TLD Group, Karen was the Director, Learning & Organizational Development at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. She rebuilt a static training team into a sought-after
internal consultancy, serving the main Boston campus and its 6 regional campuses across New England.
Karen holds a B.A. in Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis and both a M.S.W. and a M.P.H from Boston University. She is certified to administer and utilize DiSC, StrengthsFinder, MBTI, Hogan, Prosci ADKAR, EQi 2.0 and a variety of 360-assessment tools.
A ten-year volunteer at the Pan Mass Challenge (PMC), Karen is the mom of college aged twins that keep her and her husband on the road and in the stands. She spends her free time planting & cultivating gardens, exploring new recipes and traversing mountains with her latest hobby, snowshoeing.
Marketing & Public Relations
I co-create with fast growing organizations to raise awareness for them to help the most people find solutions for heart-lifting issues.
Marketing & Public Relations
Amy Riemer serves as Director of Marketing and Public Relations for The Leadership Development Group. Amy draws on more than 28 years of experience in developing branding and marketing campaigns for corporations and non-profit organizations. Amy works with the leadership team on communication and branding efforts for TLD Group by overseeing all marketing, public relations and social media campaigns. Amy was previously with Reed Exhibitions, Edelman Public Relations and PAN Communications serving a client base which included consumer products, healthcare companies, trade shows, non-profit organizations and small businesses. Amy is a graduate of Rowan University with a B.A. in Communications.
In addition to traveling extensively for both work and fun, Amy is on the Executive Board of Temple Emanuel in Andover, MA, where she lives with her husband. She is very active in her community, but her greatest pleasure is when her three twenty-something aged sons visit for long weekends.
Vice President, Coaching Operations
I enjoy supporting my team, our faculty and our clients so they have the tools required to contribute to a healthier health ecosystem.
Vice President, Coaching Operations
Lisa Clarke serves as the Vice President, Coaching Operations for The Leadership Development Group. She brings more than 20 years of administrative support experience to the company. Lisa works with our leadership team and coaching partners managing client engagements. She oversees client support and coaching services, from commencement of coaching engagements through their conclusion. Prior to joining TLD Group, Lisa provided administrative and marketing support to several industry groups including executive search, marketing and advertising agencies, and direct media companies. Lisa graduated from the State University of New York at Oswego with a B.A. in Political Science.
Lisa left her heart in Venice, Barcelona and Paris but lives in New York City where she enjoys critiquing bad movies, listening to political podcasts, and tiramisu.
Director of Business Operations
I drive organizational change by transforming business processes and organizational systems to enhance the overall employee and customer experience.
Director of Business Operations
Rebecca Duberman is the Director of Business Operations for The Leadership Development Group. Her responsibilities include supporting firm growth, designing and implementing systems and processes to enhance operations, and overall strategic priorities management. Prior to joining TLD Group, Rebecca was Senior Manager in the Talent & Organization practice at Accenture, a Fortune 500 company, specializing in HR Transformation Consulting, where she gained valuable experience driving organizational change by using agility and problem-solving skills in complicated programs that included, but not limited to, process design and organizational design.
Rebecca earned her B.B.A in Human Resources and Management with a minor in Healthcare Management from The University of Wisconsin-Madison. Rebecca lives in New York City and in her spare time she enjoys trying new work-out classes, exploring new restaurants, and spending time with her fiancé and their dog Charlie.
Project Manager
I revolutionize healthcare organizations by assisting in developing leaders so that they care improve workplace culture for both their employees and patients.
Project Manager
Kristin joined TLD Group as Project Coordinator in October 2022 and was promoted to Project Manager in March 2023. In this role, Kristin works closely with our client relationship managers to integrate solutions into client organizations, develop metrics of success, and track projects. Prior to joining TLD Group, Kristin worked as a counselor in various behavioral health settings. Her experiences within the field of
behavioral health has helped her to grow her empathetic and kind approach with clients. Kristin enjoys empowering and supporting clients throughout their development.
Kristin is currently pursuing her M.A. in Organizational Psychology from William James College in Newton, MA. Kristin received her B.A. in Psychology and Sociology with a Certificate in Social Work and Social Welfare from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Kristin lives in Newton, MA and can be described as outgoing, motivated, and kind. In her free time, she enjoys doing hot yoga, listening to Taylor Swift, cuddling with her adorable cat (Mr. Mittens), and spending quality time with her family and friends.
We utilize our creativity and imagination to drive our solutions to meet — and anticipate — our industry’s most pressing needs.
We bring attention to all our client engagements. Whether we’re assessing, planning, facilitating, delivering, and/or sustaining, we listen intently to what is happening in the moment.
We love what we do. We approach our work with unbridled spirit and uncompromising determination to achieve impactful results.
We know that one size does not fit all and that external factors can throw a wrench in any well-devised plan. We flexibly adjust and realign when needed.
We are perpetual learners. We constantly challenge ourselves and our clients to understand more, stretch more, and develop more.
We partner closely with our clients to co-create, customize, and deliver high-quality solutions. We bring deep industry and leadership development expertise - and our clients bring deep organizational knowledge.