Services - Sandbox Consulting

Leadership and Team Coaching

We help you develop effective  leaders & teams

We coach individuals and teams. We help you get really clear on what’s important to you, the core values that drive you, and how you want to show up in the world. We hold you capable and accountable. We broaden your perspectives on decision-making, bring out your strengths, relocate your mojo.

If you are a leader who wants to step up your game, consider a private coaching package. We will partner with you for 9-12 months, setting goals – perhaps an assessment if that’s right for you – and we will track the results along the way.

If you are a team that’s looking to recalibrate, reboot or refresh, we can help. Building an effective leadership team takes sustained attention and time; it takes more than a day-long retreat. We generally partner with teams for a year or more, beginning with a co-designed plan. We anchor our work in the team’s purpose and core values, and we identify what’s needed to foster relational cohesions to deliver on the team’s collective mission.

Mediation and Conflict Management

We help you work through conflict

Conflict happens. We each have different ideas about how to get things done. We bring different world views and different personalities to the situation, and at times we collide. And yet, sometimes on the other side of conflict better things await: broader perspectives, new ideas, better decisions, deeper relationships. If conflicts are getting in the way of your leadership or your team performing at their best, we can help cut through the interpersonal mush and get people talking and working better together.

Meeting Facilitation

We help you explore, resolve and  plan next steps

We use a range of facilitation methods such as World Café, Open Space, or Circle, to help groups have the discussions they need to have. Teams, organizations, boards, and community groups hire us to design and guide them in challenging conversations – working through changes, making important decisions, committing to and planning for action toward their goals.

Selected Client Work

Testimonials

Facilitation and Team Coaching

Lori Charvat is a multi-talented facilitator and coach. She is extremely knowledgeable on the various elements of leadership – leading self, leading and engaging teams, and leading change, and has delivered numerous workshops for us on these topics. Participants in her sessions have shared their appreciation of Lori’s ability to connect with all learners, her flexibility, and her thoughtfulness. We are grateful to have Lori as part of our community.

Leadership Coaching

Lori brings a valuable rare insight that provides a dynamic approach to making a significant difference to leadership challenges. Her ability to connect with issues along with her strength in pulling out what truly matters is the gift she brings to the table each and every time.

Leadership and Team Coaching

Lori delivered a five part leadership program to our Directors. The program, and Lori’s facilitation and delivery skills, were highly rated. We subsequently engaged Lori to work with our Board and myself to develop and deliver the first 360° leadership review process for me, the CEO, also very well done. And like the leadership training for Directors, the 360° review continues to generate benefits for us all.

Leadership Coaching

Having a coach who listens actively, engages creatively in problem-solving, and understands the nuances of organizational issues is both salve for the wounds and affirmation that courage is the next step. Lori “gets it” regarding complex organizations. She helped me let go of certainties to reclaim my creativity. A terrific coach, like Lori, guides this reclaiming and affirms where strengths lie to resolve problems.

Mediation and Facilitation

Lori is a skilled mediator and facilitator. She has excellent intuition, which she combines with intelligence and strong analytical thinking. She understands the source of conflict among individuals and within groups and is able to bring that to the surface when assisting people in resolving their differences and in moving forward stronger than before. Her manner is calm and welcoming, and she creates a safe space where people feel free to be open– a key to conflict resolution work.

Mediation and Team Coaching

We hired Lori to assist us with a challenging change process. Lori worked tirelessly with our team to build a strong foundation for a productive and respectful workplace. She is creative, sensitive, and effective. Lori is a consummate professional who brings a refreshing and solution-oriented approach to every challenge.

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