Ensuring leaders accomplish the extraordinary
We blend strategic thinking, innovation, and tailored solutions to ensure leaders achieve meaningful impact. With decades of experience and expertise, we guide you from vision to reality,
ensuring every step is efficient and forward-thinking.
HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER
Three paths to extraordinary results
We help leaders produce durable results, whether through mediation and facilitation or through foresight and strategy, we bring people together to accomplish more than they could on their own.
Consulting
A forthcoming book by Emily Wallace and Dr. Dori Stiefel offers the guidelines and tools teams need for joy, fulfillment, and outsized outcomes.
Book
“Thrivner played a pivotal role in our NextGen planning workshop for Southeast Forests and Rivers. Their skilled facilitation and clear structure helped navigate complexities, enabling diverse voices to contribute meaningfully. As a result, we were able to identify ambitious goals and valuable insights for conservation.”
— Science Department, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
“Not only is our strategic plan inspiring, strategic planning with Thrivner flows directly into implementation so we’re already making progress toward the new objectives.
The real surprise? The entire process was fun.”
— Todd Witcher, Executive Director, Discover Life in America
“Thrivner’s insight and facilitation brought clarity and momentum to our stakeholder conversations. Their thoughtful approach revealed powerful themes about veteran talent, partnership models, and future workforce needs, creating actionable guidance for MOVE’s next move.”
— Jacob Key, Director, MOVE Boots to Biotech, North Carolina Biotechnology Center
“Thrivner is highly effective… They are truly strategic and deeply engaged. Their experience with event facilitations and complex collaborations was excellent and provided just the support we needed.”
— Peter Colohan, Director, Federal Strategies,
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
“If you need to bring 60 people together with short notice to develop a national agenda for a critical topic, call Thrivner. They are thorough, creative, and produce highly effective results!”
— Rick Luettich, Principal Investigator, Coastal Resilience Center,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
“We worked with Thrivner at a critical time. Their know-how, creativity, and energy transformed the organization. We feel their contribution every day, like a current carrying us forward.”
— Wendy Tonker, CEO, Schoolhouse of Wonder
and Robin Murchison, Board Chair, Schoolhouse of Wonder
“We’ve partnered with Thrivner for years and there’s a reason: They know what they’re doing, they’re making a difference, and client satisfaction always comes first.”
— David Bidwell, Vice President for Strategy and Operations, Lynne Carbone and Associates
“It's a privilege to work with a trusted partner
with a shared mission.”
— Megan Harmon, Chief Financial Officer, Integrated Systems Solutions, Inc.
Hi, We’re Thrivner.
Emily and Dori worked together in and around Washington, DC for years, serving a wide variety of customers. At different times, for different reasons, they each departed Washington, DC to pursue new endeavors. They came back together when one of their former customers called Emily and said, “I just walked out of a meeting at the White House: I agreed to host a major event for them in less than eight weeks. You can make that happen, right?” Emily’s response, “Of course! Let me just call Dori.”
Their company, Thrivner, just celebrated 19 years of accomplishments.
The wisdom and experience that turn ideas into outcomes.
Check out a few things we’ve done:
FOR A UNIVERSITY
We convened experts to develop a research agenda for equity in disasters.
FOR A SMALL NONPROFIT
We led a sprint to develop a new strategic plan in five business days.
FOR A
GOVERNMENT AGENCY
We implemented a cross-agency program that integrates science, technology, and data.
FOR A
COMPANY
We increased efficiencies and profitability by improving processes for communications, marketing, and ordering.
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Sprinting to a Strategy
The tips in this guide make it possible to develop your organizational strategy quickly and easily.
