Aligning Leadership,
Teams, and systems
for Better Results.

Signs Your Organization May Be Experiencing Operational Friction

  • Teams working in silos

  • Unclear ownership and accountability

  • Systems that don’t support how work actually happens

  • Cross-functional tension slowing execution

  • Leaders spending too much time resolving misalignment

  • Workarounds replacing process clarity

  • Good people stuck in inefficient systems

Helping organizations reduce operational friction by aligning leadership, teams, and systems.

Areas of support include:

  • Operational & systems assessments

  • Leadership and team effectiveness

    • Working Genius workshops & team facilitation

    • LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® facilitated strategy sessions

  • Business process redesign

  • Transformation advisory

  • Stakeholder alignment

  • Change management & adoption

  • Fractional transformation leadership

Zandra Montes Founder and Principal

Zandra Montes,
founder and principal

MCC understands how organizations actually function

Effective organizations require more than strong leadership alone.

They also depend on clear processes, aligned teams, functional systems, and operational visibility.

MCC brings experience working across both the human and operational sides of organizations, including:

  • Enterprise systems and ERP implementations

  • Business process redesign and operational improvement

  • Cross-functional operations and stakeholder alignment

  • Transformation initiatives and implementation leadership

  • Organizational change and adoption support

  • Leadership and team effectiveness during periods of growth and change

This combination allows MCC to support organizations beyond surface-level leadership development by helping teams improve how work, communication, decision-making, and execution actually happen across the business.

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Trusted by leaders

WD-40 · Armanino · Globus Medical · Stone BrewinG · Latinas in Tech · bose corporation

How we work together

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Executive Coaching:

One-on-one and team coaching for leaders who want to strengthen their communication, self-awareness, and leadership impact while driving meaningful results for their organizations.

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Offsite Facilitation:

High-impact, expertly facilitated leadership offsites designed to surface what's real, align your team, and produce outcomes that last beyond the room.

  • Executive Team Offsites

  • Strategic Alignment Workshops

  • Operational Planning Sessions

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organizational effectiveness:

  • Operational & Systems Assessments

  • Business Process Improvement

  • Cross-Functional Alignment

  • Change Management & Adoption

Kind words. Hard truths. Real growth.

High-performing organizations need more than good intentions. They need honest conversations, operational clarity, aligned leadership, and teams that know how to work through complexity together.

Montes Coaching & Consulting brings 20+ years of experience across enterprise systems, operational transformation, leadership development, and cross-functional facilitation. Every engagement combines structured methodology with practical business experience to help organizations improve alignment, execution, and long-term effectiveness.

20+ years enterprise experience · Working Genius certified · Lego Serious Play facilitator · San Diego, CA + nationwide

What leaders are saying

“During a period of major change across our organization, Zandra helped our leaders communicate more clearly, stay aligned, and navigate some really difficult conversations across teams. What made her support especially valuable was her ability to understand both the operational realities of the business and the human side of leading through change.”

– R.J.

“Zandra helped our team navigate conversations we’d been avoiding for a long time. She created a space where people could be honest and accountable without the conversation becoming defensive or unproductive, while still keeping the team focused on practical next steps and real progress.”

– Alexandra M.

“Zandra brings a rare blend of operational excellence and heart-centered leadership. Her work in strengths-based leadership and team development is authentic, grounded, and deeply effective.”

– Isaac H.

success requires more than tech

Organizations often struggle because systems, processes, teams, and leadership expectations evolve at different speeds. Even strong organizations can experience friction when ownership is unclear, communication breaks down, processes become inconsistent, or technology no longer supports how the business actually operates.

MCC approaches transformation through both an operational AND human lens. We help organizations improve:

  • Operational clarity

  • Cross-functional alignment

  • Decision-making visibility

  • Process consistency

  • Stakeholder communication

  • Implementation readiness

  • Change adoption

  • Organizational accountability

The goal isn’t simply to implement new tools.
The goal is to help the organization function more effectively.