Coaching + Chief of Staff Consulting

Devon’S co-authored Writing

• Evolving Our Leadership: How Network Leadership Gets Us to Where We Are Going (digital) in Alliance Magazine (with Elsa Henderson)

• Reimagining the Request for Proposal (in print) in Stanford Social Innovation (SSIR) (with Nicole Markwick and Heather Hiscox)

Devon’S Values in Practice: Leadership, LIberation, relationship

Leadership

• Network mindset

• Systems change

• Navigating complexity

Liberation

• Abundance

• Transformation

• Power shifting

Relationship

• Unconditional love + trust 

• Simplicity

• Wholeness

Coaching Offering + Bio

Devon works with coaching partner typically for 6-12 months when women leaders and leaders of color are in transition, seek to change equity internal to their organizations, and/or are building something new and need a thought partner to help activate their vision. Below are ways she tends to work:

• Weekly meetings at the same time for up to 55 minutes over video.

• Asynchronous video (over Marco Polo) conversations are offered as a part of the engagement where updates, questions, reflections can be shared openly anytime.

• Offers of intros to Devon’s network of changemakers & social sector leaders

• Weekly assignments or learning tasks are also offered (these might look like leadership or communication style assessments, reflection activities, reading or research, etc.).

  Devon has partnered closely with over 30 impact Founders, Executive Directors, and leadership teams based nationally and globally. She uses a mix of positive psychology and cognitive behavioral approaches to support leaders in their personal and professional growth. Devon has served in roles including Development and Communications Manager, Senior Program Manager, Grants Coordinator, Program Director, Chief of Staff, Consultant, and Co-Founder. 

  Partnering primarily with women leaders and leaders of color, Devon has worked with organizations centered on youth, education, international development, and climate/social justice as a coach for 8 years formally, and 15 years informally. Devon holds a deep collective and individual equity perspective having analyzed and worked to change systems and individual behaviors over her career. Devon believes that empathy, collaboration, deep trust (of self and others), power sharing, growth mindsets, and commitment to high impact are essential ingredients for successful leaders.

  Let’s schedule a FREE coaching session!

  Reach out to devon@devondavey.com with this note: “Hey Devon, I want to explore coaching with you, when are you next available to chat?” (OR choose a time linked on the email)

these are the consulting and coaching projects Devon led, along with learnings from the year, and how she chooses her clients.

40 YR OLD Climate ACTIVISM Nonprofit 

Previous Consulting Projects:

• Strategic + implementation planning with a new Executive Director

• Strategic planning focus groups in the community

• Organizational storytelling for the board

Outcomes:

• Created organizational strategies and work plans for FY21 & FY24

• Designed + facilitated 10 focus groups w 80+ stakeholders

• Synthesized field trends, ideas, + action items to inform planning

• Co-created comms and succession plan

Global Collective Impact network

Previous Consulting Projects:

• Board recruitment + onboarding with two co-founders

• Program design + implementation

• Role design, hiring, + onboarding

• Impact evaluation report

• Presentation + representation at global conferences

• Membership recruitment + growth

Outcomes:

• Co-Designed a new membership program

• Launched NationBuilder a new CRM

• Forecasted revenue generation + created targets for the fiscal year

• Led + completed an organizational capacity assessment

• Hired + onboarded at 2 staff and 2 board members.