Services & Testimonials

Independent Thought Partner Consultant

Provide high-touch consulting to executives and teams navigating complexity, change, or ambiguity.
Facilitate strategic off-sites, leadership retreats, and team alignment sessions.
Serve as a sounding board and strategic mirror, helping leaders test ideas, challenge assumptions, and surface new insights.
Develop custom tools, frameworks, and sense-making practices to support decision-making and organizational clarity.
Clients include startups, social impact organizations, and corporate leaders, education, and holistic healthcare.

Operations, Team Training, and Event Management

Collaborate closely with owner/partners on opening.
Consult on physical layout for optimization and flow.
Assist in recruitment and placing candidates in various roles.
Establish and maintain strong client relationships, exceeding recruitment targets.
Create event program management platforms, including training materials and implementation of events management teams.
Identify, train, and succession plan employees to meet expanding sustainability goals.

Operational Rework for Nonprofit

Partnering with the Executive Directors and their teams to clarify vision, identify existing bottlenecks and inefficiencies.
Suggest areas of improvement for increased sales and return customers.
Increase training opportunities where needed, providing on site tactical as well as political education
Create operations manuals to extend the sustainability of the work.

Founder Coaching

Thought partnership for founders, navigating growth, team expansion, and evolving leadership identity.
Focus ranges from community engagement, political education, logistics and operations, to interpersonal and conflict resolution.

Front of House Training Consultant

Contracted work to transform all operations of Front of House (all staff)
Lead cross-disciplinary project teams through discovery, synthesis, and recommendation development.
Coach mid- to senior-level leaders through personal and professional growth.
Design and facilitate leadership workshops, strategy labs, and reflection sessions.
Direct, coach, and motivate staff to create high-quality restaurant experience
Analyze and provide solutions to improve organizational functionality as a whole and to expand visibility across social media platforms.

Team Alignment Reset

Facilitate single session or multi-day offsite events and retreats for teams, resulting in renewed trust, clarified roles, and actionable priorities.
Multiple add-ons available ranging from speakers, and workshop implementations, to fully immersive and catered events over a number of days.

Testimonials

“I had the pleasure of working with Lea on strategic business development, and her impact was transformative. Lea guided me through the critical process of defining my business's core values, not just as abstract concepts, but as practical frameworks that could drive real decision-making. Her approach was both thoughtful and systematic, helping me articulate what truly matters to our organization.

Beyond values clarification, Lea demonstrated exceptional skill in identifying partnership opportunities. She helped me connect with organizations that weren't just potential collaborators, but true alignment partners who shared our mission and vision. Her network and strategic thinking opened doors I hadn't even considered.

What impressed me most was Lea's ability to tackle the complex challenge of making food justice economically viable. She helped me think through sustainable business models that don't compromise on mission, a balance that's often difficult to achieve. Her insights bridged the gap between social impact and financial sustainability in ways that felt both innovative and practical.

Lea brings strategic thinking, strong relationship building skills, and a deep understanding of mission driven business development. I'd highly recommend her to anyone looking to build a purpose driven organization that can thrive in the marketplace.”

Diana Rhodes, Software Developer, entrepreneur and owner of The Rite Buy Grocery

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