The principals at Lighthouse have fifty-plus years of experience to help them understand the strategic needs of small to medium sized organizations.  We have a proven record of facilitating small and large groups through difficult, contentious or challenging conversations.

How have we been successful?

• Thoughtful and thorough planning. A good strategic planning process or workshop starts with lots good preparation. Fully understanding the group’s goals, designing processes to achieve those goals and building shared expectations.Good execution.   Running a process or workshop requires patience, clarity and a balanced viewpoint.  Workshops and strategic planning processes are designed to encourage diversity of views. It is the facilitator’s job to bring those views (and people) together to drive the conversation forward.
• Organize. In many instances, we can also help by organizing the actual event or workshop where the facilitated conversation is taking place. Lighthouse events has experience in all aspects of event planning from site coordination and set up to marketing, promotion and event graphics.
• Implement. The accomplished team at Lighthouse can help your organization determine the criteria for choosing priorities; the issues confronting your organization; and determine the financial and managerial resources required to do the job. Once that is done, we can also help you implement the plan. This comes in many forms from long-term management relationships to implementing short-term projects.
• Followup. Accurately capturing the outcomes and building on any momentum created during the process is critical. This means summarizing the conversation as quickly as possible and taking quick, early action on handful of those easy apples.   I’ve also found that followup doesn’t end when the final report is done. From a consulting perspective, this is the beginning and regular check-ins are a regular feature of our relationships.