Al Dea—Finding Stability When Everything Around You Is Changing

Al Dea shares his journey from management consulting to founding The Edge of Work, a leadership and talent development consulting firm focused on helping leaders build skills for today's workplace. He explores how navigating personal and professional change has shaped his approach to leadership development.• From technology transformation consultant to leadership development expert focused on people and culture• Experienced the challenge of feeling out of control during multiple rapid organizational changes at Salesforce• Found stability by becoming a "sturdy rock" for others and identifying what remains constant during change• Recognizes that new parenthood and other major life changes teach valuable lessons about adaptation• Emphasizes that all work fundamentally involves change—getting people to start, stop, or modify behaviors• Recommends leaders start with self-awareness before guiding others through change• Suggests starting where momentum already exists rather than focusing on skeptics• Promotes progress over perfection and creating psychological safety for experimentation• Uses the leadership tools of "what you say, what you do, and what you reward" to create change-ready culturesConnect with Al on LinkedIn