Helping Leaders Rise to New Levels

With over 20 years of experience, East Consulting & Associates is dedicated to supporting leaders, teams and organizations drive towards high impact outcomes.

Our Services

  • We provide a customized strengths focused approach to design inspiring training that supports excellence in governance, team development and leadership. 

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  • We guide clients to develop a strategic action that encourages and builds clarity and consensus among their team as they look forward and plan for the future success of their organization.

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  • If you are looking for ways to bring Brené Brown’s research on courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy into your own organization or school, we work across diverse industries, providing workshops and coaching.

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We create significant impact in organizations by helping leaders grow and create cultures that people can thrive in as they feel seen, heard and valued.

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Leadership Development & Team Building

We support individuals, teams, organizations, and Board of Directors in articulating their strategy through customized, interactive, and engaging facilitation that results in clear direction and high impact outcomes. Services include:

  • Facilitation

  • Development and operationalizing  vision, mission & values

  • Strategic action planning

  • Team building

  • Team retreat

  • Workshops to create psychologically safe work environments

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Adaptive Facilitation & Engagement

Our approach collaborates with clients and their partners to develop policies and solutions that effectively impact the systems they are striving to improve.  We provide a framework of success for clients to identify leverage points that shift key parts of the system in a coordinated and sustainable way.

Our past work has allowed clients to navigate complex organizational changes with ease.

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Dare to Lead™ Program Facilitation

Heidi East McGowan of East Consulting & Associates is proud to bring you Dare to Lead™ - an experiential workshop - based on Brené Brown's New York Times #1 Bestseller, Dare to Lead™.

Heidi East McGowan, a Certified Dare To Lead™ Facilitator, will guide you to enhance your Daring Leadership using the four skill sets of courage from Brené’s latest research. This will be an interactive and reflective leadership workshop where you’ll gain practical, actionable skills to lead courageously and wholeheartedly.

“A leader is anyone who sees the potential in people and processes and has the courage to develop that potential.”

~ Brené Brown

Kind Words from Clients

  • “Highest praise for Heidi’s professional advice, guidance and collaboration as she helped me, in my new position as E.D. of a busy nonprofit, navigate significant organizational challenges at both the Board and staff levels. She went on to facilitate valuable Board of Director retreats that focused on Board roles and responsibilities, Board engagement and leadership training, and ultimately strategic planning. My Board valued their time with Heidi and consider it a wise and successful investment in our organization.”

    — JULIE GILLMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CASA OF LINN COUNTY

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