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When I started my consulting business 6 years ago, I felt the immense responsibility of being a strategy consultant. I started small, delivering trainings and 1:1 coaching. From there, I built up to facilitating retreats and finally took the leap to lead comprehensive strategy projects. For years I had led strategic planning, while working with other companies, but somehow under my own company I had trepidation with taking on something so important. I did want Read more

By Leadership Savvy, ago

Stop Making Excuses! Make Strategy Work For You

We have all heard strategic plans can catapult an organization towards success, yet so many fall short. Here are top excuses (ah hem), top reasons that refrain people from strategic planning and expert tips on how to do strategic planning right. 1. “We do just fine without a strategic plan.” While this may be true, you may be missing an opportunity to know for sure. Strategic planning is a great way to gain honest input Read more

By Leadership Savvy, ago

Coffee, Culture, and Connection in our Lives

Living in a Coffee Shop Summers growing up included being woken by the sounds and smells of buttery coffee beans from the ground floor of our family’s house in Vietnam. There it was. The beautiful industrial, yet fairly small roasting machine. My elder cousins had to squat to work the machine. I watched quietly as they poured in the beans, ground the coffee, sealed the bags, loaded the moped, and drove away to deliver the Read more

By Leadership Savvy, ago

Three Conferences To Make Time For: Leadership & Social Justice

The Chief Executive Leadership Conference   November 3-4, 2022 Denver, CO & Online What it’s about Chief Executive’s Leadership Conference is the premier senior leadership conference in the United States – offering peer-tested tactics and strategies that will help you and your organization accelerate growth and profitability – no matter the state of the economy. It’s a unique opportunity to fine-tune your strategic assumptions, future plans and tactical priorities in collaboration with world-class speakers and thought Read more

By Leadership Savvy, ago

Power Of Community In Strategic Planning

About to embark on strategic planning? Here’s our webinar with Bloomerang on community engagement in strategic planning. Gain tips on how to build more inclusive planning processes. We also share stories of what’s worked and what doesn’t. Walk-away with specific tools you can use as you lead stakeholders through community-driven strategy development. Full Transcript Opening & welcome: Steven: All right, Julie. I’ve got 1:00 Eastern. Is it okay if I go ahead and get this Read more

By Leadership Savvy, ago

Community Schools Keys to Success

Public education has been hit hard in recent years. I’m here to share with you a bright spot and how we achieved it, as you absolutely can too. We started with abysmal graduation rates, unhappy neighbors, multi-cultural mis understandings, and shrinking budgets. We also started with a mindset of we can and we must, as we cannot have one more child under achieve or one more family not being able to access resources that are Read more

By Leadership Savvy, ago

Leadership Savvy List: 31 AAPIs and Allies You Should Know

42% of people in U.S. can’t name one well-known Asian American. 11% said Jackie Chan and 9% said Bruce Lee (who died nearly half a century ago). This isn’t family feud folks! Just getting Asian names on the board isn’t good enough. We are diverse. Not just kung-fu super heroes. We have been here since the 1850s. We are firmly rooted in the fabric of America. This is our home, yet we are invisible. The Read more

By Leadership Savvy, ago

Emerging From The Pandemic: National Consultants Reflect and Share Outlook

Consultants have played an important role for organizations through this pandemic. Helping organization leaders make emergency shifts during lockdown and supporting ongoing needs as the pandemic continued. A year later, there are some valuable lessons learned that will help shape the future. Remote Work is Here to Stay In a recent PWC survey, “over half of employees (55%) would prefer to be remote at least three days a week once pandemic concerns recede.” Yes, there will Read more

By Leadership Savvy, ago

Fear of Facilitation: Overcoming the Unexpected – The Bear Essentials

You’ve planned the perfect meeting with the ideal people, at an inspiring venue, and a spot-on agenda. Nothing can get in your way, until a BEAR shows up. And boy is this bear persistent. It walked right up to our venue, peered into the windows, and put on a show. Competing with you for time and attention. This bear was not metaphorical. It was real and made me think on my toes! Pulling from my Read more

By Leadership Savvy, ago

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