Organizational Redesign / Culture Shift

Inviting a consultant into an intimate relationship with an organization can lead to powerful results. By being involved in weekly meetings, facilitation of teams and working directly with multiple leaders, a consultant can build the understanding and relationships needed for deep cultural or organizational shifts.
“You are the tiny yet super significant extra energy that this organization needed.”
-Business VP
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I met regularly with the full Headquarters Team to get their input in the larger direction that the Leadership Team was exploring.
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I worked with each Department Team to develop their annual workplans based on our co-created Mission, Vision and Strategic Priorities.
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We had three all-staff days together to build relationships and dive into strategic priorities together.
“What you just articulated, we would never say in a corporate setting, but just what we needed to hear. Your organizing experience shows up here and is critical for our cultural creation.”
-Cinder President

Centering Shared Leadership and Anti-Racism

I worked with Cinder, a small staffing company, to create its first-ever leadership team and transform the company culture toward anti-racism and inclusion in its relationships, policies, strategies, meeting culture and more. Over the year, the company shifted from 20% to 60% people of Color, including women of Color in over half its leadership team. Our work together ranged from birthing a new mission and vision to practicing healthy and heart-centered communication to strategic planning to grappling with the nuances of honestly walking a path of equity with decision-making and action.

“What you just articulated, we would never say in a corporate setting, but just what we needed to hear. Your organizing experience shows up here and is critical for our cultural creation.”
-Cinder President

Conflict Transformation and New Org Structure

With co-facilitator Kavana Tree Bressen, I worked with the Extinction Rebellion-US, a national climate action org, to process equity-related conflict and redesign the organizational structure to integrate 30 chapters in a multifaceted, shared-hierarchy. 

Over seven months we worked with individuals and teams, facilitated meetings, advised on processes, created protocols and explored both value-based and structural tensions. Together we arrived at a new equity-centered modified-sociocractic hub design that they launched nationwide. 

“I really enjoyed working with you during the restructuring process. You are kind, perceptive, and passionate about your work, the environment, and justice. I particularly appreciated your positive energy, insights into process/structure, and ability to mediate difficult conversations.”
-XRUS leader
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How a dynamic set of equity team players fit into an organization.
Colorful drawing of a group's journey over 7 months of consulting, showing paths for resolving conflict, building collaboration, incorporating equity and creating a new structure
After interviewing the core team about their priorities, I made this journey map, which proved a useful reference tool throughout the 7 months.
“I really enjoyed working with you during the restructuring process. You are kind, perceptive, and passionate about your work, the environment, and justice. I particularly appreciated your positive energy, insights into process/structure, and ability to mediate difficult conversations.”
-XRUS leader