Leadership · Organizational Development · HR Consulting
Live & Grow Leadership Alliance helps organizations strengthen their people, systems, and performance—through practical consulting backed by measurable data.
At a glance
Public · Private · Nonprofit · Public safety
About Live & Grow
Live & Grow Leadership Alliance is a leadership, organizational development, and human resources consulting firm. We provide leadership development, HR consulting, organizational strategy, and proprietary assessments that identify gaps in leadership, culture, communication, accountability, alignment, and workforce sustainability—then help you close them.
We help organizations understand where they are, identify what is limiting performance, and implement solutions that create lasting improvement.
What we do
Integrated services that move organizations from assumptions and anecdotes to clear, measurable progress.
Leadership & organizational consulting
Executive and leadership development, strategic planning, team development, leadership academies, and organizational improvement consulting that strengthen communication, accountability, culture, and performance.
V.I.T.A.L. leadership assessments
Proprietary leadership and organizational assessments that identify strengths, gaps, workforce challenges, and the opportunities that matter most.
Human resources consulting
HR strategy, hiring and promotional processes, performance management, employee relations, policy development, succession planning, workforce development, retention, and customized training.
The Live & Grow model
We identify what is happening, understand the root causes, develop solutions, implement them, and measure improvement.
Diagnose
Gather data on leadership, culture, and workforce conditions.
Analyze
Identify root causes, gaps, and emerging risks.
Prescribe
Targeted leadership, organizational, or HR strategies.
Apply
Consulting, training, policy, and organizational interventions.
Measure
Reassess to confirm conditions actually improved.
V.I.T.A.L. Leadership System™
Our proprietary tools measure leadership effectiveness, culture, alignment, workforce health, and performance—and roll up into one clear organizational picture.
Trust · Communication · Accountability · Alignment · Performance
V.I.T.A.L. Leadership Identity™ and Organizational Leadership Identity™
How well people, priorities, and systems pull together
Workforce health, engagement, and retention risk
Who we serve
We partner with organizations seeking stronger leaders, healthier workplace cultures, and more effective systems.
01 / Public sector
Strategic planning, supervisor development, and policy that serves the community.
02 / Public safety
Leadership academies, promotional processes, and culture in high-accountability environments.
03 / Private
Executive development, HR strategy, and performance systems that scale.
04 / Nonprofit
Alignment, succession planning, and workforce sustainability for lasting impact.
V.I.T.A.L. Organizational Intelligence Dashboard
Assessment results feed a secure dashboard that updates as data arrives—showing where you are strong, where risk is developing, where leadership attention is needed, and whether your improvement efforts are actually working.
Real-time visibility
Data to action
Confidential drill-down
Trend analysis
Early-warning system
Client accounts, reports, and dashboards are coming soon · Ask us about early access
Leadership team
Co-Founder · Leadership & Organizational Development
Fire service executive, strategic leadership practitioner, educator, and retired U.S. Air Force veteran with 27+ years of military and public-safety leadership. Architect of the V.I.T.A.L. Leadership System™.
Dr. Washington currently serves as a Battalion Chief with Cathedral City Fire & EMS and previously served as Training Chief with the Victorville Fire Department, where he helped build department-wide training systems and authored promotional and probationary development manuals.
His operational background includes command responsibilities across thousands of emergency incidents, all-hazards planning, emergency operations, officer development, organizational policy, health and safety, and workforce performance. His military service included assignments and deployments in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
He holds a Doctorate in Strategic Leadership, with research focused on leadership, organizational culture, and workforce staffing within the fire service. He is an Executive Fire Officer, a Pro Board-certified Fire Instructor since 2008 with 8,000+ instructional hours, and a university professor since 2015.
At Live & Grow he leads leadership strategy, executive and supervisor development, organizational assessment, public-safety and municipal consulting, strategic planning, culture, accountability, and performance improvement.
Areas of expertise
Co-Founder · Human Resources & Workforce Development
Strategic HR leader with 20+ years across federal government and U.S. Air Force environments, spanning employee relations, workforce planning, compliance, and executive HR advising.
Sarah has served as an Agency Benefits Officer with the U.S. Department of Energy's Bonneville Power Administration, supporting a workforce of more than 3,000 employees, and previously worked in employee relations and other federal HR functions.
During 23 years of active-duty and reserve service in the U.S. Air Force she held senior leadership roles in Aerospace Medicine, retiring as a Superintendent within one of the Air Force Reserve Command's largest medical units—directing roughly 70 personnel supporting nearly 2,800 members.
She holds a bachelor's degree in Political Science, associate degrees in Human Resources and Business Administration, and is completing a master's in Human Resources Leadership. She is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and Resilience-Building Leadership Professional-Trainer (RBLP-T).
At Live & Grow she leads HR strategy, workforce development, employee relations, organizational culture, talent management, compliance, and sustainable workforce systems.
Areas of expertise
In practice
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