CUSTOM EXPERIENCES ARE CRAFTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU - WITH A LASER FOCUS ON YOUR GOALS & THE HUMANS WORKING TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS.
Strategy Sessions
Strategy sessions are an opportunity zoom up, zoom out, come together as a team, get clear on what matters, and create a plan accordingly. Together, we’ll design the experience to best meet your needs and your goals – which I will help you get clear on during our planning conversations.
While the specific details are things we’ll figure out together, for many teams, these strategy sessions involve a mix of:
Values – uncovering, or rediscovering, team values and what they look like in action (or, sometimes, moving away from ‘that list of words on the wall’ toward ‘what really matters to us, in our own words’)
Vision – where we’re going, what’s possible, and our desired future state
Barriers – the things that are getting in the way of us reaching our goals and full potential
Strengths and Gifts – of each team member, and how to honor and cultivate these, in service of shared impact
Actions and Accountability – to implement all of what we uncovered together
Strategy sessions can be held as half-day, full-day, or multi-day offerings. Collaborative pricing options are available for clients in the non-profit and public sectors, and also for small businesses and early stage start-ups.
Interested in talking more? Fill out this form with a bit of information on what you’re most interested in, and we can follow up with a conversation.
Retreats & intensives
Quite simply, a well-facilitated retreat (or intensive - if you are part of an organization that cringes at the word “retreat”…) is a way to co-create magic with your team that can have positive ripples for weeks, months, and years to come.
Away from the urgent demands of our everyday work, a retreat is an opportunity to zoom out, zoom up, come together as a group of humans and a team, and have the conversations that matter most.
We will design the experience together, in service of your goals and desired outcomes. Typically, my approach to retreats involves a mix of strategy; collaboration; deep (and often fierce) conversations; white space for processing and reflection; and meaningful team development opportunities (think: meaningful, relevant, elevated, and collaborative experiences – no trust falls or paint ball wars, ever).
Following retreats, teams have reported higher levels of trust, improved working relationships, and greater confidence in themselves as leaders and in each other as colleagues. Following one recent retreat, a participant said, “this is the highest level of trust we’ve ever had in the 8 years we’ve been working together.”
If you’d like to talk more, or explore whether this might be the right path for your team, feel free to Reach Out for an initial conversation.
Speaking and Workshops
I draw a big thick “X” through the title of motivational speaker, but I do offer a select number of interactive talks and workshops each year on topics of importance that align with the overall goals of your conference, event, or team learning session.
My goal for any talk that I give is to create a container for self-discovery and reflection, along with offering tangible, tactical, practical tools and information to apply back in the real world after the event.
My talks typically receive top scores at conferences and events and are described using phrases such as “engaging; great energy; refreshing; interactive; energetic; full of real-life examples; great stories; personalized.”
All talks include a number of practical, tactical take-aways that participants can use immediately after. I believe that true positive change takes much more than a 50 minute inspirational talk, and my goal is to not only provide an impactful experience during our time together, but to support participants in keeping the learning alive afterward.
These are a few topics that I’d be delighted to talk about with your group, if they feel like they might be the right fit.
Aliveness at Work
Leading in Every Moment
Communicating for Trust and Transparency
A Coaching-Based Approach for Managers and Leaders
Curiosity-Based Communication
Do It Your Way: Stop Looking Around and Start Looking Within
Nature As Our Teacher: Leadership Lessons from Mother Earth
Watch: Aliveness at Work
Watch: Exploring Communication at a Women’s Leadership Event