Setting teams up to do their best work yet.
I'm on a mission to make everybody fully powerful at work.
And teams are where individuals work and play.
So let's go to where the action is and create the highly-effective teams you need to achieve your big goals.
Consultant > Coach > Facilitator
Designer of engaging & productive team experiences > Next-level Facilitator > Collaboration Coach > Certified Workshopper Master > Facilitation Trainer > Executive & Leadership Coach > Strategy & Culture Consultant > Talent & Culture Systems Expert
There’s a both/and always at play in my thinking, design and engagement with you and your teams
Head + Heart
Purposeful + Fun
Art + Science
Confident + Humble
Feeling + Doing
Inspiring + Achievable
Dreaming + Taking Action
Caring for one another + Accountable to one another
Reflecting on learning + Making progress together
Enjoyment + Results
Throughout my career, I have been privileged to be in positions in which I was able to positively influence the experience of others. I want more people to have work experiences they can reflect on with pride, and to feel they are in an environment that nurtures their ability to make their own unique contributions. Everyone deserves to be fully powerful at work.
And that's not just about us all feeling good at work (though that is important!) Organizations will only get closer to the impact they want to have in the world when their team members feel more fully engaged, fulfilled, connected and fully powerful.
I use my both/and approach to make these aspirations come to life.
If you know in your bones that relationships and culture are built in the doing of meaningful work together, and in the choices we make about how to do that work, and in the spark that gets ignited when humans make positive progress together, we’re probably a match.
I've had a 20 year career in public education, with leadership roles at a large urban school district, national nonprofits, and an education strategy and policy consulting firm, before starting my own practice, Kochab Advising.
I apply my experiences as a leader and consultant to help mission-aligned organizations make and sustain progress.
I've been at the leadership tables.
I've been a consultant and advisor to the C-suite.
I've seen us keep trying the same way of doing things and feeling deflated when we get the same results.
I've seen us chase after the next shiny thing, to dizzying effect for our staff.
I've seen us try technical fixes to challenges that require adaptive solutions.
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I've helped us bravely try something new and either make progress or learn from the experience.
I've experienced the elation that comes from making progress together and building the habits that can sustain it.
And I've translated this experience into a thriving practice for your benefit.
Oh, and I’m a triple threat: Teacher, Coach, and Next-Level Facilitator.
As a certified Master Workshopper and Facilitator, I apply my knowledge of the theory and research-based tools and techniques that make collaboration easier and better.
As a student of The Art of Gathering and Liberating Structures, I create meaningful, human-centered, and purposeful experiences that uniquely serve the needs of my clients.
As an External Facilitator, I design experiences that help teams reflect on routines, solve problems, and design solutions.
As an Executive Coach, I support leaders to name their own aspirations for where they want to be, help them chart the course to get there and provide actionable recommendations that push your practice.
As a solopreneur, I have the privilege of choosing what I work on, and it shows in the energy, brains and heart I bring to my work.
If I have partnered with you, it means I admire and believe in the work you do, and so I’ll only be satisfied when I am helping you win, whatever winning means to you.
