Giving you the tools to succeed

Leaders are most successful when they have all the tools to do the job. And that is what a consultant can offer: the tools, frameworks, and support - helping that leader and community of people to reach their brilliance.

Executives might face challenging organizational and strategic crossroads decisions. They might need help navigating a major leadership transition within their organization. They might be entering new markets and activities, operationalizing a plan.

Each of these can be navigated with the right tools. Just as it is better to harvest basil or okra with shears or a sharp implement, so going into challenging situations with the ability to delve deeply into the issue to reach the best answers makes sense.

For key leadership issues and crisis, like the current environment has raised in some cases, it can help to have a thought partner who seen those changes in nonprofit and private sector. A keen eye with legal training background doesn’t hurt either.

For organizational pivots and restructuring, it can help to have coaching from someone who’s built a great team and developed a new approach to realize meaningful successes. A sounding board, accountability, and supportive perspective on a regular basis can aid in the staying power to and the strategy on these types of decisions.

For entering new markets or ways of working, having someone who has carried out economic and community development analysis with training in economics from a top school can be a valuable addition. While many consultants have this economic analysis background, consider whether it’s even better when that analysis is combined with an understanding of cost-effective operational accountability. Because the analysis and recommendations always sound better before the reality of implementation.

Sometimes the needed solution is just facilitation, because you have the solution within you. Support to make help that light touch retreat or collaborative session go smoothly and productively will unlock that.

And finally, sometimes the tool is just an extra set of hands (and eyes) pulling together information on a new area you want to explore or tackle. When you don’t have capacity because the team has enough to ‘say grace over’. A cost-effective partner can make your life easier and get you what you need for this step, at this moment in time.

That’s five different helpful items. And whether you know it or not, they are part of your toolbox. They pay back in reaching a much better place than trying to go it alone. We know when going through anything challenging, it helps to have people with you, supporting and holding accountability.

And, if reading made you curious to see specific examples of how these tools can help, one place to look is on the case studies on this website. If these are not what you are looking for, please, go and find what you need so that you achieve the best result. Our country is going through many challenges. We need you leading at your best and most effective.