Welcome To
Common Thread Consulting
Cultivating Belonging. Mobilizing Contribution. Amplifying Impact.
Project Management
Our team provides comprehensive project management services to help organizations achieve their goals, whether in the ideation phase or while in motion. We utilize Appreciative Inquiry to foster meaningful and strength-based communication, clear-eyed asset and risk analysis, and efficient resource management to see every project through to completion.
Professional Coaching
Our coaching services create space for our clients to unlock their full potential. Our certified coaches bring their skills and life experience to support client’s personal or professional goals. We also offer customized retreat services for teams, creating a safe and supportive space to explore new ideas and strategies, build relationships, and enhance teamwork.
About Us
Common Thread Consulting
At Common Thread, we believe in strengthening partnerships, building communities, and helping organizations thrive. Our mission is to support individuals, organizations, & systems to increase their impact on the conditions vital to well-being, equity, and belonging.
We work with partners from health care, social services, education, and policy advocacy to understand their communities and identify their needs, interests, and expectations. Our team of experienced and qualified consultants uses a rigorous evaluation process to measure performance, guide progress, and deliver outstanding end results.
We help organizations tackle challenges, identify system solutions, and set accurate goals. We pride ourselves on our outside eye, which helps eliminate complex roadblocks and hurdles. And, we deploy proven project management strategies to help organizations execute their most ambitious undertakings, propelling communities forward.
Our values of belonging, transparency, and innovation guide everything we do. We believe in optimizing for sustainability and fostering lasting collaborations that enrich our partners’ presence in their respective field far beyond our engagement with them.
Let Common Thread Consulting help your organization embrace opportunities, broaden its networks, and positively influence as many lives as possible. Together, we can fulfill your vision for bold leadership, innovative projects, and lasting collaborations that impact the health and equity of your communities!
Centering Our Why
Our Core Values
Belonging
Belonging
We believe that everyone deserves to feel a sense of belonging in their community and their workplace. Our approach centers around creating inclusive and equitable environments that value diversity and promote collaboration.
Transparency
Transparency
We value open communication and transparency in all of our work. We believe that being transparent about our processes and outcomes builds trust and strengthens relationships with our clients and partners.
Innovation
Innovation
We embrace innovative solutions that challenge traditional thinking and drive progress. Our team is committed to staying ahead of the curve and finding creative ways to address complex challenges facing our clients and their communities.
Innovation
Innovation
A business should strive to continuously improve its products, services, and processes to remain competitive and meet the changing needs of its customers and stakeholders.
Teamwork
Teamwork
A business should foster a collaborative work environment where employees work together towards common goals.
Sustainability
Sustainability
A business should consider the long-term impacts of its actions on the environment, society, and the economy, and strive to operate in a sustainable manner.
What We Do
Values
Common Thread lives our values through commitment to and actions towards the following Focus Areas:
Community
Common Thread Consulting is committed to serving communities and understands that partnering with organizations across different sectors can help achieve social equity and improve the conditions that impact social determinants of health.
Sustainability
Common Thread Consulting believes that sustainability is key to making positive change and is dedicated to developing community capacity through investing in innovative projects, bold leaders, and lasting collaborations.
Collaboration
Common Thread Consulting believes that communities thrive when partners work together and is dedicated to fostering partnerships to achieve shared goals.
Asset-Based
Common Thread Consulting employs an asset-based approach to community development, focusing on identifying and building on the strengths and resources of individuals, organizations, and communities.
Results-Oriented
Common Thread Consulting is dedicated to helping organizations achieve their highest aspirations and biggest goals through the use of proven strategies in evaluation, facilitation, coaching, project management, and education.
Belonging
We believe that everyone deserves to feel a sense of belonging in their community and their workplace. Our approach centers around creating inclusive and equitable environments that value diversity and promote collaboration.
Transparency
We value open communication and transparency in all of our work. We believe that being transparent about our processes and outcomes builds trust and strengthens relationships with our clients and partners.
