FOR ORGANIZATIONS & TEAMSHealthier workplaces start with your people.
Organizations invest heavily in strategy, technical expertise, and preparing for what's next. But lasting success depends on something else, too: your people.
Whether I’m developing your managers, strengthening a leadership team, or helping your organization navigate change, every engagement is designed around your goals and grounded in the realities of your workplace.
I’ll meet you where you are with thoughtful, practical coaching and facilitation that creates meaningful change, not just good conversations.
Trusted by…
“Ellen is exceptional. We needed someone who could help us become more effective both as individual leaders and as a team. Ellen connects the strategic and operational demands of the work with the human dynamics that actually determine whether any of it gets done well. Our team left the retreat with meaningfully stronger communication, and a real shift in how we lead.”
– Annie Quade, Associate Vice President of Development, UTEP Institutional Advancement
Ways to Work Together
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Every leadership team is different. That’s why I build each retreat around your team’s specific goals and needs. Whether you’re working on improving communication, navigating change, or strengthening relationships, we’ll create healthier ways of working.
Every retreat is customized to your team and combines practical tools with conversations that continue long after the day is over.
I’m certified to facilitate the Everything DiSC assessment and help teams use the insights to better understand one another, improve communication, and work together more effectively.
I’m also certified in LEGO® Serious Play, a hands-on facilitation method that helps teams explore complex challenges, build alignment, and uncover new ideas through collaborative problem solving.
—Leadership team retreats are a good fit when your team is:
Navigating organizational change or a leadership transition
Looking to strengthen trust and communication
Working through competing priorities or complex challenges
Ready to invest in healthier, more sustainable ways of leading together
Looking for a retreat that's tailored to your team's specific goals
After working together:
Your team has greater clarity around shared priorities and next steps
Team members have a deeper understanding of their own values, and how to ground in those values to lead compassionately and efficiently
Leaders communicate more effectively and work together with greater trust
Team members leave with practical tools they can apply immediately
Difficult conversations become more productive and collaborative
Your leadership team is better equipped to support one another and lead for the long term
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Invest in your whole team with a workshop designed to help them do their best work.
My workshops combine practical tools, neuroscience-backed frameworks, and meaningful conversation to help leaders better support themselves and the people around them. Participants leave with a deeper understanding of themselves, practical strategies they can apply immediately, and new ways to create healthier, more sustainable workplaces.
Every workshop is tailored to your organization’s goals and the realities of your workplace. Whether delivered in person, online, or in a hybrid format, each session is designed to spark meaningful conversation and equip leaders with practical tools they’ll continue using long after the workshop ends.
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Popular workshop topics include:
Burnout and sustainable resilience
Boundaries and workload clarity
Human-centered leadership
Navigating change without losing yourself
Mid-level and first-time manager development
Participants leave with:
Practical tools they can apply immediately
A deeper understanding of themselves and how they contribute to the workplace
Strategies to better support themselves and the people they lead
Greater confidence navigating change and uncertainty
New ways to build healthier, more sustainable workplaces
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Coaching is one of the best investments you can make in your people and your culture. Whether I’m supporting individuals on your team with comprehensive coaching to help them grow and work sustainably and effectively, or working with a group of leaders, coaching clients gain a deep understanding of their own core values and principles, and how to harness those to lead as their best selves.
Group coaching gives leaders the opportunity to learn alongside one another while building stronger relationships, developing shared language, and putting new ideas into practice together.
Whether you’re supporting emerging leaders, helping managers navigate change, or building a stronger coaching culture, coaching helps individuals grow while strengthening the workplace as a whole.
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Individual and group coaching is a good fit when your organization is:
Investing in emerging or high-potential leaders
Supporting managers through change or growth
Building stronger communication and trust across teams
Looking to create a healthier, more engaged workplace culture
Committed to developing leaders in a thoughtful and sustainable way
After working together:
Leaders have practical tools they can apply immediately
Teams develop a shared language for leadership and communication
Managers feel more confident supporting the people they lead
Participants build stronger relationships across the organization
Your organization develops a stronger culture of trust, learning, and engagement
for mid-level managersThe Grounded Leadership Program
Mid-level managers carry a lot. The Grounded Leadership Program gives them the support and practical tools to lead well without running themselves into the ground.
Designed for mid-level managers, this program develops the skills that make good management more human and more sustainable.
Participants learn how to build trust, support team members as individuals, navigate healthy conflict, and stay grounded in their values when the work gets complicated. They also have space to learn alongside other managers who are navigating many of the same challenges.
The program combines in-person intensives, 90-minute virtual workshops, group coaching, and individualized support. Participants complete the DiSC assessment and identify their core values, then put what they’re learning into practice throughout the nine months.
Cohorts include up to 10 participants, and I work with your organization to adapt the program to your team’s specific needs and goals.
“Ellen helped lead our recent Leadership Team Retreat. I truly believe we grew as individuals and as a team thanks to her expertise and disarming style.”
– Jesse Pisors | EdD, Vice President for University Advancement, The University of Texas at El Paso