Coaching
When the meeting can't go wrong.
Board processes, reorgs, community engagement — when a meeting can't afford to fail, we design it with you and coach you through running it.
Engagements
Three ways we work together
Every engagement starts with a 30-minute fit call and a written scope before any invoice.
1:1 coaching retainer
$1,200 / month
Twice-monthly sessions plus async agenda review for a leader in a demanding convening role.
- 2 × 60-min sessions
- Async agenda review
- Live session shadowing (quarterly)
Team training
A custom curriculum delivered to your team over four to six weeks, in person or online.
- Discovery interviews
- Custom curriculum
- Practice labs
- Manager toolkit
Consulting retainer
We design and facilitate your recurring decision forums, offsites, and stakeholder processes.
- Process design
- On-call facilitation
- Stakeholder mapping
- Written debriefs
Testimonials
What clients say
“Kate is an effective facilitator with the patience and energy needed to support a room full of people to connect and engage in meaningful work. I found her to be a great communicator and very skilled at observing the needs of participants in ways that promote deeper participation.”
Sarita G.Vice President of US Programs, Ford Foundation“Charley is an accomplished, next-generation facilitator and strategist who builds generative connections across sectors, topics, ideas, and people with different perspectives and backgrounds. He is simply an incredible partner for empowering communities to make progress against complex problems.”
Colin MaclayExecutive Director, USC Annenberg Innovation Lab“As a facilitator, Charley skillfully pulls out diverse perspectives and comfortably navigates areas of strategic divergence. If you want help coalescing around a new future direction or change agenda, he is your guy!”
Priya VoraManaging Director, Digital Impact Alliance“Kate has been a fabulous thought partner, designer, and facilitator of some of the most challenging and important gatherings I've been a part of. With a massive EQ and capacity for deep listening and adaptation, she manages to attend to difficult power dynamics and make everyone feel heard without delaying or watering down hard choices.”
Paige N.Describing work with Kate for a global philanthropic organization