Leadership Development Consultant for Building Stronger Teams
Great leadership doesn’t just happen—it’s built. I work with teams and organizations to create practical strategies that help people work better together, tackle challenges, and grow in ways that actually stick. Whether it’s boosting team communication, navigating big changes, or preparing your next wave of leaders, we’ll create a plan that fits your needs and gets real results.
Unlock Transformative Growth
Build a Positive Team Culture
Effectively Manage Conflict
Success for You, Success for Your Team
Creating High-Performing Teams Takes Work
Building strong, effective teams and a positive culture requires great leadership and a foundation of trust and honesty. This can be the most challenging part of a leader’s job — and the easiest to ignore while you’re drinking from the firehose of all the things that “must” be done. Often, workplaces don’t provide enough resources to support a leader in the work of team building and strategy.
Redefine What’s Possible
Imagine a workplace where leaders inspire trust, manage conflicts with confidence, and communicate clearly. Picture your team working cohesively, staying engaged, and reaching their full potential. This level of alignment doesn’t happen by chance—it’s the result of tailored strategies designed to help leaders and teams thrive together.
Custom Solutions for Success
I provide expert consulting for leaders and their teams to foster collaboration, improve communication, and build a culture of trust and accountability. By addressing team dynamics, leadership development, and performance challenges, we’ll create actionable strategies to drive sustainable growth, improve morale, and achieve measurable results.
Ready to transform your leadership and elevate your team’s performance? Let’s build success together.
Leadership Development Consulting Services
Every organization is unique, which is why I create strategies that are tailored to your team’s needs.
Meeting & Retreat Facilitation
Hiring a professional facilitator for your retreat or meeting ensures a productive and impactful experience. I work with you to devise a customized approach tailored to your goals which allows you to fully participate. With over 10 years of facilitation experience, working with me ensures meaningful outcomes, stronger team alignment, and improved collaboration.
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Half, Full, & Multi-Day Facilitation Options
Strategy meeting to develop goals and expectations
Needs assessment
Take home materials to continue growth
Everything DiSC Assessment
As an Everything DiSC Certified Facilitator, I administer the DiSC assessment and create workshops to meet your specific needs. The Everything DiSC assessment is a tool that helps individuals and teams build stronger workplace relationships.
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Everything DiSC Assessment and Facilitation Includes:
Strategy meeting to develop goals and expectations
Needs assessment
Administration of DiSC assessment to your team (online)
Development and implementation of a workshop or workshops to help your team understand results. Examples of workshops include: learning how your DiSC style helps you collaborate better, how to use DiSC as a manager, how to build emotional intelligence, and how your DiSC style interacts with other DiSC styles.
Workshops
Guarantee a productive experience for a larger group by engaging with me to develop an interactive and engaging workshop that participants will walk away from with practical skills. Whether online or in-person, a workshop will encourage connection within your team and ensure everyone walks away with productive ideas and next steps.
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Workshops Include:
Strategy meeting to develop goals and expectations
Creation and presentation of an engaging and useful workshop that allows a group to work together to learn, develop new strategies, and come back to work inspired.
Virtual or In-Person options available
Examples of my workshop topics are:
Get Unstuck and Make Hard Decisions
Data-Informed Planning for Nonprofits
Protect Yourself from Burnout
Level Up Your Management Game: New Manager Training
Benefits of working with a Leadership Development Consultant
Build Stronger Teams
Improve communication, collaboration, and trust within your organization. Through guided workshops and retreats, Ellen helps teams address challenges and work more effectively together.
Develop Confident Leaders
Empower emerging and seasoned leaders with the skills they need to make decisions, manage conflict, and inspire their teams. Ellen’s tailored approach ensures every leader gains the tools to succeed.
Navigate Organizational Change
Change can be difficult, but it’s also an opportunity for growth. Ellen provides the strategies and support teams need to adapt to change with resilience and clarity.
Foster Long-Term Growth
Leadership development isn’t just about solving immediate challenges—it’s about creating a culture of continuous improvement that drives long-term success.
Gain Expert Insights
With over 15 years of experience in leadership and consulting, Ellen brings a wealth of knowledge and proven strategies to every session, helping organizations create lasting impact.
Ready to elevate your team’s potential? Schedule a free consultation to learn more about how leadership development can transform your organization.
Don’t take my word for it…what my clients are saying:
“Ellen was a superb listener and helped me to see blind spots and old ways in my thinking about my skills and abilities. She leads with optimism and empowerment, which ramped up and motivated me to stretch myself in dreaming big about what I am capable of and what is next.”
“Ellen has a gift for deep listening and tailoring the work and content of the sessions to your personal goals for your life and your work. She is sincere, genuine and supportive.”
How It Works
Schedule a free consultation
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Schedule a free call with me so I can learn more about what you’re looking for and how I can support you.
We’ll Develop a Plan for your Unique Needs
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I’ll develop a proposal specific to your needs, including pricing (which varies by engagement) that we will work on until it’s exactly what you want.
We’ll Implement the Plan and Start Checking off your Goals
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We’ll begin the work, which may include pre-meetings with members of the team or colleagues for a needs assessment, administration of an assessment, etc. Once pre-work is complete, I’ll send detailed instructions for the in-person portion of the engagement, whether it’s a workshop or a retreat, so your team knows exactly what to expect and how to prepare.
Meet Ellen
With over two decades of experience leading teams and driving results, I understand what it feels like to be overwhelmed and not know where to turn for help. Your job is big, and as a leader you have a lot of people to take care of in addition to navigating your own nuanced politics in the office.
You don’t have to do it alone, or ignore the important personal dynamics between your team members in lieu of getting a project out the door. I love to help teams reach their full potential and understand how their dynamics interrelate — and what’s holding them back.
I have recent experience in the workplace as the Assistant Vice President of Alumni Engagement at Seattle University, where I led a team of dedicated engagers and fundraisers, served on the Vice President’s Leadership Team, managed a volunteer board, and created and nurtured multiple cross-campus relationships, among many other things.
I’ve facilitated numerous meetings, workshops, and retreats over the last decade, and as a former actor and theatre major, I enjoy creating entertaining experiences to support team and personal growth.
I’m an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) through the International Coaching Federation and accredited by the Hudson Institute of Coaching. Prior to founding EWB Coaching, I worked to engage alumni at Seattle University and the University of Washington, support arts groups at Shunpike, and wrangle a lot of kids at the Boys & Girls Club of Snohomish.
I have a Masters of Public Administration from the Evans School at the University of Washington, a B.A. in Theatre from Whitman College, and hail from Honolulu, HI (though am now a proud Washingtonian).
