Essentiam is the Latin word that gave us essential

A word that perfectly describes your people.

Their collective, committed energy will drive your organization’s growth.

We provide strategic guidance and facilitation, uniting the diverse perspectives of your leadership team into common ground, a shared vision, and a collaborative path forward.

The process is inclusive, straightforward, and inspirational. We’ve built a practice based on our global experience that enables you to see beyond your current horizons and translate big picture thinking into achievable outcomes

 

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  • Providing clarity
  • Facilitating alignment
  • Achieving organizational growth

who we work with

If you have a team that leads your organization, we can help.

Associations

We get it. We’ve done it.

We’ve worked as staff, volunteers, board members, and consultants. The unique dynamics of membership organizations mean success requires getting lots of people aligned and keeping them moving in the same direction. We can get you there.

Businesses

Small, medium, large, we’ve been there

With experience across more than 45 industries, we get where you are coming from. Manufacturing, services, retail, wholesale, law, insurance, science, education – check. We don’t specialize in a single industry. We leverage ideas and successful practices from across industries to accelerate growth.

Non-profits

We understand. We’ve helped DOZENS!

Outcomes are everything for nonprofits. Being efficient with time, energy, and resources means you can make a bigger impact. We bring your board and staff behind a clearly articulated direction that donors, partners, and the public can get behind. It makes all the difference.

The most powerful ideas come from bringing people together

Strategic planning is the most common springboard for exploring big ideas and engaging in critical conversations – courageously, and as a team.

The magic happens when we create deliberate, structured interactions that engage your teams – inside and out – to generate new ideas from diverse perspectives. Together we address current challenges and build strategies that accelerate growth.

assess the present

the Essentiam approach

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envision the future

define a path from here to there

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We’re a boutique, woman-owned strategic consultancy

We’ve led strategic planning and conducted market research FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS across a wide variety of public, private, nonprofit, and governmental sectors. Our team is compromised of highly skilled facilitators, strategists, and communicators ready to help your team soar.

meet our team

We tackled a massive strategic discussion, accomplished our goal of creating a more focused, relevant, and sustainable vision and mission for our organization, and we had a little bit of fun in the process. We laid a great foundation for our future.

TRANSFORMATION LEADER

The strategic planning process is a combination of both art and science. You understand both and have the experience to find the common ground with clients to help them through the process.

BOARD PRESIDENT

Every time we work together, you take the time to learn about the nuances and culture of that specific organization. Your experience and breadth of knowledge really set you apart.

CEO

Your insights and leadership were invaluable in helping move seamlessly and swiftly from vision to action to tangible results. You held special “trusted advisor” status during my tenure.

BOARD PRESIDENT

Thank you for conducting such a productive retreat. It is always a pleasure to have you at our meetings. You did an amazing job and I am thrilled with the outcome. We accomplished a ton!

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Thank you for all the research, good ideas and the insightful questions! I enjoyed working with you.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE LEAD

In the words of our clients…