Build long-term trust with Your Community
For public sector leaders who want engagement and planning to drive improvement
As a public sector leader, you know the job isn’t about convincing people everything is great so they stay out of your inbox. That’s politics, not leadership.
The real work is building relationships and credibility so your stakeholders are willing to be valuable partners in driving important strategic action.
So, if it’s what matters, why do “authentic engagement” and “strategic planning” feel like chores that get in the way?
We believe it’s because the way we’ve been led to do these activities in the public world is completely wrong. And what feels like the right thing to do is holding us back from building trust and making continuous improvement.
When engagement and strategic planning are designed to solve real problems and prioritize what matters, we can help people understand where we’re headed, understand why decisions are being made, and feel connected to the work over time. That’s how trust grows. And that’s how communities move forward together.
Community is A Shared commitment to grow together
As a public sector leader, you know the job isn’t about convincing people everything is great so they stay out of your inbox. That’s politics, not leadership.
The real work is building relationships and credibility so your stakeholders are willing to be valuable partners in driving important strategic action.
So, if it’s what matters, why do “authentic engagement” and “strategic planning” feel like chores that get in the way?
We believe it’s because the way we’ve been led to do these activities in the public world is completely wrong. And what feels like the right thing to do is holding us back from building trust and making continuous improvement.
When engagement and strategic planning are designed to solve real problems and prioritize what matters, we can help people understand where we’re headed, understand why decisions are being made, and feel connected to the work over time. That’s how trust grows. And that’s how communities move forward together.
Community is A Shared commitment to grow together
Building Community, Not Consensus
If you lead in the public sector—from local government to public education—you’ve likely felt this tension:
No matter how many times you invite them in, people don’t pay much attention to the work until a decision affects them — and then they feel left out.
The same voices show up again and again, while others stay disengaged.
Surveys go unanswered and meetings are lightly attended, but when changes hit close to home, expectations for input remain high.
These aren’t signs that people don’t care. More often, they’re signals that engagement hasn’t been designed in a way that fits how people actually connect, learn, and participate.
Building trust isn’t about doing more engagement. It’s about doing it with purpose, over time.
Lead with Clarity and Intention
We don’t believe engagement should feel reactive or transactional. And we don’t believe trust is built through defaulting to the opinions of the loudest voices. But setting a meaningful strategic vision and executing key actions can’t happen without establishing a trust-building foundation. Our role is to help you:
Ground Strategy in Action
You’ve heard the phrase: If everything is important, nothing is. Set strategic priorities and a vision, then pull in stakeholders to give actionable insights.
Engage with Purpose and Authenticity
Authentic engagement isn’t an open-ended forum. It’s asking the right questions at the right time with clear expectations for how input will support leaders.
Transparently Communicate Vision
Communication isn’t a phase in the strategic planning process. It’s an always-evolving conversation that sustains engagement and accountability.
Lead with Confidence
Here’s the part some public sector leaders are afraid to say: you’re a leader for a reason. Listening, engagement, and openness to influence are critical, but the goal is not to delegate strategic leadership.
We’re not a vendor. We’re teammates.
Experience the same care, commitment, and strategic insights as hiring a senior leader, without the overhead of full-time staff.
Pricing
Hate is a strong word… but we HATE when companies are secretive about pricing.
So here’s the truth: all our work is uniquely customized, we can’t guarantee pricing without understanding your needs first, but we know what small businesses and growing nonprofits need and what it’s worth.
The Alliance
Our flagship offering: Your embedded marketing team, with an assigned strategic leader at your side.
Starting at $2,000/month
Not ready to commit?
If you’re still on the fence about a long-term partnership, we offer a pair of short-term engagement options to get warmed up.
Momentum
A 90-day sprint edition of The Alliance.
Starting at $3,000/month
Foundation
A good ole fashioned marketing audit.
$3,500 one-time fee