Visioning & Clarifying Services
I often find that when work slows down, gets too messy, or falls apart, it is because teams and leaders lack a clear point of view on the path forward.
Sometimes leaders are not aligned around a shared vision of success. Other times competing priorities and goals are creating tension beneath the surface. Usually, there is not a Teachable Point of View to guide the work and energize the stakeholders.
Leaning on my expertise in human-centered instructional design and facilitation, I love to create customized experiences that help teams gain the clarity they need in order to start focusing on the real work at hand. I combine aesthetic education principles, improv activities, deep listening skills, and nuanced questioning to bring these experiences.
I also offer shorter "Clarifying Conversation" services for times when clients - often solopreneurs or leaders - are trying to work through something and they need an expert thought partner. Drawing on my experience leading thousands of hours of conversations with writers, I bring a unique ability to synthesize while listening which allows me to ask target follow-up questions and produce high-value notes after a call.
Strategic Visioning for Teams or Leaders
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Custom engagements designed to bring clarity at any stage:
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Establishing the north star for your project​
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Setting the vision for a strategy, a reset, or a new program
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Identifying areas of friction and aligning around a solution
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Establishing a Teachable Point of View to ignite your team​
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Scope can range from a day-long session to a multi-phase process​
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Previous client focus areas:
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​We need to set the vision for our Teacher Retention Strategy
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Our initiatives keep stalling or failing. . . we need a foundation
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How can we align around shared language and values when combining teams and work streams
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We need a nuanced approach to stakeholder engagement around two programs that overlap and conflict, but need to align
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Clarifying Conversation
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One on one time to gain clarity on a key idea or challenge
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Includes:
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Brief pre-work​
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50 minute call with a mix of reflections and activities
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I take notes so you can focus on processing
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Synthesized detailed notes provided within a week of the call
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Used by solopreneurs, senior leaders, and creatives to get unstuck​​
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Previous client focus areas:
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​I need to determine unique value proposition​
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I need help clarifying my service offerings
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I am stuck trying to determine my path forward with consulting
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I could use a thought partner to help me tell the story of this data
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My clients need to stand out in a saturated market with clear and personalized value propositions​​
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WHAT PEOPLE SAY
Strategic Visioning Client
Jenny, via layered stakeholder strategies and excellent listening, synthesized a ton of information, and then provided multiple paths forward. I loved this approach because we were then able to consider what was most feasible in the context of our setting while still dreaming towards that transformative state.
Clarifying Call, Executive
Jenny's process allowed me space to be present in my thoughts and work things out verbally, while still having notes to go back to afterward. The synthesizing and mirroring back what I was saying was clarifying.
Clarifying Call, Solopreneur
The 'push' questions Jenny asked me allowed me to lean into the uncomfortable places I was avoiding, to be vulnerable/tell my truth, and to walk away feeling like I had a better understanding of my career.