Leadership support for management teams and boards of directors 

Boutique coaching, consulting, facilitation, and messaging solutions for business and nonprofit leaders facing severe headwinds.

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Your leadership team is under pressure.

  • Economic uncertainty

  • Political turmoil

  • Profound pressure to adapt and innovate

Business as usual just won’t cut it anymore, and you feel called to lead change. Good news: effective change leadership in trying times is not only possible but within your reach!

I can help.

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Here’s how I help.

  • Executive Coaching

    For C-suites and senior managers

    Unlock new mindsets and methods to inspire teams, equip them to lead change, and actually hold them accountable for results.

  • Management Consulting

    For nonprofit leadership teams

    Devise and lead change in response to intractable organizational challenges, aligning strategy and function for mission delivery.

  • Board Consulting

    For nonprofit boards of directors

    Sharpen focus on those activities and areas that deliver the absolute highest value to management of the organization you govern and serve.

  • Planning Facilitation

    For boards, coalitions, and more

    Have structured, disciplined conversations about where your organization needs to go, how it will get there, and what measurable outcomes it will achieve.

  • Strategic Communications

    For senior teams that need to break through

    Craft and deliver messages and narratives to favorably influence staffs, policymakers, and other stakeholders, in change-leadership scenarios and far beyond.

  • Fractional Executive

    For short-term leadership needs

    Occasional interim or fractional executive leadership for organizations that need someone to engage easily, learn quickly, and bring a facilitative-leadership touch.

My clients typically look like this.

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  • Types of businesses: Small- to medium-sized businesses, typically $500M in annual revenue or less.

  • Types of nonprofits:  Medium- to large-sized associations, professional societies, advocacy organizations, and charitable foundations across the U.S.

  • Who I typically support: CEOs and other C-suite officers, board chairs, EVPs, VPS, and directors.

Better leadership starts here.

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Get in touch.

Envision a strategy.

Drive better results.

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Expert in humans leading other humans

I help executive leaders to inspire, cultivate, and positively persuade their fellow leaders as their primary means of driving terrific business outcomes.

I am a certified executive coach and certified master facilitator. I’m also a former Chief Strategy Officer, former COO, and career expert in strategic communications and public affairs. I’ve spent decades as a consultant to senior-leadership teams and boards of directors.

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