Our approach
is simple:

  • We listen intently.

  • We ask thoughtful questions.

  • We help you discover your unique gifts and realize your full potential.

  • We collaborate to create customized solutions and strategies that are right for you and your organization.

Become a Strengths-Based Leader

The insights you’ll gain from your unique CliftonStrengths for Leaders report will form the foundation of our coaching sessions. Pairing an awareness of your strengths developed in coaching, with information you’ll gain from your confidential 360 assessment, will provide a clear and concise vision of how you can take your leadership to the next level. 

What’s included in the package:

  • Six One-Hour Virtual Coaching Sessions

  • CliftonStrengths© for Leaders Assessment and Report

  • Benchmarks® 360-Degree Assessment

  • Customized Professional Development Plan

Become a Strengths-Based Leader Package: Starting at $2,200

Customized options are available for leaders who need more or less than what’s included in the package.

  • “I can't thank Mandy enough for the game-changing impact she’s had on my leadership journey. Understanding my top strengths of Strategic, Ideation, Woo, and Communication has completely revamped my approach to management. With her guidance, I've honed in on my Strategic strength, allowing me to navigate challenges with foresight and make decisions that propel our team forward. Embracing my Ideation strength has unlocked a flood of innovative ideas, transforming the way I solve problems and make decisions. Plus, learning to leverage my Woo strength has taken my people skills to the next level, fostering stronger relationships and boosting teamwork. Mandy’s expertise has truly unleashed my leadership potential, and I'm excited to keep growing and succeeding with her support.”

    - Tamara J., Clean Energy Works

  • “Personally, learning about myself through the philosophy of Strengths helped me embrace parts of my personality at work that I had previously considered weaknesses and/or not yet used to their fullest potential. These characteristics (empathy, developer, connectedness) have since become integral in my approach to collaboration and people management. 

    I also witnessed the benefits of Strengths coaching as a manager of a team. Mandy taught us how to leverage our respective talents in ways that complemented each other and ultimately, made us more effective in the work we produced as a group. Gaining this kind of awareness allows you to focus on what skills come naturally to you so you can
    begin building from there.

    - Caroline F., Grounds for Sculpture

Build Your Strengths-Based Team

Team building that really works. When you have a team full of people who are confident in their strengths, recognize unique talents in their colleagues, and apply that knowledge to work together better - they’ll be unstoppable! 

What’s included in the package:

  • CliftonStrengths 34 Assessment and Report for Each Team Member

  • One One-Hour Virtual Coaching Session for Each Team Member 

  • Four Hour Workshop: Strengths-Based Development & The Power of Teams

  • Two One-Hour Follow-Up Virtual Team Coaching Sessions

Strengths-Based Team Package: Starting at $6,000

Customized options are available for teams that need more or less than what’s included in the package.

  • “I have heard such great
    feedback already from many of
    my colleagues. Personally, I found
    the session insightful. I especially loved
    the final exercise- “The Best of Us”.

    - Laura M., Enterprise Community Partners

  • “Mandy helped me see not only what I do well, but also how to build partnerships in areas where I am less strong, such as Influencing. Her insight has directly contributed to my growth in my new role as a research specialist at a public garden, where I now apply these lessons in working with collaborators nationwide. Mandy’s coaching helped me see myself—and my potential—with greater
    clarity and confidence.”

    - Kevin A., Longwood Gardens

  • “It was a great workshop, helped people connect individually to their strengths in a way that many of them have not had the opportunity to do before, and helped us do some work around teaming. Thanks for all the effort you spent in planning, organizing, and facilitating the day.  I have only heard positive feedback from staff about the experience.”

    - Leigh Anne M., CASA Youth Advocates

Develop a Strengths-Based Organization

Love strengths and want to incorporate a strengths-based approach into the heart of your business? We can help! From onboarding new employees to setting strategic priorities, a strengths-based approach to organizational development will help your company succeed in more ways than one. Higher employee engagement, increased customer satisfaction, and improved profitability are a few of the many proven benefits that strengths-based organizations experience. That's why more than 90% of the Fortune 500 companies use CliftonStrengths. We have the knowledge and experience needed to help you implement strengths-based practices and systems within your teams and across your organization

360 Leadership Assessments

For when you don’t know what you don’t know. 

360 feedback assessments have been found to have incredibly positive effects on a leader’s growth and development. Whether you have been asked to complete a 360 assessment as part of an organizational initiative, or you are pursuing this leadership development opportunity on your own, your assessment results will be completely confidential.

Together we will use your results to design a customized professional development plan that can be shared as needed for accountability purposes. At Lakeside Leadership Services, we are certified to administer the full suite of the Center for Creative Leadership’s 360 feedback assessments. At least one facilitated review session is a requirement of all CCL assessments, but we believe three sessions are necessary to fully process and utilize your assessment results.

ln our initial conversation, we will determine which assessment is the right fit for you. Our three follow-up coaching sessions will focus on your results, your development priorities, and your plan for achieving your goals.

Assessment Options and Prices:

  • Benchmarks for Executives, $425

  • Benchmarks for Managers, $380

  • Skillscope (for Emerging Leaders), $210  

Three One-Hour Facilitated Assessment Review Sessions, $1,200

Organizational Development

We offer strategic advice and guidance for everything from increasing employee engagement to customizing professional development and improving your organizational culture. If it is time for your organization to grow, let’s talk.

  • “We will be putting your suggestions into action and we thoroughly appreciate your willingness to help us out along the way.  We feel that our call with you has provided us with new insight and tools that we needed to help propel us in the right directions with our next steps to
    sustain and grow F4.”

    - Pamela O., Fiorenza’s Food for Friends

  • “She’s incredibly helpful and led me in the right direction for strategy.”

    - Atyiyah H., Black Girls Love Math

  • “Amanda was amazing and brought a different perspective to my issues!”

    - Rebekah B., Brigid’s Path

Strategic Planning

We believe the best strategic planning initiatives are run by organizational leaders - not consultants!  We provide the advice and guidance you need to start the process, with scheduled check-ins for additional coaching and support along the way. In the final stage of the process, we facilitate meetings to help your team process the information you gathered and build consensus around your goals for the future. Together we can develop a strategic planning process that works best for you.

  • “It can be overwhelming to know where to begin with strategic planning and Amanda helped to break down the process into manageable steps that our team can begin to implement right away. She also provided great perspective on an overall timeline for the planning process and she provided resources that we can access along the way. I appreciated Amanda's warm and friendly style and I highly recommend her to others engaging in the planning process.”

    - Meg M., Greener Partners

  • “She helped organize my thoughts around strategic planning and clarify next steps.”

    - Beth D., Phoenix Community Farm

  • “Amanda was thoughtful, perceptive, and informative in helping us determine the "next steps" in strategic initiative planning. She took time to really listen and then ask vision-oriented questions to help flesh out a clear plan.”

    - Megan B., Generation Citizen

  • “She was extremely helpful and guided me to see some areas of the plan from a different perspective.”

    - Annie G., James Prendergast Library

Succession Planning

Having an emergency succession plan in place for unanticipated changes in leadership is important for every organization. But it’s just as crucial to plan for anticipated organizational growth and ongoing employee development. We can help you develop a leadership pipeline to ensure that your organization is prepared with excellent leadership potential both now and in the future.

  • “I got top-notch advice from an experienced professional.
    I highly recommend talking to Amanda for succession planning or other leadership advice.”

    - Miyoko S, Center for Biological Diversity