Ground Work is the foundational step for building an engagement around your organization’s actual needs and constraints.
In addition to meeting with the executive team, I attend a management meeting to observe how your organization approaches current issues, recent successes, and future planning.
That conversation becomes the framework for a more informed discussion about what needs attention and what the scope of work should include.
Ground Work
start here
The goal is to begin with observation, not assumptions.
The Scope Follows the Problem.
Organizational consulting
Once the organization is better understood, the engagement is shaped around the systems that need attention.
Data collection, storage, integrity, and the information needed to make better decisions.
Data + Analytics
How communication, decision-making, expectations, and organizational culture affect performance.
Management + Culture
The tools and systems supporting the work—and the consequences of changing them.
Technical Infrastructure
How work moves through the organization, where friction develops, and where processes need to evolve.
Workflows + Processes
Continued Support
after the engagement
After a contracted engagement is complete, continued support is available for organizations that need help implementing, adapting, troubleshooting, or extending the work.
This may address data collection, storage and analytics; technical infrastructure; workflow development and improvement; management strategies; organizational culture; or the broader systems connecting them.
Support can be structured as another contracted engagement or provided at a reduced hourly rate.
The goal is support when you need it—not permanent dependency.
engagement details
Flexible Structure. Clear Expectations.
Hourly Consulting
$200/hour*
*Contracted engagements are billed at a reduced rate.
for nonprofits
I recognize that nonprofit organizations often operate within specific budgetary and funding restrictions.
During the contracting process, the engagement can be shaped to reflect both the value of the work and the realities of the organization’s funding structure.
the approach
The recommendation comes after the understanding.
I learn the organization, observe how the work happens, listen across roles, and understand the systems supporting it before deciding what should change.
Solutions should fit the organization, and adapt to your changing needs.
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You don't need to arrive with the scope already figured out.
Tell me what is happening inside your organization and what you are trying to improve. We can start by understanding the problem.