Building clarity and action for overwhelmed social leaders: ‘Power planning’ case study

At a glance: My power planning sessions offer impact leaders 90-minutes of dedicated reflection time to organise their busy minds, prioritise their work and create a clear plan of action that they can start to implement immediately.

The challenge: Overworked and overwhelmed

Leading an impact business can be lonely. Social entrepreneurs are typically called to their work through passion for a cause, they set big goals and juggle big responsibilities – often striving to shelter their teams from the day-to-day stresses they face. Stresses including:

  • How am I going to balance the books this month to pay everyone’s salaries (and then my own)?
  • When everything feels urgent, how do I choose where to focus my time and energy?
  • How can we capitalise on our recent financial success to build our resilience and sustainability and grow our impact?
  • How can I get from overworked and overwhelmed, back to doing my best work and being my best self in support of my team?

Matt, a sole founder of a social impact business, came to me looking for clarity on where to focus his time and energy as his organisation’s growth started to outpace his planning.

The approach: Dedicated time to get clear on priorities

My power planning sessions offer leaders 90-minutes of dedicated time to work through what’s on their minds, get clear on what needs to happen when, and create a plan that feels actionable. 

I support clients like Matt through these sessions with:

  • An open, judgement-free space to explore whatever feels most current and pressing to them.
  • Thoughtful questions to get to the root of issues and most practical solutions.
  • Structure that guides them from reflection to concrete action.

The difference: A clear and manageable plan of action, in action

Clients leave these sessions:

  • With a clear plan of action – based on the timeframe that works for them – that they feel good about putting into practice straight away. 
  • Feeling lighter and more motivated and engaged with their bigger picture goals.
  • Having gained new insights about what’s important to them and their organisations, and a clearer understanding of what’s going well and opportunities for improvement.

Matt left our session with a roadmap for his next 6-12 months, clearly setting out what attention he needed to pay, when, to each of the four aspects of his business.


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What the client says

“I booked in for a one-off session with Natalie, looking for clarity and focus, as the four component parts of my Social Enterprise were growing at a faster pace than I had envisaged.

Natalie’s thoughtful and balanced questioning helped me see what needed to be done and in what order. I could see that Natalie had an excellent track record so I figured it would be a good experience and was looking forward to it, but actually helping me to complete a roadmap that I’m going to use for the next 6-12 months within the 90 minutes was amazing.”
Matt Shepley, Founder, Sole Survivor PTSD Support

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