Leading Organizational Change with Resilience and Engagement
Our Services
We serve as your Strategic Change Consultant and thought-partner. We design and facilitate Stakeholder Engagement and Systems Change frameworks that bridge the gap between Strategic Vision and Culture Execution using a Strengths-Based Leadership approach.
We facilitate high-impact Executive Retreats and Team Offsites—in-person, hybrid, or virtual. Our sessions are designed to build Psychological Safety, co-create Organizational Alignment, and renew connection to drive Employee Engagement and sustained action.
We deliver Keynotes and Leadership Training Programs on Human-Centered Transformation and Generative Leadership. Empower your teams to navigate Change Fatigue and apply Positive Intelligence practices for measurable real-world impact.
Why Choose Us
- We provide Global Organizational Development with a deep intercultural lens. Our team brings decades of cross-sector experience—from Fortune 500 corporates and government agencies to NGOs and philanthropic initiatives.
- We specialize in Change Leadership for organizations navigating high-volatility environments, digital-cultural shifts, and workplace complexity.
- We utilize Positive Organizational Scholarship to shift the focus from “what’s wrong” to high-performing strengths. This enables Agile Innovation, Organizational Resilience, and Psychological Ownership.
- Our Evidence-Based Frameworks, such as the Appreciative Inquiry Lotus Model (Renew → Relate → Co-Create → Resolve), anchor our work in Proven Theory and Global Best Practices.
Our Latest Work
Appreciative Inquiry for Change Management – Leadership
Transform Change Into a Strength Your Leadership Can Rely On
A practical, research-backed online course grounded in Appreciative Inquiry for leaders navigating complexity. Working with public service leadership team to move from stress to change champions.
Appreciative Inquiry for Change Management – Organizations
Transform Change Into a Strength Your Organization Can Rely On
A practical, research-backed online course grounded in Appreciative Inquiry for organizations strengthening alignment, ownership and execution in times of change. Working with a State Health Department to foster collaboration.
Leadership Coaching with AI* and Positive Intelligence
Strengthen clarity, resilience and relational leadership in high-change environments
Coaching for funded founders who have reached an internal leadership ceiling, when their strengths start working against them, to evolve how they lead, decide, and scale without burning out or losing trust. Working with female Founders coaching cohort to scale and thrive.
*AI refers to Appreciative Inquiry
Our Why
At Spaciousness Works, we believe every organization possesses a Positive Core capable of driving Strategic Breakthroughs.
Using Appreciative Inquiry and Strengths-Based Methodologies, we help teams identify high-performing assets to scale organizational impact and transform aspirations into actionable growth strategies.
We believe Sustainable High Performance is fueled by inclusive collaboration. By fostering psychological safety, we unlock diverse insights that lead to Agile Innovation and long-term success.
Our purpose is to empower organizations with Adaptive Leadership and Inclusive Decision-Making, building resilient workplace cultures that thrive in a volatile world.
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Client Testimonials
The sessions were intentional and yet, magic!
Change is personal so change management must also be personal. I felt a positive and personal connection with Tanya and Stephen in our first meeting to plan for this opportunity. My team felt this as well in the sessions as Tanya and Stephen led us to connect as a team to learn about ourselves, each other, and co-create our positive core together. As a result of this training, our team is significantly more prepared to champion strengths based change. I know the planning and sessions were intentional and yet, it feels like magic.
Create a space of belonging through change
Leaders must be change agents in the diverse world we live and work in; crossing boundaries and borders, creating inclusionary practices in a global world. In the PhD in Organizational Leadership program at Indiana Wesleyan University, our students are embracing Tanya Cruz Teller’s model of Appreciative Inquiry to create a space of belonging through change. As a professor and consultant, Tanya’s AI Lotus Model has afforded me the opportunity to facilitate change where each person can grow and connect to others.
We went deep and he really got us thinking…
On behalf of iqbusiness and the Men’s Collective, I would like to thank Stephen and team for the impact they had on me personally and for those IQers that attended the launch of the Men’s collective. The way they prepared and took care to understand our context and our journey and then play it back to us in the launch was nothing short of fantastic. Stephen went deep into some of these issues and really got us thinking…Thank you again Stephen and team, appreciate it.
