First Steps helps leaders build understanding, courage, and early habits to lead with fairness, inclusion, and care.

Often they are experiencing the “messy middle.”

That’s the uncomfortable, necessary space between recognizing that something needs to change and figuring out how to do it differently.

Common experiences in the “messy middle” include:

Insecurity

You know there’s a lot you don’t know, particularly around the right things to say. What if you try to “do better” and screw it up?

Intimidation 

You’ve talked about making changes and some key folks around your table are resistant. How can you navigate that conflict?

Confusion 

You’ve tried to get community members to your committees and board but aren’t having much success. What’s going wrong?

Exhaustion

Personal and organizational change is hard, especially when your communities, values, and funds are being threatened. How can you sustain?

We can’t skip the messy middle, there’s no shortcuts, but we also don’t have to travel alone.

Through First Steps, I’ll help you ask better questions, stay grounded in your values, and take one step at a time toward the kind of leadership you believe in.

You’ll leave First Steps with:

• Belief in your capacity to lead differently

• Confidence to try things before they are “perfect”

• Practical first steps to apply what you’re learning in real time

There’s no finish line here, just an invitation to begin (or begin again) with intention and support.