Who We Are
At Impact Bridge Consulting, we help small and mid-sized businesses build strong, high-performing teams through smart hiring, strategic leadership development, and values-driven talent strategies that grow with your business.
Whether you’re making your first 20 hires or developing your next generation of leaders, we partner with you to create a people strategy that fuels growth—not just headcount.
Chichi Okpara
MAOD, SPHR, CDP, PCC, TDC
Founder of Impact Bridge Consulting | Former Amazon, Oracle, & Goldman Sachs Talent Leader
Chinyere “Chichi” Okpara, Founder & CEO of Impact Bridge Consulting, is a former Senior Vice President and Talent Leader with over a decade of experience in full-cycle recruitment, Inclusive talent strategy, talent management, and leadership development. She has held leadership roles at Goldman Sachs, Amazon, Oracle, and Samsung, designing and executing workforce transformation strategies for organizations with up to 50,000 employees. With a Master’s degree in Organizational Development, Chichi is also:
SPHR-certified (Senior Professional in Human Resources)
A Certified Professional Coach
A Certified Diversity Practitioner
DISC Certified (TDC)
A Cognitive Behavioral Life Coaching Practitioner
These credentials reinforce her people-first, business-driven approach, ensuring that organizations remain competitive, resilient, and inclusive in today’s evolving talent landscape.
Our Proven System
Our proprietary THE BRIDGE METHOD™ is a data-driven framework that ensures small and medium businesses not only attract top talent but also retain and develop leaders who drive sustainable business success. By aligning talent decisions with long-term business goals, we help organizations create inclusive, high-impact workplace cultures where employees thrive and businesses scale.
How THE BRIDGE METHOD™ Works
A business-driven approach to hiring, leadership integration, and retention.
1. The Predictive Talent Success Model™ (Smart Hiring & Selection)
A data-driven, competency-based system that ensures firms hire for long-term success, not just short-term needs.
Uses The Fit-Growth-Impact™ Hiring Scorecard to evaluate candidates objectively.
Aligns hiring with business strategy using role benchmarking and leadership trajectory modeling.
Ensures high-impact hiring decisions using behavioral and leadership assessments.
Outcome: Reduces hiring errors by 50% and improves long-term performance alignment.
2. The Leadership Integration Blueprint™ (90-Day Onboarding Acceleration)
A structured roadmap that accelerates executive and leadership hires' impact while preventing early turnover.
Implements The Leadership Acceleration Plan™ (LAP-90) to guide new hires through key milestones.
Uses The Retention Risk Score™ to proactively identify potential early departure risks.
Strengthens leadership integration through stakeholder engagement, culture alignment, and strategic goal-setting.
Outcome: Ensures leaders are fully integrated and driving results within 90 days, reducing turnover by 40%.
3. The Retained Growth System™ (Sustainable Leadership & Retention Strategy)
A long-term framework that builds internal leadership pipelines and prevents talent loss.
Utilizes The Leadership Equity Model™ to drive engagement and career growth.
Applies The Strategic Retention Matrix™ to classify leadership retention risks and create targeted interventions.
Develops structured "Hire-to-Promotion" career pathways to ensure long-term leadership sustainability.
Outcome: Increases leadership retention by 60% and reduces dependency on external hiring.
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