Gain Insights.
Drive Impact.
Strategies and Systems
that help your organization scale
Develop Leaders
Leadership Coaching
Your trusted thought partner
Today's leaders must think strategically, make sound decisions amid constant change, and build strong teams that deliver results. We help you stay ahead by developing the mindset, skills, and resilience needed to lead with clarity, confidence, and lasting impact.
As your confidential thought partner, we create a space where you can test new ideas, unpack potential strategies, and strengthen your approach. Drawing on decades of real-world leadership experience, we help you see issues from new angles, make stronger decisions, and lead in ways that align with your values and your organization's goals.
Whether you're facing a new challenge, navigating a transition, or refining your leadership approach, our coaching gives you the perspective and tools to move forward with confidence. We work with executives, nonprofit leaders, and emerging leaders who want to increase their impact and elevate their organizations.
Lead Forward Manager Accelerator
Managers need more than a title to succeed
Great employees don't automatically become effective leaders. Leadership requires new capabilities: skills in communication, delegation, and decision-making that most managers are left to develop on their own. Lead Forward gives them the practical training and tools they need to engage teams, navigate challenges, and drive consistent results.
Learning is designed to fit into busy schedules while delivering the depth managers need to lead effectively. Participants learn by solving real problems from their own teams, working with research-backed frameworks and practical templates. Interactive tools drive learning and are downloadable and reusable in the future.
Available through self-paced online learning, expert-facilitated cohort programs, or full-day intensive training, the impact is immediate and lasting. Managers learn to delegate strategically, handle difficult conversations with confidence, and develop their teams instead of micromanaging. They make faster decisions and build cultures where people want to stay. All within a manageable learning schedule and at a highly reasonable cost.
Strengthen Culture and Performance
Strategic Planning and Operations
Solve real problems. Build sustainable strategies.
A strong strategy requires a clear diagnosis before you can prescribe solutions. We help you solidify where things are working, where they're breaking down, and where untapped opportunities exist. We examine the mechanics of how work actually gets done, including how decisions are made, where information flows smoothly or gets stuck, which processes create value, and which create friction. We look at your operational capabilities and the gaps between your current state and where you want to be. The goal is providing you with clarity on the challenges you're facing and the conditions that created them.
From there, we work with you to build strategies that address your specific situation. Sometimes that means solving a critical operational problem. Sometimes it means planning for growth or expansion. Often it means developing a strategic roadmap that aligns your team around shared priorities and measurable outcomes. Whatever the scope, the strategy is designed around your strengths, your constraints, and your goals. We don't offer generic frameworks or one-size-fits-all solutions. Instead, we translate insight into initiatives that meet your specific needs.
Our approach is collaborative and grounded in your reality. We bring an outside perspective that cuts through organizational blind spots, enabling you to make clear choices about where to invest resources and what to deprioritize. Throughout the process, we work alongside your team, ensuring the strategy reflects the nuances of your business and has buy-in from the people who will execute it.
The strategies we build together are practical, focused, and designed to drive performance. They account for organizational realities, resource constraints, and the competing demands your team faces, with enough flexibility to adapt as circumstances change. Whether you implement independently or want support navigating obstacles along the way, you'll have a strategy built for sustainable results.
To dive deeper, view our Project Highlights: Enhanced Efficiency and Increased Revenue, Employee Retention, Crisis Recovery - Disruptive Leadership Turnover and Crisis Recovery - Damaged Workplace Culture.
Culture and Engagement
Attract and retain top talent
Most organizations struggle with culture and engagement at some point. You know the symptoms: quiet quitting, lackluster performance, good people leaving "for a better opportunity." Surveys get conducted and employees are asked for feedback, but the responses feel surface-level.
It's common that employees don't fully share what's wrong. It's risky to talk about the manager who micromanages, the practices blocking growth, or the decisions eroding trust. Without understanding the root causes, you can’t address the real issues holding the team back.
Through confidential conversations and organizational assessment, we uncover the truth behind your engagement challenges:
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Unrecognized patterns pushing team members toward the door
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Where managers inspire loyalty versus where they create friction
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The hidden strengths that could be your greatest retention advantage
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Well-intentioned policies and processes that are actually undermining the employee experience
Our independence creates the psychological safety for honest feedback. People tell us more then they would ever share in a company survey or team meeting. This unfiltered insight becomes your competitive advantage, providing a clear roadmap to build a workplace where productivity soars, innovation flourishes, and your best people choose to stay.
Specialized Support
Crisis Recovery
In the wake of a crisis, leaders need to respond with clarity and purpose. We provide an unbiased assessment to help restore stability, rebuild trust, and realign your team for long-term success.
Through our independent review, we identify root causes, uncover gaps, and develop a clear recovery strategy, working alongside leadership and HR to guide your organization forward.
To dive deeper, view our Project Highlights on Crisis Recovery - Disruptive Leadership Turnover and Crisis Recovery - Damaged Workplace Culture.
Human Resources Support
Optimize people strategies to achieve company goals
Strong HR systems drive growth and engagement, but many small and mid-size businesses lack the resources to build them in-house. We step in to strengthen your foundation and align your people strategy with organizational goals.
Our support includes employee policies, recruiting, hiring, onboarding, training, performance reviews, talent development, and career pathway planning.
To dive deeper, view our Project Highlight on Employee Retention.
Nonprofit Development and Sustainability
Build lasting impact through strategic growth, strong governance, and diversified funding
Running a nonprofit means balancing mission and sustainability. You're solving critical problems while managing limited resources, building stakeholder relationships, and proving your impact. We help you create the foundation for long-term success.
Our work with nonprofits spans the full spectrum of organizational development. We develop comprehensive fundraising strategies that diversify revenue streams and reduce dependence on any single funding source. We help you recruit, develop, and engage board members who bring skills, connections, and strategic value to your mission. We build sustainable programs that deliver measurable impact while strengthening your organization's capacity.
Whether you're a startup nonprofit establishing your foundation, a growing organization ready to scale, or an established nonprofit navigating change, we provide the strategic support and practical tools you need. Our approach combines sector expertise with a deep respect for your mission, helping you build an organization positioned for sustainable impact.
Transition Management
Navigate leadership changes and organizational shifts with stability and momentum
Transitions are pivotal moments that can either strengthen your organization or derail progress. Whether you're onboarding a new executive, restructuring your team, merging departments, or managing a leadership departure, how you handle the transition determines whether you maintain performance or lose ground.
We help organizations navigate these critical periods with clarity and intention. We assess the current state, identify potential risks, create transition plans that maintain stability, and ensure key stakeholders stay aligned and engaged. Our work ranges from executive onboarding and succession planning to guiding teams through organizational restructuring or culture shifts.
The goal is continuity without stagnation. We help new leaders establish credibility quickly, departing leaders exit gracefully, and teams adapt to change without losing productivity. Whether the transition is planned or unexpected, we provide the structure and support to move through it successfully while protecting what matters most: your people, your culture, and your results.