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employees supported by talent infrastructure AVOT designed
managers trained through programs she built
Learning programs, competency frameworks and manager capability — built by a practitioner who ran these functions before selling them.
Talent maturity
Buying a stage-four program at stage two is how training budgets get wasted.
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Ad hoc
Training happens when someone asks for it. No owner, no budget line, no record of what worked.
02
Foundational
Onboarding & compliance exist. Everything beyond that still depends on an individual champion.
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Structured
Roles, levels and competencies are defined. People know what good looks like in their job.
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Strategic
Development is tied to business outcomes. Managers are equipped and held to it.
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Optimized
Measured against a baseline, refreshed on a cycle, and the budget survives the next planning round.
What we build
Curriculum, facilitator guides, workbooks, LMS-ready assets, and a measurement baseline.
What good looks like in each role — and the path to get there. The infrastructure most training assumes exists.
Why most programs fade. Briefs, follow-up conversations, accountability — designed in from the start.
Competency models and curriculum from awareness to applied practice. AI adoption fails as a capability problem.
Engagements
Most start with a workshop. It is the fastest way to find out whether we think the same way about the problem.
HALF DAY
$3,500
Your L&D or People team leaves with a draft AI competency model and a 90-day rollout plan they can take to leadership.
Best if you have been told to "do something about AI."
3 weeks · fixed fee
Interviews, program inventory, gap map, and a 12-month roadmap with costs.
Best if you know something's off but can't name it yet.
8–14 weeks · project
One program, built end to end: curriculum, guides, workbooks, toolkits, and 90-day measurement.
Best if you know what you need and need it built right.
Monthly · 3-month min
Senior capacity without a hire. Iteration, facilitation, coaching, and reporting that protects the budget.
Best if you need a senior person in the room every month.
Workshop is fixed price. Everything beyond it is scoped on the first call.
Selected work
National nonprofit
Organization-wide competency and level definitions across 500+ roles, with the career pathing and development guidance built on top.
National nonprofit
End-to-end cycle design and platform implementation supporting 1,000+ employees: goal setting, manager training, review cadence and reporting.
National nonprofit, Givernment, Tech
First formalized internship program in the organization's history: structure, manager training curriculum, hosting infrastructure and evaluation.
Tech, National Nonprofit
[Scope and outcome — the version of this work you have permission to name.]
Scope and outcome only. Client and employer deliverables stay theirs.
20 minutes. You describe what isn't working. We say whether it's an audit, a build, or nothing.
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