When you need to focus on the issue.
STRATEGIC COUNSEL
I work with leaders and organizations that need a new perspective—whether it calls for deep detective work, or zooming out for a birds-eye view.
With a range of creative approaches we get clear on what’s happening and work together to find the best path forward.
We begin with your pain points.
Like concierge medicine, my strategic counsel takes a holistic view. We may begin with an acute situation, but the goal is broader: to support you as an inspired, effective leader over time.
THE APPROACH
How this boutique approach strengthens your leadership and expands your capacity
SAVES YOU TIME
You’re more free to flex your unique skills on the people and projects that matter, when you have a strategic thought partner.
COVERS YOUR BLIND SPOTS
When you’re in the thick of it, it can be easy to miss the most obvious issues. Avoid costly mistakes and wasted energy by tapping into an external perspective.
EXPANDS YOUR EXPERTISE
Since the work is holistic versus prescriptive, you experience the why—gaining new skills and ways to solve problems on your own.
CREATIVE PRACTICE
Where I Add Value
Organizational Change
For leaders and organizations navigating growth, transition, challenges, or new opportunities.
Change rarely stays contained to one issue. Leadership, structure, culture, strategy, communication, and trust may be jumbled together. I work with you to unpack the challenge, explore what’s possible, and determine together what needs to happen next.
Might Include
Executive Thought Partnership • Organizational Growth + Redesign • Leadership Transitions • Strategic Planning • Decision Framing • Crisis + Change Counsel
Strategic Positioning
When you need to translate your mission into meaning, clarify your unique value, or describe where you’re going.
Good positioning is more than messaging. It requires context and vision, knowing what you do that’s truly unique, and being able to connect that to your audience. I help uncover the through-lines and make it meaningful and relatable.
Might Include
Organizational Positioning • Visual Storytelling • Elevator Pitches • Brand + Campaign Direction • Advocacy Frameworks • Presentation Planning • Thought Leadership
Experience Design
When you seek more than minimum engagement—creating signature events, programs, and gatherings that make people feel something.
The best gatherings are designed around more than a date. We design with intention: why people are coming together and what you want them to leave with — a new perspective, a deeper connection, a decision, a feeling.
Might Include
Team Retreats • Workshops + Facilitation • Stakeholder Convenings • Signature Programs + Event concepts • Audience Engagement • Placemaking
How We Work Together
Focused Work
A concentrated session or series around a particular Issue, decision, opportunity, or gathering.
Ongoing Counsel
Sustained thought partnership over a defined period while you navigate growth, change, or complexity.
Team Engagement
A deeper collaboration with leadership, staff, board members, or stakeholders.
INSPIRED CONNECTIONS
Speaking + Convening
Conversations rooted in creative leadership, growth, nonprofits, organizational change, belonging — and the ideas that surface in between.
When the invitation allows, my work blends lived experience, data, drawings, photography, and inclusive participation.
Together we create space for people to reflect, connect, and engage.
Keynotes • Workshops • Panels • Retreats