Appreciative Inquiry opened my eyes…
Appreciative Inquiry opened my eyes to the profound power of the simplest of acts and being a relational leader. The course provided me opportunities to explore aspirations and build foundational skills that have already had reverberating and resonating effects on my personal and professional life.
I didn’t know how much I needed this!
I appreciate how you have channeled change into my life and reminding me that I matter. I am extremely grateful for this experience because I didn’t know how much I needed this to be a better person.
I feel energized and focused
In 30 years of development work, it is the first time that I have left such a complex [strategy] process energized and yet also practically focused.
About Us
We partner with executive leadership teams to navigate organizational transition and growth, turning complex change into a source of operational clarity and momentum.
Spaciousness Works is a Global Management Consultancy specializing in Appreciative Inquiry (AI), Strengths-Based Leadership, and Inclusive Organizational Development.
Led by Tanya Cruz Teller, MA, published author of the Appreciative Leadership Lotus Model, our diverse, cross-cultural team brings decades of experience in strategic planning, leadership development and whole-system convening. We guide groups across differences in identity, power and culture toward trust, alignment, agency and inspired action.
Grounded in Appreciative Inquiry and our Spaciousness Theory of Change, we shift focus from what is wrong to what is strong and possible. Through our Lotus Model, Renew, Relate, Co-Create, Resolve, we help leaders build resilience, strengthen relationships and translate shared aspirations into sustainable results.
We leverage Data-Driven Insights and Human-Centric Analytics to co-create solutions with our clients, improving organizational performance and high-level impact
Spaciousness Works guides ESG-aligned change that focuses on relationships, belonging, and Social Responsibility—impacting people, performance, and the planet.
Tanya Cruz Teller
Founder & Lead Alchemist
Stephen Read
Partner & Coach
Natasja vd Merwe
Operations Manager
Anele Mkumla
Admin & Projects
Lizl Stegmann
Finance & Marketing
Our Associates
Expertise Across Regions, Sectors and Cultures
Marlene Ogawa
Senior Associate
Dr. Nicole Bossard
Associate
Lalita Raman
Associate
Our Clients & Impact
You are a leader or team ready to step into your next chapter:
We’ve seen participants in our courses from over 50 countries. From these engagements, we’ve helped unlock belonging, heighten engagement and accelerate meaningful actions.
Our Reach
Let’s explore how we can work together: through strategic design, tailored training or facilitation for your next big initiative.
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Client Testimonials
Thank you, keep on sharing your magic!
The session you facilitated on “Our Wellness: Building Resilience through Appreciative Leadership” was amazing. The 1 hour session experience left us feeling greatly connected in our hearts to work together and as promised, we will remember this feeling when the going get tough.
I guarantee you will not regret it.
The methodology they applied of appreciative theory was both well received by the staff and I and set a new tone for how we relate and engage with each other. It allowed for us to engage as human beings rather than personalities or positions and provided amazing insight.
Tanya provides great direction and guidance to enable growth.
Tanya was able to thoughtfully engage both my needs as an internal OD Practitioner, and those of the core team during planning in a way that strengthened our abilities to engage with this work. The manner in which she then designed the process and ultimately the Summit was skillful, professional and inspiring.
Appreciative Inquiry opened my eyes…
Appreciative Inquiry opened my eyes to the profound power of the simplest of acts and being a relational leader. The course provided me opportunities to explore aspirations and build foundational skills that have already had reverberating and resonating effects on my personal and professional life.
I didn’t know how much I needed this!
I appreciate how you have channeled change into my life and reminding me that I matter. I am extremely grateful for this experience because I didn’t know how much I needed this to be a better person.
I feel energized and focused
In 30 years of development work, it is the first time that I have left such a complex [strategy] process energized and yet also practically focused.
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Every change journey begins with a single question.
We’d love to hear about what you’re envisioning and explore how we can support you.