What good is a strategy, vision or program if it isn’t implemented?
Jennifer Liebermann helps mission-driven organizations and public agencies develop strategies that actually move forward—because the people who need to support them helped shape them.
Services
Strategic
Planning
Most strategic plans end up on a shelf. Yours won't—if your board, your team, and the people you serve helped shape it.
I help organizations move beyond vision statements to strategies hardwired to budget, accountability, and action. This means combining rigorous analysis with participatory processes—engaging your board, your team, and the people you serve so they're invested in success from day one.
See how this works: A Strategic Plan Built to Stick · Aligning 30 Board Members Around a Shared Vision
Engagement Design
Public support isn't built through one-way communication—it's built when community members participate with you rather than having decisions made for them.
I design and facilitate stakeholder engagement processes that transform skeptics into advocates: customer advisory committees, community workshops, multi-partner initiatives. When people help shape the path forward, they stand behind it—even when decisions are difficult.
See how this works: Building Community Support for Rate Increases · Designing Community Engagement · Launching the Federal Food is Medicine Movement
Advisory
You don't need an outside expert to tell you the answer. You need someone who can create the conditions for your organization to work through complex challenges together.
My role isn't to prescribe solutions; it's to design and facilitate the conversations that help your team find answers you can commit to. Recent engagements include succession planning for a professional services firm, organizational development strategy for a California water district, team integration for a national nonprofit, and workforce development strategy for a federal advisory panel.
See how this works: Unifying Two Teams into One · Report to the President
“She clearly took the time to understand who we are and why we exist, and she gave us the language and framework to communicate that in a way that is both powerful and deeply meaningful to our organization.”