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Consulting

  • We offer a wide array of business consulting services that help individuals and organizations grow with clarity and purpose. Whether you're, refining your message, empowering your team, or designing programs that drive meaningful change, we work alongside you to bring your vision to life. Currently, Naria Willis Consulting & Coaching offers the following services:

    Strategic Communications

    • Blogs

    • Newsletters

    • Strategic Writing

    • Content and Social Media Strategy

    • Messaging Strategy

    • Storytelling

    Marketing and Business Development

    • Events Marketing

    • Digital Marketing

    • Influencer Marketing

    • Social Media Marketing

    • Email Marketing

    • SEO

    • Brand Strategy

    Writing and Research

    • Academic and Professional Writing

    • Research

    • Desk and Literature Reviews

    Strategy and Innovation

    • Strategic Planning

    • Design Thinking, Human-Centered Design, and Innovation Sessions

    • Facilitated brainstorming

    Training and Facilitation

    • Learning Curriculum Development

    • Training Development

    • Capacity Building

    • Team Retreats

    • Cross-Sector and Cross-Team Collaboration

    • Building Team Cohesion and Psychological Safety

  • We specialize in working with leaders, entrepreneurs, and small business owner.

    We work with both individuals and organizations who are growing and looking for support in their learning and development.

  • We take a growth-oriented and learning approach to everything that we do. We don’t just provide recommendations, we help build. We support businesses and leaders in growing their capacity with a hands-on approach. While other consulting firm just produce deliverables, we make strategic recommendations, explain the why, and set up your capacity to grow. We focus on sustainable, long-term, evidence based best practices for growth.

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  • Getting started is simple. Reach out through our contact form or schedule a call—we’ll walk you through the next steps and answer any questions along the way.

  • We offer both one-time projects and ongoing consulting through retainers, hour banks, or other agreements to fit your needs.

  • Consulting engagements vary based on client needs. We offer services that last weeks as well as services that last months if not years.

    The majority of our clients use Naria Willis Consulting & Coaching for a suite of consulting services resulting in long-term engagements typically lasting months at a time.

  • We work with clients to access goals, preferred outcomes, and result timelines which vary between clients. We measure success through a mix of traditional KPIs, customer satisfication, and achievement of business goals.

  • Naria Willis Consulting & Coaching offers remote services with the option for in-person engagements as needed. For example, we offer in-person support for consultations, training and facilitation, events, and other services by request.

  • Yes. Naria Willis Consulting & Coaching is available to work alongside or in collaboration with existing in-house teams.

Coaching

  • Coaching is an active, action-oriented, future-thinking practice that provides a framework to structure your thinking to help you recognize patterns, develop solutions, and evaluate outcomes. Coaching is for actionable growth and development in areas such as: career, wellness, relationships, and beyond with focuses on confidence, motivation, resilience, clarity, and so forth.

    Coaching is a non-judgmental process of active listening and idea exploration that takes place through one on one conversations between a coach and client. Coaching is more than simply talking. Coaching is done in a directed, structured manner, using frameworks to help client understand their thinking and find suitable pathways to achieve goals.

  • Coaching is most effective for individuals who are working through specific challenges or who have specific goals. Coaching offers thought partnership and accountability in finding solutions and achieving outcomes. Coaching is for individuals who are future-thinking, action oriented, and ready to experiment with making active changes to achieve their goals.

    For example, coaching may benefit a leader considering a career change, an executive developing their leadership style, or individuals looking to make new friends, build confidence, or change lifestyles.

    Coaching can be a beneficial practice for anyone, whether you are seeking support in your professional life or personal life. If you are unsure if coaching is right for you, schedule a free consultation to learn more about what coaching can do for you.

  • Unlike therapy, coaching is typically not facilitated by a licensed mental health professional and does not focus on healing past wounds or mental health conditions. While therapy may focus on the why, coaching focuses on the how.

  • Consulting supports business owners and leaders in achieving specific business goals and outcomes. While coaching may support business owners in improving confidence, developing their leadership style, or managing employees, consulting supports business owners in clarifying vision, setting strategy and driving sales through traditional business functions such as marketing and operations. Consulting delivers strategic recommendations and specific deliverables meant to achieve specific business results or fulfill business needs.

  • Our coaching practice recognizes clients as the leaders of their lives and sees clients as those best placed to make decisions and drive change. Our coaching practices balances empathy with actionable strategy. Our approach includes a heavy emphasis on active listening, pattern recognition, and human connection.

    Our coaching practice requires vulnerability and honest reflection, done in a safe confidential, non-judgmental space. Our approach to coaching is best suited for individuals seeking true partnership and exploration, not simply answers.

    Our past clients describe our approach as compassionate, calm, impactful, and confidence boosting.

  • Coaching is an individual practice with no two clients looking alike. Coaching sessions typically happen on a weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly basis with each session lasting between 45 minutes and 60 minutes.

    Most clients who come to coaching with specific challenges are able to find solutions and test solutions within three to five sessions. More complex challenges and ongoing challenges are suitable for long-term coaching. Many clients see the outcomes they desire in as little as one session.

    To figure out the cadence of coaching that is right for you, be sure to book a free consultation.

  • Clients can expect to see increases in clarity, confidence, resilience, and positive thinking in addition to achievement of or progress towards goals.

    As coaching is a highly individual and action-oriented practice, results vary from not only person to person but from goal to goal. Results require a proactive and action-oriented approach from clients. Clients who are dedicated to the practice and committed to achieving their goals often see the quickest and most lasting results.

  • Clients ready to get started can book a free consultation which you can find at the “Free Consultation” navigation link. Clients can also get started by filling out the contact form at the “Contact” link or by emailing naria@nariawillis.com.

    After free consultations, clients wishing to continue will receive a coaching proposal from Naria Willis Consulting & Coaching with individual pricing. Upon acceptance, clients will receive an invoice and are invited to schedule sessions after payment.

    Clients wishing to waive consultations can purchase coaching sessions at anytime through our website. Clients will pay a $25 deposit and will be asked to complete an intake form. Clients will receive a coaching proposal and individual pricing based on their intake form. Upon acceptance, clients will receive an invoice and are invited to schedule sessions after payment.

  • Free coaching consultations serve as an intake session to prepare you for your first coaching session. We spend time in the session talking through what brings you to coaching, your experience with coaching, and will talk through our coaching philosophy and how it intersects with your goals. From there, the consultation will move into a coaching session. We will end will additional explanation of what the process will look like should you choose to continue. For first time clients, free consultations typically last from 45 minutes to 60 minutes.

    If you have coached with us before and are ready to get started on a new goal, we still recommend a free consultation ahead of your first session to ensure we are the best fit for your needs. For returning clients, free consultations typically last from 15 minutes to 30 minutes.

    We recognize the importance of finding the right coach for your needs which is why we always offer a free consultation before beginning coaching services.

  • Naria Willis Consulting & Coaching believes in the power of coaching to help individuals grow and keeps coaching rates at accessible pricing.

    Most of our clients are able to access coaching services for $75 a session or less. We offer coaching at individual rates based on coaching needs and cadence. Unlike many practices, we do not require coaching packages and clients are able to purchase individual sessions at any time.

    We are happy to work with individuals requiring coaching on a sliding scale. Please reach out to us using the contact form or at naria@nariawillis.com for more details.

  • We allow clients to reschedule coaching sessions up to two times and ask that clients reschedule with 24 hours notice.

    Coaching sessions must be used within six months of purchase.

    We encourage interested clients to utilize free consultations to access if coaching is right for them as we do not offer refunds.

  • We offer virtual coaching only and do not offer in-person coaching at this time.