The Firm · Founded 2011

A name and a face.
Every mandate deserves one.

Metanoia Consultants is a U.S.-based strategy and leadership advisory firm. Boards and chief executives engage us when strategy is sound, yet leadership capacity remains the binding constraint on growth, transformation, succession, and value from AI.

Arlene Tressler, Founder & CEO of Metanoia Consultants
Arlene Tressler · Founder & CEO

Arlene Tressler

Founder & CEO · Metanoia Consultants

Arlene Tressler advises boards and chief executives on the leadership capacity their strategy depends on: assessment, executive development, transformation, succession, and value from applied AI. She founded Metanoia Consultants in 2011, after serving as HR Director Middle East at RSA Group and as HR Manager MEA at Motorola in Dubai, leading human resources across the Middle East and Africa.

SHRM-SCP ICF-Certified Executive Coach British Psychological Society · Psychometric Assessor Cornell Johnson · Executive Education Michigan Ross · Executive Education
II

Senior-led, by design.

The name comes from the Greek for a transformation in thinking. Delivery is senior by design: advisors, certified executive coaches, sector specialists, and faculty are staffed for the problem, not for utilization. The team you meet is the team that does the work.

· 01

Custom work, always. Never a catalog.

· 02

On time and on budget, or we say so before it slips.

· 03

Confidential by default.

· 04

Capability left behind, not dependence created.

Principal Advisement · First-Principles Craft

No junior handover. No recycled binder. Every diagnosis is written for the single room that commissioned it.

Est. 2011 · Dubai → Americas
By the Numbers · Independent Recognition

Six international awards.

MEA Markets Global Business Insight Corporate Vision

Independently conferred across four continents for organizational change, executive coaching, leadership architecture, enterprise governance, and client service excellence.

0 International Awards
AWARD 01 MEA Markets

Best Global Organizational Change Consultancy

Conferred for large-scale operating-model transformation, post-merger alignment, and measurable institutional adoption.

AWARD 02 MEA Markets

Best Executive Coaching Provider

Recognized for C-suite and board-level executive coaching, psychometric rigor, and senior succession readiness.

AWARD 03 MEA Markets

MEA Client Service Excellence Award

Awarded for principal-led delivery, zero-delegation advisory standards, and sustained multi-year client outcomes.

AWARD 04 MEA Markets

Best Global Corporate Training & Management Consultants

Honored for custom leadership architecture and capability building across sovereign, corporate, and academic mandates.

AWARD 05 Corporate Vision

Best Corporate Training Company

Conferred for executive education programs that convert strategic intent into verified leadership behavior at scale.

AWARD 06 Global Business Insight

Best Global Risk & Business Process Management Training Provider

Recognized for institutional governance, decision-rights engineering, and operational resilience under high-stakes reform.