Who we are.

Marcie Borgal Shunk

Marcie Borgal Shunk

CEO

A lifelong passion for research. An insatiable curiosity. Over 20 years advising law firms. Addicted to results. Puzzle-solver. People-motivator. Fast thinker. Vision-maker.

For over two decades Marcie Borgal Shunk has shepherded law firms through significant transformation. As CEO of The Tilt Institute, she has helped thousands of leaders harness the transformative power of talent, culture and leadership. She is the creator of the seminal program, Leadership Foundations, a high-impact, virtual interactive development program designed to offer essential leadership skills and practical solutions firms can implement immediately. Her services include:

  • Leadership Foundations: A multi-session program designed to prepare incoming and existing leaders to face the challenges of the current talent market
  • Strategic Advisory: Advisory services designed to arm your firm with the ability to access, analyze and act upon the right data
  • Keynotes, Retreats and Workshops: In-person or virtual experiences designed to inspire, align, and activate leadership teams. These include:
    • Facilitated Retreats: One-day to multi-day in-person programs that align your leadership teams around a specific mission-critical goal and develop a clear, actionable roadmap to drive change
    • Integrated Keynotes and Workshops: Deep dives into critical legal and leadership topics such as The 4 Hallmarks of a Well-Led Organization, Exploring Leadership Styles to Drive Engagement, and Next Generation Leaders: Why and How to Plan for Succession

Marcie is proud to hold two fellowships, four certifications in culture and coaching, and several board advisory positions. She's a frequent contributor to The American Lawyer, Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg Law, and speaks regularly about leadership, culture and legal trends. Marcie has a sociology degree from Harvard.

Faculty

Jen Dezso

Jen Dezso

Senior Consultant

A strategist at heart. A fascination with what drives leadership success. More than 20 years helping law firms navigate change. Relationship-builder. Strategic thinker. Trusted advisor. Growth catalyst.

For more than two decades, Jen Dezso has helped law firms navigate change by strengthening client relationships, developing talent, and building leadership capabilities that drive long-term success. As a Senior Consultant with The Tilt Institute, she works with firm leaders to harness the power of leadership, culture, and client-centered strategy to improve organizational performance and accelerate growth.

Drawing on extensive experience studying the legal market, buyer behavior, talent trends, and law firm performance, Jen helps firms translate insight into action. Her work focuses on equipping leaders with the skills, structures, and strategies needed to lead effectively in an increasingly competitive and evolving marketplace. Her services include:

  • Leadership Infrastructure & Strategy: Advisory services designed to help firms create the systems, expectations, and accountability structures that drive leadership excellence, talent development, and organizational alignment
  • Leadership Development: Interactive programs and customized learning experiences designed to strengthen leadership effectiveness, build management capabilities, and prepare current and future leaders for the challenges facing today's legal organizations
  • Keynotes, Retreats and Workshops: In-person and virtual experiences designed to inspire, align, and activate leadership teams. Topics include:
    • Building Leadership Capacity in a Changing Legal Market
    • Creating the Infrastructure for Sustainable Leadership Success
    • Talent, Culture, and Engagement as Strategic Advantages
    • Understanding Client Expectations and Strengthening Relationships
    • Go-to-Market Strategies for Growth-Oriented Firms

Jen is a frequent speaker, facilitator, and advisor on leadership, talent, culture, client engagement, and legal market trends. She is passionate about helping firms build the leaders and organizational capabilities required to thrive amid continual change and increasing client demands.

Sara Shondrick

Sara Shondrick, Ph.D., PCC

Executive Coach and Leadership Facilitator

A behavioral scientist's lens. A coach's candor. More than 15 years developing leaders in high-stakes environments. Evidence-driven. Results-focused. Straight-talker. Potential-spotter. Insight-to-action translator.

Sara Shondrick is an executive coach and leadership facilitator with The Tilt Institute, specializing in helping partners, practice leaders and firm executives translate insight into action. An I/O psychologist and executive assessor, Sara partners with leaders in demanding environments, from law firms to top multinational organizations, with particular depth in law firms and the life sciences, technology and manufacturing sectors.

Her approach is evidence-based and pragmatic. It draws on behavioral science, positive psychology and neuroscience, and it is punctuated with the clear, candid feedback that busy leaders rarely get and consistently value.

  • Professional Certified Coach (PCC), International Coaching Federation
  • Coach training, Georgetown University
  • Leader, Mix Talent's leadership coaching practice
  • Former coach, FranklinCovey; former talent consulting, succession planning and assessment leader for global organizations
  • Published author of peer-reviewed research on leadership potential, emergence and effectiveness
  • Ph.D., Industrial & Organizational Psychology, Georgetown University