Services
Organizational assessment & diagnosis - A participatory approach to increase your organization's or group’s understanding of itself at this moment or understanding of a particular issue or challenge, involving the collection and analysis of data and presentation of feedback to enable your organization or group to learn, make informed decisions, and pursue change.
Executive coaching - One-on-one support to develop your self-awareness, relationship, management, and leadership skills, all based on 360-degree feedback we obtain from the people surrounding you.
Strategic learning, research, & evaluation - Everything from developing internal monitoring and evaluation systems for grantmaking and/or programmatic work, to designing regular moments for reflective learning and strategy refinement, to conducting evaluations of your organization's or grantees' programmatic work or grantmaking, to researching specific issues or challenges in the field.
Strategic planning - Guidance and support to align your group or organization around a clear vision and roadmap for the future, including determining what kind of plan and process are right for you, gathering input from relevant stakeholders, assessing organizational dynamics, facilitating planning sessions and decision making, and supporting the writing and communication of the plan.
Training & facilitation - Design and implementation of programs that build the knowledge, skills, and abilities of individuals and groups and promote healthy group functioning, delivered as one-on-one sessions, staff meetings, retreats, stakeholder meetings, and/or learning exchanges.
New consultant coaching - Advice, support, and professional supervision around how to enter the field of consulting for emerging or transitioning practitioners at any career stage, including network and business development, small business logistics, consulting approaches and ethics, early client engagements, the pleasures, the pitfalls, and everything in between.
Approach
Exploration & collaboration - I engage with my clients as partners, jointly participating in raising awareness, uncovering root causes, creating knowledge, and developing solutions.
Assessment & diagnosis - These are an essential part of any consultation. The better we all understand the problem and its context, the more effectively and efficiently we'll be able to address it.
Confidentiality - I have strict confidentiality boundaries and do not publicize the details of our work together (unless you want to!). This provides the container for doing challenging, brave work.
Limited engagements - I know you have limited resources and am committed to working with you to create lasting change and the necessary internal systems and processes that will leave your group or organization stronger and more independent by the end of our work together.
Fun - I promise our work together will be fun! I use creative group structures, art, movement, and laughter whenever possible, in addition to more traditional methods of interviews, surveys, conversations, and meetings.