All teams need care and feeding

Does your team have a shared sense of direction? Are you aligned around a common set of expectations for how you work together? Is there an opportunity to increase trust and a sense of belonging?

Teams are dynamic

Changes in membership, location, structure, leadership and work processes affect the functionality and success of your team. Even well-established teams can founder when they fail to adapt to evolving challenges or leave conflict unaddressed. 

Heartwood Collective designs and facilitates team meetings & retreats  that accelerate performance. We help teams adapt to challenges, apply tools to achieve results, and adopt new practices that accelerate and improve performance. 

Whether you are establishing a new team or re-forming a team to meet changing conditions, our team engagements create energy, deepen trust, provide results.


About Us

Heartwood Collective is a leadership development firm that enables people and organizations to grow and thrive. Based in the Pacific Northwest of the US, we work with a diverse range of teams, including city councils, executive teams, and faculty teams. We serve the public, private, non-profit, and philanthropic sectors.

Our collective of consultants bring a diversity and depth of experience and expertise in leadership and management development, diversity, equity, & inclusion, organizational development, professional coaching, and more.

Our approach is grounded in our values of 

* Equity * Growth * Empathy *

Our Services

We partner with our clients to create custom leadership development programs, engage with teams to boost their effectiveness, and help organizations put effective systems and practices in place for growing their people and developing new generations of leaders.


  • "Heartwood Collective’s work with us over the past two years has been instrumental in helping the College of Engineering (UW), strengthen out leaders and build collaborations that have been critical to meeting our strategic plan."

  • "Heartwood Collective’s focus on open communication, planning, and priority setting have been key to ensuring alignment in our organization."

  • "You were able to come in, quickly understand our structure and find actionable ways to support our needs."

  • "Kara and team have been exceptional partners in helping us grow and improve our organization’s culture, developing practical skills to be more inclusive and effective."

  • "Your facilitation throughout the day was a lovely blend of holding space, creating connection – and pushing/advancing the conversation where needed. You brought a wonderful energy into the space and made the experience feel really cohesive and coherent."

Some of Our Clients

Let’s grow a new generation of leaders.

Contact us for more information about how we can support your organization's learning needs.