Innovation
We embrace innovative solutions that challenge traditional thinking and drive progress. Our team is committed to staying ahead of the curve and finding creative ways to address complex challenges facing our clients and their communities.
What We Do
Values
If you can show a connection from the VALUES TO THE FOLLOWING “FOCUS AREAS”THAT WOULD BE AMAZING!
Common Thread lives our values through commitment to and actions towards the following Focus Areas:
Community
Common Thread Consulting is committed to serving communities and understands that partnering with organizations across different sectors can help achieve social equity and improve the conditions that impact social determinants of health.
Sustainability
Common Thread Consulting believes that sustainability is key to making positive change and is dedicated to developing community capacity through investing in innovative projects, bold leaders, and lasting collaborations.
Collaboration
Common Thread Consulting believes that communities thrive when partners work together and is dedicated to fostering partnerships to achieve shared goals.
Asset-Based
Common Thread Consulting employs an asset-based approach to community development, focusing on identifying and building on the strengths and resources of individuals, organizations, and communities.
Results-Oriented
ommon Thread Consulting is dedicated to helping organizations achieve their highest aspirations and biggest goals through the use of proven strategies in evaluation, facilitation, coaching, project management, and education.
Guiding Frameworks
Some Of The Frameworks That Guide Our Work:
Vital Conditions
Organizations can use a variety of methods to assess the risk of their employees’ security. Organizations can perform physical security assessments
of their premises, check the security of their computer systems and networks.
Community Based Asset Development
Community-Based Asset Development is a strategy that seeks to increase the quality of life of individuals and communities by promoting the development and use of financial and non-financial assets.
Collective Impact
Collective impact is a structured approach to working together with cross-sector partners to solve complex social problems. It is an approach that requires organizations align their activities and outcomes, continuously communicate & coordinate.
Immunity To Change
Immunity to change is used to describe the difficulty of making and sustaining changes in behavior, even when there are clear benefits to doing so. It is often caused by a combination of psychological, social, & physiological factors, such as fear of failure, lack of motivation, or entrenched habits.
Managing Complex Change
Managing Complex Change is to clearly identify & articulate what the change is. This can be done by outlining goals, objectives, & purpose of the change & how it will impact the organization. This includes assessing how the change will affect them, & their ability to influence the change process.
Energy Leadership
Common Thread Consulting is committed to helping individuals, teams, & organizations develop their leadership skills in order to maximize their potential. Our leadership development program focuses on developing an individual’s skills & confidence to lead with strong influence,and courage.
A Message From Our Founder
As the founder of Common Thread Consulting, I am proud to express our unwavering commitment to supporting organizations that impact social determinants of health and equity. Our expertise in evaluation, facilitation, coaching, project management, and education can help your community embrace opportunities to broaden networks and deepen impact.
At Common Thread Consulting, we believe that sustainability is the key to making positive change. Our goal is to develop community capacity by investing in innovative projects, bold leaders, and lasting collaborations. We firmly believe that communities thrive when partners work together.
Through my experiences in the consulting world, I’ve seen how the most successful and longest-lasting organizations develop a clear mission for themselves and convey their vision to the employees, partners, and colleagues who operate within their sphere. That’s why I’m deeply passionate about helping organizations establish internal systems and structures that’ll empower them for the long haul.
Whether you’re looking to develop a strong company culture, revitalize a department, onboard new employees, maximize revenue streams, diagnose an operational problem, publicize your place in your field, or give back to the larger community, our team at Common Thread Consulting is excited to help you reach your highest aspirations and biggest goals.
We believe that every organization has the potential to make a difference, and we want to help you do just that. Get in touch with us to set up a preliminary meeting, and let’s start making a positive impact together!
With Appreciation
Susan Fischer-Maki
Our Team
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Common Thread Consulting
Belonging. Contribution. Impact.
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- Grants Pass, Oregon 97527
