Consulting

black unicorn provides an opportunity for organizations to capitalize on their resources and grow the value of their mission. We believe that organizations have vast amounts of untapped resources that can make be the difference between prosperity and closing the doors..

leadership development

Leadership and management development is critical to the success of any organization. But that development must be customized to the nature and needs of your organization. There's an explosion of consultants in leadership development -- many having primarily "soft" skills in people development.

You Benefit From Integrating Leadership and Management Activities

Many people assert that there's a clear difference between leading and managing. We've worked in organizations for many years. We believe that leadership exists throughout an organization, not just at the top. Also, we believe that it's not enough for you as a leader to cultivate grand visions and to inspire your people toward those visions.

As a leader, you also need to understand the workings of your organization. You need to understand how those visions can be achieved in a relevant, realistic and flexible fashion. Than means understanding at least the basic "best practices' in all the major functions in organizations. We'll teach those practices to you in a highly practical and efficient manner, with a focus on leadership and management.

organizational effectiveness

Organizations spend time and resources to ensure they have the right people and tools needed to fulfill their mission, yet time and again results are coming up short. Many of the leaders that we have worked with are dumbfounded as to where they are falling short. “My team is committed”, “they are working at full capacity” and “we have smart capable people”, so why can we not execute? Having an outside expert explore the processes and people within your organization can reveal that even with a hard working committed team, fundamental flaws in alignment, vision and process can inhibit a team from meeting their potential.

Coaching

Personal and professional coaching has very quickly become one of the most frequently used approaches to personal, professional and organizational development. Reasons for this growth are many. It can be highly customized and personalized to the nature and needs of the individual. It also ensures ongoing actions and progress to successfully address the individuals priorities, whether they be complex problems or major goals. Also, it cultivates deep learning for the individual from the ongoing reflection on the coaching and the actions taken between coaching sessions. Our firm has extensive experience in coaching for many different types of people and their situations.