Biography

Francie Dalton, CMC, is founder and president of Dalton Alliances, LLC, a D.C.-based C-level consultancy specializing in the management, behavioral, and performance measurement sciences. She is also an award-winning Instructor at Georgetown University where she not only teaches courses but also serves as a Capstone Advisor.

Among her offerings are trademarked programs that convey certification, customized assessments such as 360-degree leader evaluations, key stakeholder surveys, and an array of follow-up services including developmental workshops, pivotal interventions, and intensive executive coaching.

Francie’s work in leadership development has been featured in hundreds of industry and trade publications including Harvard Management Update, The New York Times, The Washington, Post, The Washington Business Journal, CEO Magazine, Investor’s Business Daily, and many more. Her book, “Versatility: How to Optimize Interactions when 7 Workplace Behaviors are at Their Worst”, has been published in both the U.S. and in China.

A veteran of the U.S. Army Military Intelligence Service, Francie was trained as a German linguist, spending 4.5 years on active duty. She earned her MAS in Business from Johns Hopkins University while building her professional portfolio as an executive in technical sales for specialty steel manufacturing. Not only have her innovative business plans won generous funding from the Kauffman Institute of Entrepreneurship, she has also earned the coveted Certified Management Consultant (CMC) designation, an achievement shared by less than 12% of management consultants globally.

Francie’s clients include CEO’s and senior executives in corporations, nonprofits, federal and state government, the U.S. Military, and academe.