Governance Consulting, Advice & Counsel
We work with organizations to advance their leadership and organizational effectiveness, governance practices & strategic efforts.
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Organizational Development Assessments & Research
Our mission is to enhance your leadership excellence and organizational effectiveness.
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Keynote Presentations, Workshops & Retreats
We have 50+ years of combined experience working with corporations, nonprofits, legal associations, foundations, credit unions, and various government entities.
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Strategic Planning, Retreats & Facilitation
Our customized approach results in a thought-provoking experience that elicits your leadership's best ideas and insights.
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Guiding Success Through Constructive Partnership With Our Clients

At Arete Consulting, we work in constructive partnership with our clients to foster insight, sharpen strategy, and improve performance.  Governance, strategy and organizational development are core leadership responsibilities. Our services help you strengthen your understanding of governance and leadership and more clearly define your organization's future. We also help you identify what to stop doing to succeed. While we apply consistent methodologies across our work, we tailor each engagement to meet your specific needs. 

Who Are We?

Arete Consulting is a low-profit limited liability company dedicated to the public good.  As such, we integrate the best elements of both the corporate and non-profit communities into one dynamic practice. We are one of the very first such legal hybrid organizations in the United States. Our focus is working in constructive partnership with our clients to achieve organizational excellence and effectiveness.

The firm’s co-founders – Michael & Alessandra Daigneault – have more than 50 years of experience in serving clients in the areas of governance, strategic planning, leadership, and organizational development. They have successfully conducted customized engagements for hundreds of organizations and leadership teams across the U.S. and worldwide.

Michael & Alessandra are both graduates of Georgetown University and Georgetown University Law Center.  Michael has also served as an adjunct faculty member in Business Ethics as well as Leadership at both Georgetown University and George Mason University at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Leadership-Driven Impact

Driven by a strong commitment to impact organizations at the highest level, we focus our work at the Board, CEO, and Senior Leadership levels. These individuals often have the greatest impact on organizational vision, mission, strategy, governance and organizational effectiveness. Over the course of the last three decades, we have worked with hundreds of organizations from the very small to those with more than $33 billion in assets and have built an excellent reputation as some of the leading governance, strategy, leadership and organizational development practitioners in the U.S.

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Senior Team

You are in the right hands with Arete Consulting.

Michael G. Daigneault, JD & LLM
Alessandra Daigneault, JD

Real Experiences. Real Results.

“Facilitation of the retreat was outstanding. ”

I would say this was the most productive retreat I have attended in my professional career. Discussions were led effectively to a positive outcome. My desired outcome for the retreat was defining a “pathway” for transition to more effective Board governance. This outcome was certainly met!

“Amazing work!”

Your facilitation in helping us develop the ‘missing link’ was excellent. Your counsel through the entire process was priceless. We were handed a ticking bomb and, in MacGyver-like fashion, we not only diffused the bomb, but built a boat.

“A purpose that united us.”

Our organization was in crisis, and collectively you saw us through the crisis and re-launch with a purpose that united us.

“Appreciate your patience and professionalism.”

I want to thank you again for the time, energy and expertise you brought to us. I’m very excited about the Plan you helped us produce and I appreciate your patience and professionalism in helping us deliver it. I commit to you that we will use your guidance to make our organization even more successful. We are well aware of the barriers to good governance in our organization and we will continue to make progress in eliminating them. I hope to continue to utilize your services and will also look for opportunities to learn from you in the future.

“Thank you for recommending Michael and his staff. ”

From my perspective, Michael led us in one of the most informative and thought-provoking sessions I have participated in during the more than 18 years I have been involved with this organization. Using information provided by our written survey and personal interviews, Michael presented the information in a format that both allowed and encouraged all to participate. The format and tools that he employed led us to examine and explore our current environment as well as how we might refine the structure of the Board and the way in which we might conduct our future meetings.

“Thank you very much!”

We got so much out of it, believe you me. It was empowering; I am hungry for more. I look forward to our continued partnership!

References

Kay Ciesla

Chief Governance and Leadership Strategy Officer
American Immigration Lawyers Association
1331 G Street, NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20005
202-507-7630
kciesla@aila.org

Jennie Boden

Chief Executive Officer
Quantum Governance
P.O. Box 204
Henniker, NH 03242
443-253-7478
jennie@quantumgovernance.net