What’s your ideal way of working with a business partner? Together, we will define how we’ll work. We’ve been on your side of the desk, and we’ve learned from our successes and our failures. Our experience includes for-profits (from 1 employee to >100,000), non-profits in a large variety of industries, and educational institutions. Our measure of success is the clients who speak well of us, that ask us to help them again. As an added benefit, we’ll help you unleash the creativity and passion of your workforce.
Appreciating the fact that we could not exist without a thriving community, we want to actively support it. We do this in a variety of ways including volunteering with various non-profit organizations, serving on boards, and shopping locally. And as one additional way to build community by helping local organizations thrive, we donate 40 hours of pro bono consulting once every quarter. We choose the application in which our work will provide the greatest benefit, through the recipient organization, to our local community. This project should take no more than 3 months.
Because people and organizations tend to value something in direct proportion to its cost, we seek assurance that the recipient organization will treat the project as a full-cost consulting engagement. We require the recipient organization to support the project with their time and attention, with the expectation that they will put more time and effort into the project than we will. We also require that the recipient organization provide any necessary additional resources and that they reimburse us for any out-of-area travel expenses.
Applications are due no later than 5 p.m. on the last working day of the quarter. After reviewing applications, we will interview 2-3 finalists and make our final selection. An organization can submit one application each quarter.
Gary Langenwalter has consulted on four continents with hundreds of clients, both for-profit and not-for-profit, ranging in size from 2 employees to R.R. Donnelley and the US Army.
He helps clients envision the future that they are called to create (their purpose), then unleash the passion and creativity of their people to attain that vision. Gary is a superb facilitator and a whole systems thinker who increases collaboration throughout an organization.
Before starting his own practice, he was a consulting manager with KPMG Peat Marwick and PriceWaterhouseCoopers, and an IT director.
Heather Torain has laid groundwork for guiding group collaboration through many years working with students. She builds trust, which leads to better communication and more positive work relationships. Heather excels at guiding conversations, utilizing curiosity and active listening, and making sure that all points of view are heard, valued, and connected. She knows that tension and ego are core to human creativity, and that decision-making and change can be messy.
She is an expert at finding the right questions to ask in order to find common purpose and create an unbiased way forward. And she does all of this in ways that are engaging and fun, fueling creativity and inspiration for all. Heather is a founder of the Pacific Northwest Facilitators Guild (pnwfg.org). You can also find her at www.inspirationfacilitation.com.
Organizations, individuals and communities working together to reach their full potential
Inspiring, encouraging, and coaching leaders so that their organizations, employees, and communities flourish.
Respect; relationship; transparency; honesty; trust; seeing each person to be creative, resourceful, and whole.
