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Helping leaders steady their organizations when the work gets heavy.

Strategic Planning Consultant for Complex Systems

 

​Sidekick helps nonprofit and mission-driven leaders in Greater Cincinnati make sense of complex moments. When the pressure is high, the stakes feel personal, and the old plans no longer fit.

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We work alongside executive teams, boards, and frontline staff to reduce organizational friction, clarify priorities, and move forward without burning people out.

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This is not hype.
It’s honest work, done carefully.

Support for Leaders. 

Most of our clients come to us when something isn’t broken, but it isn’t working either.

  • The strategic plan exists, but momentum is slipping

  • Staff are capable, but exhausted or overloaded

  • The mission is clear, but execution feels harder than it should

  • External chaos is amplifying internal strain

The difference

Our work sits at the intersection of strategy, operations, and collaboration. I help organizations slow things down enough to get clear, build trust, and move forward in ways that fit real life.

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Not another Framework.

Be clear. Be kind. Be genuinely helpful. We bring thoughtful creativity to nonprofit and foundation leaders in Cincinnati, to help you tackle high-stakes decisions that shape the future of your business.

Friendly Sidekick is not a vendor. We are a thinking partner.

Practical

Solutions that match day-to-day lived realities.

Co-design

Grounded

KPI focused

Focused on measurable steps that lead to tangible outcomes.

Human

Co-design with teams to address root issues.

Sidekick
We help organizations do three things well, especially in uncertain times:

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1. Reduce friction
Our strategic consulting untangles roles, priorities, decision paths, and expectations that are draining energy instead of creating impact.

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2. Restore alignment
Bring nonprofit leadership, boards, and staff back into honest relationship with what is possible now, not what used to be possible.

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3. Move forward with care
Translate insight into action—without false urgency, unrealistic timelines, or performative optimism.​​

This work often shows up as:

  • Strategic planning that reflects real capacity

  • Organizational health and culture assessments

  • Board and leadership alignment

  • Change navigation during growth, contraction, or transition

Why Leaders choose us?

Because we don’t confuse urgency with importance.
Because we tell the truth about capacity.
Because we help leaders care deeply without carrying everything alone.

Our clients often say the work feels like:

  • Relief

  • Focus

  • Momentum that doesn’t cost them their people

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