About Us
Why Work With Us
As organizations and leaders adjust to the ever-changing economic environment, they must ask themselves:
- What skills do leaders need to develop a compelling new vision?
- How will leaders need to act differently than they have in the past?
- What agreements and behaviors have to be in place in order to pull the business strategy through successfully?
- What level of buy-in exists on the team to ensure success?
- What’s in place to ensure the change will stick?
Clarity Compass Consulting is uniquely qualified not only to know the right questions, but more importantly, guide you through a process to co-create the answers, develop and apply the vision, and foster the agreements and skills necessary to transform your leadership culture and fulfill your business strategy and commitments.
What Our Clients Are Saying
I was fascinated by the effectiveness and simplicity of the Clarity Compass the very first time I learned it. I have decided to use it in my team after my return to Germany and I could immediately see the results: our meetings are now more effective, our communication is efficient, quick and goal oriented. We are driving actions with more focus and definitively getting better results.
Luca Dellacroce
Procurement Engineering Business Partner, Philips Health Systems
Our Approach
Our egos are so invested in believing the “mental maps” we’ve made about reality that we seldom realize our cognitive bias—how we assume that our conclusions about life are solid and complete. The truth is, our “mental maps” are highly subjective, and therefore incomplete and often faulty. This results in blind spots that lead to ineffective choices, toxic patterns, misunderstandings, and conflicts that hold us back from our true potential.
The Clarity Compass approach, along with supporting tools such as the Negative Statement and Core Symbol, helps you pinpoint your blind spots, move through them, and broaden your perspective to invite new possibilities, so you can be freer, happier, and more effective. Learn more about the Clarity Compass methodology in the book The Clarity Compass.
Our goal at Clarity Compass Consulting is to support individuals, teams and organizations in powerfully transforming to their next level of well-being and effectiveness. We provide support and guidance for individuals and groups into having deep insights about themselves, others and the world that provides richness in living and a bountiful work life specifically through the use of the Clarity Compass tool.
Our History
The idea of the Clarity Compass started in 1984 when Brit Poulson was a management consultant working with companies that were just beginning to become major organizations. As their world continued to become more and more complex, Brit saw a way to provide a framework that would break down those problems into more simple and conquerable issues. This framework continued to evolve as he worked on his PhD and also brought into play mental maps and individual paradigms. That original framework has become the Clarity Compass tool and is now used in both training courses and one-on-one coaching.
Our Leadership Team
Kimberley Martonik
Brit Poulson, PhD
Josh Neil
Martha Hallman, MBA
JoAnne Foist, PhD
Windy Wilkins
David Forster
Dan Leahy, MA
Wen Reese
Christiane Helbig
Sr. Leadership Consultant & Coach
Kimberley Martonik
Kim is a leadership coach and consultant with more than two decades of experience in strategy, marketing, team leadership and customer engagement. As a dynamic and charismatic leader, Kim understands the value of human connection and the power of strong leadership skills. She has successfully led cross-functional teams through transformational change in highly matrixed organizations and is passionate about helping others develop their own leadership skills. MORE
Sr. Leadership Consultant & Coach
Brit Poulson, PhD
Brit specializes in transformative executive coaching and leadership development programs. Brit has been integrating the fields of management consulting, business psychology, and leadership coaching since 1983.
Brit earned a Ph.D. in psychodynamics and group psychology at the Pacifica Graduate Institute. He also has an M.A. in human growth and potential from the University of West Georgia and a B.A. in Accounting and Business Administration from Troy State University.
Leadership Consultant & Coach
Josh Neil
Josh knows that leadership can be a lonely journey. He is very grateful that his clients lean on him as a confidant, allowing him to challenge and encourage them as they fully step into themselves. Josh thrives on helping clients navigate setbacks and growth at the personal, interpersonal, strategic and tactical levels. He believes a business coach needs to know what questions to ask, when to gently nudge, and when to really push a client.
Leadership Consultant & Coach
Martha Hallman, MBA
Martha has held a variety of executive leadership positions across a multitude of industries and organizational structures. During her 35-year corporate career of building high-performance cross-functional teams, her focus has centered on empowering individuals to find and reach their personal and professional goals. MORE
Leadership Consultant & Coach
JoAnne Foist, PhD
Dr. JoAnne Foist is an invigorating coach with extensive experience accelerating individual and team performance. In high-level roles for industry-leading companies, JoAnne has inspired teams to surpass challenging objectives and targets through a creative, well-structured and focused approach. As a marketing executive, JoAnne utilized cutting-edge strategies to boost multi-million dollar sales growth. Now, as a coach, JoAnne empowers and motivates others to reach their goals and thrive.
