Founded in 2017 by Tanjia Coleman, Ph.D., Reimagine Organization Development. Inc. is a boutique consulting firm focused on elevating organizations and teams from
Good to Great by integrating key areas of team performance and development which
include: customized cultural transformation, leadership development, executive coaching, talent management, diversity training and organizational design, amplifying employee and organizational growth. A Crain’s Chicago Business Notable Executives in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion award recipient both 2021 and 2022 reflects Dr. Coleman’s dedication to this growth.
Here are some accomplishments with a few of our clients below:
• Large Restaurant Franchise: Our client received the first award for Best Culture
2022 from Panera Bread
• HealthCare Support Provider: Facilitated client Allyship training to 550 team
members
• Major Healthcare System: Partnered with client to create diversity supplier
program
• Large Manufacturing Company: Conducted Racial Equity workshop to C-Suite and
leadership team resulting in 22% decrease in employee relations complaints and
cases
• Major Investment Firm: Facilitated Career Development sessions resulting in 17%
diversity movements saving the company 225k in recruitment costs
• Large West coast University: Conducted strategic session with student services
executive and leadership team resulting in redesign of their mission, vision and
revised strategic plan
• Major Healthcare System: Facilitated listening sessions resulting in a 30% increase
in their EAP utilization rate and 10% decrease in unplanned absenteeism
Dr. Tanjia M. Coleman is a visionary human resources and inclusive culture executive with over
18 years of experience across healthcare, education, non-profit, and Fortune 100 companies
including Microsoft, Starbucks, Tribune Company, Whirlpool, Sears, and Motorola. Most
recently, she served as the System Assistant Vice President, at Endeavor Health—a $3.2 billion
healthcare organization with 27,000 employees—where she led system-wide organizational
strategies with a strong focus on workforce equity, physician pipeline development, community
health equity partnerships, and supplier inclusion.
In this role, Dr. Coleman developed educational modules for over 27,000 employees, launched
physician equity initiatives to reduce disparities in care and training, and implemented a supplier
inclusion program that increased spend year-over-year spend.
Dr. Coleman is the Founder and President of Reimagine OD, Inc., a woman- and minority-owned
consulting firm that partners with Fortune 500 companies and nonprofit organizations to deliver
results-driven inclusive culture and leadership strategies. She is also a faculty member at Loyola
University’s Quinlan School of Business and a founding board member of its Diversity, Equity &
Inclusion Leadership Institute Certification Program.
Previously, she served as Chief Human Resources Officer at YWCA Metropolitan Chicago,
where she led talent strategies to support a 52% growth in operations and positioned HR as a
strategic driver of impact. As Senior Director of Human Resources at KinderCare Education, she
was responsible for 20,000 employees and led employee engagement efforts that earned national recognition from Gallup.
Dr. Coleman is certified in multiple leadership and assessment tools including Hogan,
Benchmarks 360, Forte Communication, Behavioral-IQ, IDI, DiSC, StrengthsFinder, Servant
Leadership, and Situational Leadership. She is also the author of 3 Second World Essentials for
Engineering Your Future and host of the EWOC Podcast, now in its 40th episode. She was
recently recognized with the Women Changing the World award and has been featured on FOX
News Chicago and Becker’s Healthcare podcast.
Her academic achievements include a Ph.D. in Organization Development from Benedictine
University, where her research was published in Recherches en Sciences de Gestion. She also
holds a Master of Science in Employee and Industrial Relations from Loyola University and a
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from DePaul University.
Dedicated to community service, Dr. Coleman supports philanthropic efforts through
organizations such as St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the K.I.N.D. Fund (UNICEF),
Imerman Angels, YWCA, and Feed My Starving Children.
