The challenge

Across organizations today, people are facing rapid change, persistent uncertainty, and repeated disruptions—while still being expected to make sound decisions, remain grounded, and deliver.

It isn’t working. Even highly capable people are experiencing capacity breakdowns. Decision-making becomes more difficult. Mental and emotional energy depletes faster. Confidence that effort will translate into impact erodes. The risk of burnout, disengagement, and lost opportunities rises.

The reframe

None of this reflects personal failure. The conditions of our time are quietly undermining the human capacity needed to meet them. Under sustained pressure, staying power depends less on effort and more on whether capacity is actively restored and sustained.

What Staying Power Does

The Staying Power Program helps people and organizations restore and sustain the human capacity needed to think clearly, remain grounded, and act with agency—so they can continue advancing meaningful work.

Through facilitated conversations, guided reflection, and practical sense-making tools, participants slow reactivity, regain perspective, and reconnect effort to purpose within real constraints.

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What changes

Leaders and teams are better able to:

• Make clearer decisions

• Sustain effort without depletion or burnout

• Remain engaged without losing perspective or hope

• See how daily actions contribute to meaningful progress

Who it’s for

Staying Power is for values-driven leaders, teams, and organizations that want to continue advancing meaningful work without diminishing themselves.

Format

Available as a single-session introduction or three-session series.

Testimonials

“Lisa has an incredible talent for guiding conversations in a positive, forward-looking direction while ensuring everyone feels heard.”

Anacron Allen, People & Culture, California Academy of Sciences

“Lisa is a gifted speaker and writer.”

Elizabeth Birch, former Executive Director of the Human Rights Campaign.

“Facilitation is an art and science, and Lisa has both elements in abundance.”

Chris Spence, former Executive VP of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy

Once upon a time, we all knew the wisdom of savoring the world. That’s what led many people to want to “save it” (or at least some part of it). But more often than not, these outsized goals lead to burnout or disengagement.

Grounded in stories and insights, Savor the World explores how bringing back the art of savoring the world can restore and sustain the work of saving it.

Savor the World leaves participants with:

·       Greater clarity

·       Renewed vitality

·       A better sense of alignment with the larger mission

·       Strengthened conviction in their potential for impact

·       Clear practices to incorporate into their workdays.

“Lisa is able to create completely new ways to engage audiences.”

Lisa Renstrom, Cofounder of Values Advisor, former Confluence Philanthropy Board Chair, and former Sierra Club president

“Lisa understands that working with challenging topics requires meeting people where they are at and helping them move forward in small, genuine steps.”

Andrew Leider, Managing Director, Potrero Group

“Lisa is an excellent public speaker and a pleasure to work with.”

Kim Mills, Senior Director of Strategic Communications and Public Affairs, American Psychological Association.

Disengagement is often misunderstood as a lack of care. More often, it is about not believing that one’s capacity meets the demands of the times—or a lack of clarity about purpose and alignment.

Starting Power addresses these common and costly challenges, helping unlock capacity so everyone can contribute.

I also engage in select ongoing advisory partnerships with purpose-led organizations to:

• Support capacity-building for leaders and teams working to advance critical missions under challenging conditions.

• Provide strategic communications advice on high-stakes issues.

“Lisa is a great collaborator.”

Daniel Goleman, New York Times bestselling author of Emotional Intelligence

“Highly recommended!”

Julie Sweetland, Senior Advisor, the MacArthur Award-Winning FrameWorks Institute

“Powerful and persuasive.”

Sir Ken Robinson, Creativity expert and #1-watched speaker on TED. (About Ecoliterate)