Areas of Practice

Planning & Problem Solving

We help leaders meet complex challenges with practical plans that can actually be implemented. Whether you’re navigating organizational change, advancing a major initiative, responding to a crisis, or preparing for what’s next, we bring experienced judgment, honest advice, deep connections, and a relentless focus on execution. We pride ourselves in being always available to problem solve and act as your sounding board.

Building Alignment

We help organizations build relationships and facilitate productive conversations across labor, government, nonprofits, business, and community organizations. We have broad experience helping leaders convene coalitions and navigate difficult stakeholder dynamics. We help build trust, create alignment, and create stakeholder buy-in to move projects forward.

Union Capacity Building

We work alongside union leaders and Taft-Hartley benefit funds to strengthen member engagement, improve operational planning, support leadership, navigate organizational change, and tackle ambitious campaigns. Having spent our careers leading unions ourselves, we bring practical experience and an understanding of what it takes to build strong institutions and support longterm growth.

Analysis & Implementation

We provide the research, analysis, and practical work products that help organizations move from ideas to action. Our work includes organizational assessments, stakeholder mapping, policy and bargaining research, campaign plans, board presentations, briefing materials, and strategic reports. We specialize in turning stakeholder feedback into clear insights and practical recommendations.

Our Services

  • Bringing structure, clarity, and strategic thinking to difficult decisions and organizational goals.

    • Strategic planning

    • Organizational assessments

    • Labor movement outreach and relationship building

    • Executive advising

    • Governance and board strategy

    • Crisis planning and response

    • Public policy and advocacy strategy

    • Initiative and campaign planning

    • Leadership transitions

    • Scenario planning

    • Facilitation of strategic planning processes

    • Power mapping

    • Strategic connections

  • Building the relationships, stakeholder processes, and consensus needed to move important work forward.

    • Coalition building

    • Labor organization outreach and engagement

    • Stakeholder engagement

    • Community engagement

    • Executive facilitation

    • Board retreats and planning sessions

    • Partnership development

    • Consensus building

    • Cross-sector collaboration

    • Public engagement strategies

    • Government relations

    • Political strategy

    • Strategic communications support

  • Helping labor organizations build the systems, leadership, and engagement needed for long-term success.

    • Organizational development

    • Executive leadership support

    • Governance and executive board development

    • Strategic planning for unions

    • Trustee and Taft-Hartley governance

    • Staff negotiations

    • Benefit fund strategy and coordination

    • Organizational structure and staffing

    • Collective bargaining preparation and support

    • Staff mediation and conflict management

    • Internal policy review and drafting

    • Member engagement and leadership development strategies

    • Political and legislative programs

    • Organizing and growth strategy

    • Leadership transitions and succession planning

    • Campaign planning and execution

    • Government relations

    • Endorsement process assistance

    • Operational improvement

  • Turning ideas into practical work products that drive decisions and action.

    • Policy research and analysis

    • Stakeholder mapping

    • Organizational assessments

    • Landscape and environmental scans

    • Best practice research

    • Strategic reports and white papers

    • Briefing memos and executive presentations

    • Implementation plans and roadmaps

    • Framework development

    • Meeting summaries and recommendations

    • Turning stakeholder feedback into clear insights and practical recommendations

    • Project management and implementation support

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