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When something important is happening, the next step isn’t always obvious.
Something has changed. The way you’ve approach things before may no longer fit, or a decision needs more thought before you act.
You may be figuring out your next professional move, working through a leadership challenge, trying to get your team on the same page, or navigating a change that affects your organization or board.
I working with individuals, teams, and organizations to make sense of what’s happening, get clear about what matters, and determine how to move forward.
Where I can help
Leadership + Transition
For professionals and leaders working through a transition, challenge, or important decision.
You may know something needs to change without knowing exactly what that change should look like. Or you may be facing a leadership situation that requires a different perspective before you act.
We work through what’s happening, what matters now, and what you want or need to do next.
This can be useful when you’re:
Trying to figure out your next professional move
Stepping into a new or changing role
Working through a leadership challenge
Making an important decision
Facing a situation where what worked before no longer works
How we might work together: A coaching and thinking partnership shaped around your situation, with space to reflect, make sense of what’s happening, and identify practical next steps.
Organization + Board
For organizational and boards navigating change, transition, or questions about direction.
Sometimes the challenge isn’t simply making a plan. It’s understanding what has changed, what it means for the organization and its people, and what needs to happen differently.
I work with leaders and boards to think through these questions, clarity priorities and responsibilities, and determine what needs attention next.
This may be useful when:
Your organization is navigating a transition or change in leadership
The organization has outgrown the way it has been doing things
Roles, responsibilities, or expectations need to be reconsidered
You’re beginning strategic planning and need to clarify what matters most
A board needs greater clarity about its role, priorities, or relationship to the organization’s work
How we might work together: Organizational thinking and planning, leadership alignment, role clarification, or facilitated work with board or leadership group.
Team + Group
For teams and groups that need to work through an issues, strengthen alignment, or find a way forward together.
Sometimes people are having the same conversation without getting anywhere. They may be working from different assumptions, struggling to agree on priorities, or avoiding something that needs to addressed.
I help groups understand what’s happening between them, work through different perspectives, and get clearer about what needs to change.
This may be useful when:
Your leadership team isn’t quite on the same page
Role, responsibilities, or expectations are unclear
Something is getting in the way of working well together
A difficult conversation needs to happen
The group needs to reconnect around priorities or direction
A change has affected how the team needs to work together
How we might work together: A facilitated conversation, focused working session, workshop, or series of sessions, depending on what the situation requires.
What Working Together Looks Like
There isn’t one set way to do this work.
Depending on the situation, we might work through coaching conversations, a thinking and follow-through partnership, organizational planning, or facilitated dialogue with a team or group. Sometimes a combination is most useful.
The starting point is understating what’s happening and what you need to work though. From there, we can determine what kind of support makes sense.
Why Work With Me?
I’ve spent more than 15 years working with individuals, leaders, teams, and organizations, not just the policies and structures around them, but the people navigating the and the challenges they face.
Across different roles and situations, I’ve often been the person helping others see what wasn’t yet clear, work through what mattered, and figure out how to move forward.
That’s the perspective I bring to this work: understanding what’s happening, helping people work through it, and turning greater clarity into movement.
Ready to Talk It Through?
You don’t have to know exactly what kind of support you need before reaching out.
Start with a conversation about what’s happening, what’s not clear yet, and what you’re hoping to figure out. We’ll explore what might be useful and whether working together make sense.
Leadership + Transition: Talk through a professional or leadership situation.
Organization + Board: Talk through an organizational change, board question, or strategic issue.
Team + Group: Talk through what’s happening with your team or group.
If something important isn’t yet clear, let’s talk.
Chair, Board of Trustees
Ms. Simone Wilson was retained as a Consultant to assist the Board of Trustees to equipped this ministry with the leadership tools, clarity of roles and responsibilities and to apply newly acquired skills sets for service to our church in meaningful and impactful ways. Her expertise in organizational/group development; experience in understanding the opportunities and challenges organizations and particularly faith-based communities encounter as they migrate through change and transition. Factors providing the rationale and impetus to retain Ms. Wilson, to direct her gifts and talents, facilitate discussion and provide space for the Board of Trustees to align the ministry’s work with the needs and priorities of our church.
Executive Director, Early Childhood Education