Services

MBA provides a range of customized organizational development, planning, training, and coaching services for:
Businesses | Government | Not-for-Profits & Schools | Family Enterprises
Please contact us directly to discuss a customized approach to your current challenges and opportunities.
Businesses
MBA works with businesses in all phases of life, from small start-ups to multi-national, multi-billion dollar companies. Our goal is to always help create a more effective and profitable company that is learning-centered, people-focused, and results-driven. Some of our services include:
- Strategic planning
- Retreats or off-site meetings design and facilitation
- Organizational assessments and surveys
- Designing and managing change or growth initiatives
- Conflict management and resolution processes
- Individual leadership and management coaching
- Executive team performance and process improvements
- Executive evaluation and 360 processes
- Skill-based training and development programs for employees
- Leadership transition and succession planning
- Improvements to organizational structure, job roles, and accountabilities
- Board of Director and executive leadership balance
- Board of Director annual planning and evaluation processes
PORTFOLIO LINKS: 1st Security Bank | Wave Broadband | REI
Government
MBA has a strong commitment to the public sector and offers customized services for government agencies, public policy boards and commissions, and elected officials including:
- Strategic planning
- Retreat or off-site meeting design and facilitation
- Organizational assessments and surveys
- Designing and managing change or growth initiatives
- Conflict management and resolution
- Leadership coaching
- Creating effective work teams at all levels of government
- Executive evaluation and 360 processes
- Designing and facilitating training and development programs
- Leadership transition and succession planning
- Developing organizational structure, job roles, and accountabilities
- Designing and facilitating civic leadership and public engagement processes
- Aligning agency performance with policy and politics
- Managing and facilitating transition teams for elected officials and appointees
PORTFOLIO LINKS: Governor Gary Locke | Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels | Seattle Housing Authority
Not-For-Profits & Schools
MBA offers a breadth of experience with not-for-profits and schools of all sizes. We help you achieve your mission by building a high performing and resilient organization. Some of our services include:
- Strategic planning
- Retreat or off-site meeting design and facilitation
- Organizational assessments and surveys
- Designing and managing change or growth initiatives
- Conflict management and resolution
- Leadership coaching
- Creating effective work teams
- Executive evaluation and 360 processes
- Designing and facilitating training and development programs
- Leadership transition and succession planning
- Developing organizational structure, job roles, and accountabilities
- Creating Board of Director and Executive Leadership balance
- Board of Director annual planning and evaluation processes
- Designing and facilitating communication processes and tools
- Designing and facilitating active stakeholder engagement and co-creation processes
PORTFOLIO LINKS: Meridian School | Seattle University | Seattle Foundation
Family Enterprises
MBA offers family enterprises a unique combination of experience to help create an efficient and resilient family enterprise that reflects a family’s values and intentions. Some of our services include:
- Clarifying ownership, governance, family, and employment roles
- Establishment of Family Council forums
- Family legacy development
- Strategic planning and priority setting
- Retreat or off-site meeting design and facilitation
- Organizational assessments and surveys
- Designing and managing change or growth initiatives
- Conflict management and resolution
- Leadership coaching
- Creating effective teams
- Executive evaluation and 360 processes
- Designing and facilitating training and development programs
- Leadership transitions and succession planning
- Developing organizational structure, job roles, and accountabilities
- Creating Board of Director and executive leadership balance
- Board of Director annual planning and evaluation processes
PORTFOLIO LINKS: Space Needle
approach
MBA believes that a balance of 11 key capacities are required to create, build, and evolve high-performing and resilient people, teams, organizations, and work cultures.
Read About our approach
commitment
MBA helps you meet your goals by offering our:
- Skills, expertise, knowledge, observations, ideas and guidance
- Attention and commitment to delivering outcomes on time and on budget
- Enthusiasm for high achievement and the common good
- Respect for strict client confidentiality