BUILD | ENGAGE | EXECUTE
Leadership development that actually sticks. Like honey.
Build the foundation.
Engage your people.
Execute with purpose.
The board-staff relationship is the one nobody prepares you for. Until now.
BEE Strategies works with municipal governments and nonprofits to build that relationship intentionally — at every stage, on all sides of the table.
Based in Ithaca, NY · Working with governments and nonprofits everywhere
The BEE Model
BUILD
Clarify roles. Surface strengths. Identify what's slowing you down. Every strong team starts here.
You BEElong | BEE Yourself | BEE Curious
Introducing The BEE Collective: Nine Ways to BEE — a leadership framework built for people who serve.
Most leadership development stops at the individual. You attend the workshop, get the coaching — and walk back into the same team dynamics that were slowing everything down before you left.
The BEE Model develops the leader AND the collective they lead.
Because a strong leader in a misaligned team is still a stuck team.
Every engagement is customized for your team, your goals, and your moment.
Because real change doesn't happen in one person. It happens in the collective.
ENGAGE
Deepen relationships. Strengthen communication. Build the culture where people actually want to show up.
BEE Kind | BEE Present | BEE Heard
EXECUTE
Set priorities. Delegate with confidence. Make plans that actually get implemented. Celebrate success & learn from failure.
BEE Brave | BEE Bold | BEE the Change
I've been the City Manager accountable to the council. I've been the elected official. I've served on the boards and helped found the organizations. I've trained civic leaders and led staff teams in the middle. I'm not an outside expert who studied your world — I built a career inside it, in every seat at the table.
My workshops are known for being the ones people actually enjoy. Engaging, practical, and full of a-ha moments — without a single trust fall.
"Fair warning: I will be your biggest cheerleader. I genuinely love watching people have a-ha moments, and I believe joy is worth celebrating every step of the way."
I work with municipal governments, nonprofits, and the leaders navigating all sides of the governance table.
ELECTED OFFICIALS | GOVERNMENT STAFF
CITY & COUNTY MGRS | MAYORS
EMERGING LEADERS | SENIOR LEADERS
LEADERS LOOKING TO SKILL-UP
NONPROFIT BOARDS | NONPROFIT LEADERS
NONPROFIT STAFF | VOLUNTEERS
HIGHER EDUCATION LEADERS & TEAMS
WORKSHOPS | RETREATS & OFFSITES | LEADERSHIP TRAINING | COACHING & EVALUATION | CLIFTONSTRENGTHS
From workshops to board training to the BEE Team Effectiveness Audit — every engagement is built around your goals.