Leadership Consultant & Coach
Windy Wilkins
Windy is an experienced and versatile senior executive, leadership coach, and consultant. She has more than two decades of experience in strategy, communications, operational execution, and stakeholder management, across philanthropy, impact investing, and international development. Windy has worked globally across 5 continents with EPIC World, the Gates Foundation, and Pivotal Ventures, founded by Melinda French Gates. She excels in navigating complex systems and leading high-performing teams to meet ambitious goals. She believes deeply in collaboration and is passionate about helping others unlock their potential and power.
Windy has an MA from Stanford University, a BA from Pomona College, and is a Fulbright Scholar.
Leadership Consultant & Coach
David Forster
David has had a career spanning over 40 years where his varied postings have included founder and CEO of a VC backed startup (10 years) to GM of an acquired company at a large global MNC (3 years). From a professional French horn player playing Broadway shows (20+ years) to a service executive at two different MNCs (18 years) his career has been as varied as it is long.
The three constants in those 40+ years is 1) Always being a manager of people (his core competency leading anywhere from 2 to 500 people) 2) A core belief that most of the work of managing a team is done through 1:1s or small group meetings, and 3) Resolutely convinced and convicted that the heavy lifting of all professional jobs is based on R(elationships) and C(ommunications) – whether playing a Mahler symphony in an orchestra, leading a field service team, or managing a modern omni media contact center it all comes down to R & C (mainly through 1:1s) to grow and ultimately reach success.
David has a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rochester earning high distinction by being a winner in his school’s undergraduate research competition and having been published in a referred technical journal. During his VC backed startup tenure he was also a “visiting entrepreneur” for eight years at the Harvard Business School as well as participating in writing an HBS business case about his startup that is still taught in 2nd year marketing classes at business schools around the world.
Leadership Consultant & Coach
Dan Leahy, MA
Dan Leahy is an innovative leadership development specialist. With over 30 years of
leadership education experience and another 16 years experience as a clinical therapist he
brings a unique blend of interpersonal and organizational perspectives to his work. Along
with his over 20 years of graduate level teaching, he has served as President of the Leadership
Institute of Seattle (LIOS, Inc.), Dean of Bastyr University’s School of Applied Behavioral
Science, Director of Saybrook University’s LIOS MA Programs, and Director of Saybrook
University’s Seattle Campus. He is actively involved in curriculum development and delivery
with both Leadership Eastside and Leadership Whidbey. And he is the co-developer and co-
facilitator of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP) Leadership
Academy.
He is committed to the kind of leadership development that prepares individuals and
organizations to effectively meet the adaptive challenges they face. His approach to education
is integrating theoretical knowledge, personal aspiration, and organizational/societal need
with experiential designs where the personal and organizational dynamics become visible in
the moment and the learning comes alive.
He holds Bachelors Degrees in Communication Arts and Sociology from Washington State
University and a Master of Arts in Applied Behavioral Science from Whitworth College. His
postgraduate training includes the Art & Practice of Leadership Development program at
Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, Peter Bloch’s Regional School for
Managing, Whidbey Institute’s 9-month Powers of Leadership (POL), Leadership Eastside, and
Pacific Integral’s two-year Generating Transformational Change (GTC) program. He is a past
board member for the Center for Ethical Leadership and past Co-Vice Chair for Curriculum
and Programs of the Leadership Eastside board. He has completed the ten-month Racial
Equity & Adaptive Leadership (REAL) training with Leadership Eastside.
Leadership Consultant & Coach
Wen Reese
Wen is an executive coach and business consultant with over 20 years of experience spanning Fortune 500 actuarial strategy, entrepreneurship, and leadership development. A former consulting executive turned award-winning entrepreneur and certified Master of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, she blends sharp strategy with creative vision to help leaders grow with purpose.
As a coach, Wen brings a deeply attuned, human-centered approach to her work—showing up with curiosity and heart in every conversation. She partners with clients to bring clarity to challenges, map the path forward, and lead with intention.
Leadership Consultant & Coach
Christiane Helbig
Christiane Helbig is a leadership coach and business consultant with two decades of experience in organizational transformation, leadership, operational execution, and complex program management. She spent the majority of her career at Accenture in global roles working with leaders across diverse industries. Known for bringing structure to chaos, simplifying complexity, and nurturing collaborative teams, she helps individuals and organizations find clarity, turn vision into action, and create meaningful impact.
In her coaching, Christiane draws on her business experience as well as archetypal wisdom, somatic and mindfulness practices as well as nature-based perspectives. Christiane holds a BA in Business Administration from the University of Washington and an Advanced Certification in Applied Archetypal Astrology from Pacifica Graduate Institute.