FRAME Leadership Group
Strategic Leadership for Institutions in Transition
We help complex institutions strengthen leadership ecosystems, align culture with strategy, and navigate high stake transitions with clarity
Founded by Dr. Tracie Jones Barrett, executive leader and institutional advisor specializing in systems-level transformation, public-sector leadership, and emotional intelligence.
About Us
FRAME Leadership Group supports complex institutions navigating transition, growth, and cultural evolution. Drawing on executive leadership experience at MIT and Harvard, Dr. Jones Barrett advises leaders and organizations seeking to strengthen leadership architecture, enhance institutional alignment, and build cultures grounded in accountability and belonging.
The FRAME Leadership Model
Leadership transformation requires more than insight.
It requires disciplined practice.
The FRAME Leadership Model is a structured approach to building leadership capacity in complex institutions. Designed for moments of transition, tension, and reinvention, FRAME equips leaders to move from reaction to intentional strategy.
Focus. Reflect. Act. Mend. Elevate.
Focus
Clarify what matters most.
Leaders identify core priorities, institutional values, and strategic leverage points to reduce noise and align effort
Reflect
Develop self-awareness and system awareness.
Through disciplined reflection, leaders examine assumptions, power dynamics, and patterns shaping their decisions.
Act
Move from insight to implementation.
FRAME emphasizes decisive, values-aligned action that advances institutional goals while strengthening trust.
Mend
Repair and recalibrate.
Leadership requires the courage to address breakdowns, restore relationships, and build resilience after conflict or change.
Elevate
Expand leadership impact.
Leaders cultivate the next generation, embed sustainable systems, and strengthen culture beyond their individual influence.
FRAME is not a workshop. It is a leadership architecture.
It builds durable capacity for institutions navigating complexity.
When practiced consistently, FRAME transforms leadership from positional authority into cultural stewardship.
Recent Leadership Engagements
-
Research Institutions
-
Research Institutions
-
Municipal Partners
Testimonial
“Dr. Jones Barrett’s leadership framework transformed how our executive team approaches culture and strategy.”
Monica Sutton — Circle Time with Ms Monica