Team Facilitation & Strategy Consulting

It all started when…

I was trained as a traditional strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company. I learned the ins and outs of guiding organizations through setting mission/vision, strategy, and developing implementation plans.

But, I noticed that organizations weren’t necessarily adopting the recommendations I and my teams made.

Change, I’ve realized, comes when the people involved in the process come to their own insights. So, I use facilitation and 1:1 coaching skills to help Boards and Leadership Teams come to their own conclusions. And as a result, organizations get moving again with clarity and alignment.

Typical Engagements

• 3-6 months with monthly meetings with Board or Steering Committees

• Or, shorter engagements focused on engaging key stakeholders

What people say?

“Melissa has helped us transform our organization. Before starting this process with Melissa, we were operating in silos and running in different directions. Through skillful facilitation and use of data, she was able to help us see the challenges we had as an organization so that we could chart a new path forward. Our organization is having far more impact because we’re now truly operating like a team behind the same goals and expectations.” — CEO of innovation arm of the Swiss Government

“The mission and strategy that Melissa helped us arrive at was the clearest and most powerful one I’ve ever seen in my 30+ years of working with this organization. This was exactly the shot in the arm we needed.” — Executive at one of San Francisco’s largest cultural institutions.