UNCOMMON SENSE
When you combine proprietary knowledge, deep experience, and strong relationships, you’re in a unique position to make organizations better.
WHO WE ARE
CRA | Admired Leadership is a leading leadership and strategic communication consultancy. You’ve probably never heard of us, but you have heard of our clients.
We like it that way.
EXPERTISE
Leadership
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Leadership
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TYPES OF ENGAGEMENTS
Leadership
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Meet our Team
Our team is passionate about the work they do and the clients they advise.

Alan Nelson
CO-MANAGING PARTNER
OUR TEAM
We are advisors who stand for our clients and behind our work.
With over 30 years of proprietary research and experience behind us, we take pride in being smart, practical advocates for our clients. We have a passion for excellence and a discipline for what works.

CAREERS
Do you have a passion for excellence?
You might be a good fit for our team.

WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT
We are pragmatic but empirical. We are skeptical about fads and avoid pseudoscience.
We put faith in our 35 years of experience and proprietary research and grow that body of knowledge each day. Our relationships come first, and we count among our clients dozens who have worked with us for decades. Regardless of the engagement, we believe our role is to make people and situations better. This is the fountainhead of our work.
WHAT OTHERS SAY
My working relationship with CRA Admired Leadership has developed into a partnership. I hear and am heard by them, and it’s a truly good thing.
My working relationship with CRA Admired Leadership has developed into a partnership. I hear and am heard by them, and it’s a truly good thing.
My working relationship with CRA Admired Leadership has developed into a partnership. I hear and am heard by them, and it’s a truly good thing.
WE’D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU
We’re not for everyone, but we may be right for you.
We are pragmatic but empirical. We are skeptical about fads and avoid pseudoscience.
CEO,
Top-Ranked Regional Health System
We’ll tell you what you need to hear.
Not what you want to hear.
We say no.
If it’s not in your interest or ours, let’s NOT do it.
We don’t dally. We commit.
Building relationships isn’t something we do, it’s who we are. We want clients and colleagues for life.
Sound good? Let’s talk.
1 We are pragmatic but empirical. We are skeptical about fads and avoid pseudoscience.
2 We are pragmatic but empirical. We are skeptical about fads and avoid pseudoscience.
3 We are pragmatic but empirical. We are skeptical about fads and avoid pseudoscience.

1 We are pragmatic but empirical. We are skeptical about fads and avoid pseudoscience.
2 We are pragmatic but empirical. We are skeptical about fads and avoid pseudoscience.
3 We are pragmatic but empirical. We are skeptical about fads and avoid pseudoscience.
1 We are pragmatic but empirical. We are skeptical about fads and avoid pseudoscience.
2 We are pragmatic but empirical. We are skeptical about fads and avoid pseudoscience.
3 We are pragmatic but empirical. We are skeptical about fads and avoid pseudoscience.
We are pragmatic but empirical. We are skeptical about fads and avoid pseudoscience.
We are pragmatic but empirical. We are skeptical about fads and avoid pseudoscience.
Our Principles
Relationships
Building relationships is not something we do, it’s who we are. We view each person as unique and we strive to connect with them and help them succeed. Our ability to simultaneously attend to client work while actively managing relationships is paramount to our success, and we know that small investments of time and information establish and nurture lifelong relationships with colleagues, contacts, partners and clients.
Integrity
We do what is right, and we consider the integrity of our people one of the most important markers of who we are as a firm. Integrity involves bringing your personal character and your professional conduct in line with one another. It requires us to be forthright, and willing to stand up for what we value and believe to be true. It also means caring enough about the people around us to do the right thing at the right time.
Service
We act in the best interest of our clients and strive to deliver service of extraordinarily high quality. Doing so means producing timely, original, insightful, and accurate deliverables and advice. It also means being extraordinarily responsive. We under-promise and over-deliver on our commitments, are accessible and respond to clients and colleagues within 24 hours, and have a courteous, professional staff that promptly answer our phones during business hours.
Excellence
We hold each other and ourselves to an impeccable standard of excellence in everything we do. We produce work of unparalleled quality, and attend to every detail, no matter how small. Our goal is to stay a step ahead—to continually meet and exceed client expectations—and our ideas keep us at the forefront of innovation. We don’t benchmark; we set the bar—for quality, creativity, knowledge, and talent.
Teamwork
We create the Firm’s fate and we choose success—together. Though unique individuals and entrepreneurs by trade, our firm is only as strong as the sum of our efforts. Collaboration and communication make us smarter, and we achieve our goals through mutual support, candor, and respect.
Entrepreneurialism
We are entrepreneurs first—before we are coaches, methodologists, professional staff, or consultants. We all own the Firm’s future and we each take responsibility for our own success, the success of each other, and the success of the Firm. We succeed by aggressively pursuing opportunity and anticipating client problems. We recognize we can easily lose this element of our culture, and we must breed passion and persistence to protect it.
Our Principles
Relationships
Building relationships is not something we do, it’s who we are. We view each person as unique and we strive to connect with them and help them succeed. Our ability to simultaneously attend to client work while actively managing relationships is paramount to our success, and we know that small investments of time and information establish and nurture lifelong relationships with colleagues, contacts, partners and clients.
Integrity
We do what is right, and we consider the integrity of our people one of the most important markers of who we are as a firm. Integrity involves bringing your personal character and your professional conduct in line with one another. It requires us to be forthright, and willing to stand up for what we value and believe to be true. It also means caring enough about the people around us to do the right thing at the right time.
Service
We act in the best interest of our clients and strive to deliver service of extraordinarily high quality. Doing so means producing timely, original, insightful, and accurate deliverables and advice. It also means being extraordinarily responsive. We under-promise and over-deliver on our commitments, are accessible and respond to clients and colleagues within 24 hours, and have a courteous, professional staff that promptly answer our phones during business hours.
Excellence
We hold each other and ourselves to an impeccable standard of excellence in everything we do. We produce work of unparalleled quality, and attend to every detail, no matter how small. Our goal is to stay a step ahead—to continually meet and exceed client expectations—and our ideas keep us at the forefront of innovation. We don’t benchmark; we set the bar—for quality, creativity, knowledge, and talent.
More than 500 C-Suite Leaders
More than 5,000 Senior leaders, running significant businesses
More than 1000 Executive Committee Members
More than 500 C-Suite Leaders
We create the Firm’s fate and we choose success—together. Though unique individuals and entrepreneurs by trade.
More than 5,000 Senior Leaders
We create the Firm’s fate and we choose success—together. Though unique individuals and entrepreneurs by trade.
More than 1000 Executive Committee Members
We create the Firm’s fate and we choose success—together. Though unique individuals and entrepreneurs by trade.
FAQ

CAREERS
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CAREERS
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