ABOUT US

Trust, honesty, quality, reliability, communication - and a good laugh - are the foundations of who we are and how we work. We collaborate with our civic-minded clients to anticipate, address and adapt to your strategic changes and needs. We think and see the big picture. We focus on intentional output. We're here: for you.

FRIEDA K. EDGETTE, MSc, CPCC, PCC
founder & principal

Novos Consulting is led by Frieda K. Edgette, an award-winning civic leadership coach and organizational strategist with a political consulting background. Her core commitment to herself and to you is to be the change ('novos') she seeks to cultivate in the world: happy, healthy and performing at unparalleled levels in service to society.

Drawing from close to 20 years experience, Frieda has facilitated the development and implementation of more than 200 cross sector change initiatives in five continents and helped guide more than 2,000 emergent to veteran civic leaders at the highest levels of government. She has worked with energy and commercial real estate developers, hospitality industries, healthcare providers, sports and recreation entities, financial services, tech start-ups, arts and cultural organizations, education institutions, political action committees and government agencies to develop and deliver measurable transformations aligned with long-term strategic objectives. Past projects range from: major community culture changes, cross-sector partnerships that expand access to government services, multinational mergers, public policy creation through implementation, strategic planning with federal leaders and agencies, coaching national campaign operatives, designing and developing PACs, team building for governance bodies, training aspiring local electeds to Ministers of Parliament, instructional design and delivery, and one-on-one leadership coaching to increase performance whilst cultivating well-being.

Believing in everyone’s responsibility to give back, Frieda has guided meditations on Capitol Hill and leadership development workshops as a U.S. State Department Professional Fellow in Turkey and Southeast Asia. She is part of the George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management's adjunct faculty, teaching a course on stereotypes and politics. She also designed and instructs a course in resilient leadership at Stanford University's Continuing Studies. Frieda has appeared on Fox, C-SPAN, Roll Call CQ, Two Broads Talking Politics, Pace the Nation, SiriusXM POTUS, in Women's Running, and has published in the Harvard Business Review, The Hill, GOVERNING, Mindful, US News & World Report, European Heart Journal and Campaigns & Elections on leadership, well-being and strategy. Frieda is also a former county commissioner and founder of Courage to Run, the nation's premier nonpartisan running series and leadership community committed to being healthy to lead effectively in civic life today. In 2020, she was named a Goldies All-Star for public affairs and political professional exceptionalism and the recipient of the prestigious Reed Award for Best Professional Development Initiative.

Frieda is a credentialed International Coach Federation professional executive coach, in addition to being a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach. She holds a Diversity and Inclusion Certificate from Cornell University, a Development Award in Group Facilitation from the Institute of Leadership and Management, a Resource Development Award in the Science of Happiness from the University of California, Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center and is trained in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction from the University of California, San Francisco Osher Center for Integrative Medicine and compassion cultivation from Stanford University. Frieda has a Master of Science in Organizational and Social Psychology from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and minors in History and Women, Culture and Development from the University of California, Santa Barbara. 

LOVES traveling with her husband and son, dancing, dabbling in extreme sports, crossword puzzles and avocados.
If you are committed to cultivating systemic and sustainable change, share our core values, are nimble, a hard worker and, importantly, humble, we’d love to hear from you! Please email your resume and a brief cover letter with your Big Novos. No phone calls please.