“I acknowledge that I write from the location of a non-Indigenous, white (Icelandic / English / New Zealander), lesbian person living on the traditional and un-surrendered territories of the Syilx Okanagan Nation peoples. I acknowledge that they are the first and rightful inhabitants of the lands and waters that are now called the Okanagan Valley since the land was formed. I acknowledge that historical and ongoing colonization has devastated many Indigenous communities in what amounts to genocide. I also acknowledge the strength, courage and wisdom of Syilx people. I am grateful to have been born here and again live, work and build relationships on this beautiful land. I work with with clients across BC, Canada and the US.”
Stina facilitates with compassion and love.
~Multi-day Offsite Retreat Client
JUMP TO STINA’S SERVICES: Coaching, Design and Facilitation (Visioning & Strategic Planning), Organizational Culture, Systems Change.
Who works with Stina?
Courageous leaders with exceptionally high standards hire Stina.
- Leadership, Executive Directors, Board Chairs or heads of companies who are responsible to lead teams to new levels of skills, engagement and success
- Hybrid, virtual and in person teams, networks, associations, communities of practice, etc.
- Business consulting professionals, facilitators, entrepreneurs, human resource professionals and educators
- “White” leaders looking to begin or advance their personal work around bias, privilege, equity, belonging and their conscious use of power
Part of Stina’s work is helping her clients see differently.
Stina is an eyes-wide-open consultant, trusting you to show up and put your highest hopes and greatest fears on the table. She will invite you to be courageous and expand what you believe is possible for you and your organization. Stina will create conditions to foster new vision, trust, and courage in your own leadership and in your organization. Often coaching and consulting leads to wider and ongoing organizational initiatives.
HOW?
Hire Stina to help you with:
ONE ON ONE SUPPORT
Structure, consistency and courage through one on one coaching.
How can you be a supportive leader unless you are also supported? Stina’s executive coaching helps you get to the heart of the issues to overcome whatever is limiting you. Stina has found the best way to help her clients is by supporting them in being responsible for themselves. Stina provides focus and feedback, thought partnership and empathic, enthusiastic solidarity.
See a detailed list of self-directed practices and habits in support of your mental health as a leader here: Self Leadership and Self Care.
GUIDANCE AND RESOURCES
Knowing your power and using it consciously.
Leaders who don’t know the territory of their inner world are bound to project their unconscious bias, fears, insecurities, triggers and shortcomings onto their staff. (What could go wrong?) It’s about taking responsibility for your effect on others and your organization. With racial equity (but really with all forms of equity), it’s necessary for leaders to genuinely “onboard” themselves into this conversation and establish new awareness, accountability structures, norms, and policies. Stina calls the early part of this work the “Equity Onramp.” Start where you are. Let go of some of the fear and begin.
ADDING SUPPORT TO THE COLLECTIVE
Understanding and evolving your organization’s culture.
Organizational culture is alive and influences everything. Some organizations are aware of the (internal and external) culture they foster – many are not. Sometimes the promoted “values” or “culture statements” are hugely disconnected from reality. In Stina’s work she helps people see and be seen. Organizational cultures that prioritize belonging and well-being outperform those that don’t. Stina supports leaders in building relational (vs transactional) cultures and deepening psychological safety at work. Here are a few practical steps to evolve your organization’s culture.
PROCESS DESIGN & ALIGNMENT
Becoming more intentional, deepening relationships and updating your plans.
Take time “offsite” to imagine how things could be better/different and encourage honest dialogue and relationship building. Shared experiences out of the office can be an excellent investment in your people, productivity, and your future – if it’s done right. Shared visioning and decision-making can create momentum around your priorities and set up the coming year(s) in a powerful new way. It’s high-risk stakes (setting expectations and spending time/money on a retreat)! You’ll be in good hands with Stina. Check out Stina’s Case Studies page for examples!
STINA’S PURPOSE: To Ignite a Fundamentally Different Reality
Her invention, method, and creativity go beyond skilled process design. Her art is facilitating state-shifting within leaders and organizations. Often with strategic planning, an “event” can happen, and the past and present essentially stay the same. In Stina’s work – the objective is to ignite a fundamentally different reality through that designed and experienced process. The participants involved are the creators of new realities. Stina then works with leaders to establish new habits to operationalize those new realities.
Who is Stina Brown?
Stina Brown (she/they) is an artist, writer and systems thinker who listens to her life, the land, the present moment, and the future. She’s an auntie and a daughter and a sister and really loving friend. She’s a teammate and a guide on time traveling adventures. Stina is a wolf and an Icelandic Canadian. She is a settler and a peace-maker.
We have educated our minds, but we have not educated our hearts. And without the heart’s intelligence to guide it, the mind can do great harm in the world. This may explain why, in the future, the fastest growing segment of the economy will be the emergence of artist- leaders who build value through experiences that connect people with their hearts.
~Michael Jones Leading from the Heart
Why does Stina Do What She Does?
She coaches, designs and facilitates because she loves people who are doing their best to change the world and she knows some practical ways to help.
What does Stina DO?
Stina works with groups and organizations to take care and take a quantum leap.
She designs and leads processes to create new human capacity and wellbeing, new shared awareness, new relationships, new trust, new vision, new clarity, and new plans. Stina helps groups deepen relationships, learn and make decisions together, see what’s real and determine what they want to make real. She helps leaders see, study, and support themselves – in service of their visions for what the world can be.
Stina! You are a force of nature!
You have a powerful gift of compassion and a well-honed ability to clear through the clutter to get to the heart of matters.
~ Executive Director Client 2021
More Client Comments:
Stina is an embedded facilitator and coach who helps individuals and groups imagine their best selves.
She keeps everything running smoothly and does a good job at getting people to be 100% present.
Stina is a strong facilitator that pays attention to agenda, process, etc. so you don’t have to but makes the content and the participants the stars of the show.
Not just a facilitator — a thoughtful, insightful leader who treats all participants with respect and openness and who makes meaningful contributions to the conversation.
Stina is a “host” who is entirely focused on making sure the group and individuals in the group get the most out of the experience, work hard to achieve that and also respect the experience and each other. She makes a safe, productive space where meaningful learning and encounters can happen.
About Stina
Stina helps leaders see, study, and support themselves – in service of their visions for what the world can be. She designs and leads processes to create new human capacity and well-being, new shared awareness, new relationships, new trust, new vision, new clarity, and new plans. Read more about me here
Stina Brown 