People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
-Dr. Maya Angelou
About Us
The Greater Us was born from deceptively simple question: what happens if we expand our definition of “us”?
After seeing how passionate people—herself included— left organizations not because of the work itself, but for reasons related to culture, Dr. Leena Akhtar founded The Greater Us to bring trauma-informed, relational approaches to organizational and group-level culture change.
The Greater Us exists to help organizations move beyond surface-level fixes and build cultures where people feel safe, connected, and able to bring their full selves to the table. This approach combines practical frameworks and skills, emotional capacity-building, and a deep sensitivity to power dynamics to create lasting, embedded change. Clients describe The Greater Us' work as warm, attentive, and non-judgmental, spaces where they feel safe and also challenged, and able to learn new skills while engaging authentically across differences.
The Greater Us is connected to a network of skilled collaborators, many of whom are also VISIONS-trained, who bring complementary expertise to this work. Many are clinicians whose depth of training in psychology and therapeutic practice enriches the trauma-informed and relational foundation of The Greater Us' work.
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The Greater Us is proud to be certified as a Women and Minority Owned Business Enterprise (WMBE) by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Supplier Diversity Office. View our certificate here.
Experiencing Leena and her colleague's method left a lasting impression on my mind. They are masters at creating a safe space in the truest sense. Their thoughtful and creative exercise was framed and executed with such care, and it was clear that participants felt comfortable and welcome. Because of this, the space became extraordinarily generative – students began sharing their stories; some of which were happy, some reflective, some gut-wrenchingly sad; all deeply personal. It was a healing and empowering experience for many in the room, expertly guided.
-Lisa H
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