Welcome to Seth Elliott Consulting

You'll find Integral Process Leadership (IPL) very different from other approaches to leadership and organizational development. IPL comes from decades of observing and working in schools, small businesses, non-profits, faith-based organizations, government agencies, and corporations. Despite differences in size, scale, and mission, recurring patterns and core themes have remained largely undiscovered. Until now.

Neuropsychological phenomena covertly influence how we structure our organizations, select our leaders, prioritize our values, and execute our work, often with unintended consequences.

Research shows that people tend to have an empathic, right brain framework underpinning their entire mental process or an analytic, left brain one.*

Guess which one permeates the DNA of almost all organizational leadership?

You might have guessed. For millennia, an accelerating left-hemisphere imbalance has created an unconscious, systemic bias for what can be counted and controlled. While these are key ingredients of a successful strategy, too much counting and too much controlling hurts culture. When culture suffers, performance suffers.

Integral Process Leadership (IPL) is a first-of-its-kind system to transform organizational culture by introducing a new type of leader to the mix. You heard that correctly, not a new type of leadership, a new type of leader. It's an approach rooted in ancient wisdom and modern neuroscience. IPL is a forgotten but timeless approach guaranteed to elevate high performance and human flourishing.

[* I am not a proponent of literal left and right brain dichotomies, but there are distinctive left and right hemisphere neural networks and influences. For more on this, please see Iain McGilchrist's titles The Master and His Emissary and The Matter With Things.]

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About SEth

Seth Elliott, MBA | Principal Consultant and Owner of Seth Elliott Consulting

Seth's multifaceted expertise spans security and risk management, leadership, education, human services, and organizational development, allowing him to operate as a knowledgeable and innovative thought leader dedicated to elevating system-wide performance and human flourishing.

Recognized as a dynamic trainer, speaker, and published author, Seth imparts invaluable wisdom from years of practice and research. His diverse credentials form the foundation for broad and transformative insights into client needs.

Seth Elliott is a former K-12 behavior consultant, social services specialist, crisis intervention instructor, and corporate leadership development specialist. Seth has an MBA and an undergraduate degree in psychology. He is trained in mediation and certified in MBTI, DiSC, and as a facilitator of several Franklin Covey courses. His experience includes helping people navigate conflict and high-risk situations in the workplace, as well as published contributions in the fields of business and behavioral threat assessment and management.

Seth is the author of The Merlin Advantage 2nd edition: Rediscovering the Power of Collaborative Leadership (2023) and co-author of the nationally recognized book, Assessing Student Threats: A Handbook for Implementing the Salem Keizer System.

Background At-a-Glance:

Co-author Assessing Student Threats: A Handbook for Implementing the Salem Keizer System
Author The Merlin Advantage: Re-Discovering the Power of Collaborative Leadership
Independent Organizational Consultant
Leadership Development Specialist, Les Schwab
Permanency Unit, ODHS Child Welfare
14 years K-12 Behavioral Consultant
5 years Higher Ed. Public Safety Administration
MBA and B.S. Psychology
Trained Mediator
Former Crisis Intervention Instructor (CPI and Mandt)
Certified Executive Protection Specialist
Certified in Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
Association of Threat Assessment Professionals Member
Past member of Salem Keizer Student Threat Assessment and Mid Valley Threat Assessment Team

Feedback About Seth

"Seth Elliott is one of the little-known and greatest thinkers of his generation. His book is a great resource for corporate or managerial leaders who wish to promote organizational culture shift in their workplace and teams. Time to check your ego at the door and roll up your sleeves to be a part of meaningful solutions where you are." - Sgt. O

"Time with Seth is a master class on leveraging cognitive diversity and emotional intelligence to transform your organization." – Chris Moore, Psychologist

"Seth is the culture whisperer." - John Van Dreal, Author, Artist, Violence Prevention Expert