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Tales from the Arena

August 3, 2020

THIS BOARD MEMBER THINKS I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I’M DOING. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I’M DOING. This is the story I made up during my first ever compression planning session as a self-employed consultant. I love the Compression Planning® Methodology and was eager to test it out. I recruited a seasoned facilitator and […]

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Tools for the COVID-19 Arena

May 15, 2020

The dramatic shift in work and learning environments caused by the COVID-19 pandemic demands adaptation and innovation by our nonprofit and education organizations. Innovation, by its very nature, requires vulnerability.  Vulnerability is defined as uncertainty, risk and emotional exposure, and it does not come naturally to any of us; ESPECIALLY during times of extreme stress, […]

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My COVID-19 SFD is just one sentence long: My business will fail.

May 5, 2020

We all make up stories about why something is happening, and it usually revolves around us and our shortcomings. These stories are our SFDs (Shitty First Drafts) and often have gaping holes in them. I learned about SFDs (Shitty First Drafts) from author and researcher Dr. Brene Brown. Essentially, our SFDs are our secret beliefs […]

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COVID-19 Permission Slips

March 18, 2020

Personal permission slips have been in my mental health and courage-boosting toolkit for just over six months. Permission slips are a tool for intention setting I learned about from Dr. Brené Brown and her Dare to Lead™ program. Permission slips are described in the Dare to Lead™ curriculum as, “A practical and familiar way to […]

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Want to change your community?

March 4, 2020

Want to change your community? A wonderful and empowering message from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation highlights the top five things your community can do to thrive in the next decade:  Set a shared vision Use big data locally Practice resiliency Foster radical collaboration Lift up marginalized communities Amen. Shared vision creates power. Data drives […]

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2 Year Anniversary

February 15, 2020

Julie Boll Consulting is 2 years old! I’m proud to be a female business owner who hires and empowers other women, supports nonprofit organizations across the country, and helps individuals and organizations get really clear on where they want to go and how they will get there.   I’m celebrating two years of grit, faith and […]

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The antidote to self-sabotage: Permission Slips

February 5, 2020

As I walked in to facilitate day two of the amazing but exhausting Dare to Lead™ program, I said to myself,  I give myself permission to not socialize before we start the workshop.  I give myself permission to not put my concern for other people’s feelings above my need to mentally prepare.  I walked into […]

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Why I Hired a Coach Twice in Two Years

January 30, 2020

I’ve been self-employed for a little over two years and I’ve hired two coaches in this timeframe for two very specific purposes. The first, to successfully establish my business and the second, to grow into a new area of practice.  Both times I sought someone I admired, someone who had achieved success in the field, […]

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Celebrate the Wins

December 10, 2019

Strategic Planning as a Strategy for Celebration Dr. Brené Brown talks about the need to truly stop and CELEBRATE individually and as a team. In fact, in her research, she uncovered a Daring Leadership behavior specific to this need: Practicing gratitude and celebrating milestones and victories. Daring Leaders are more likely to build celebration into their […]

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That happens to you too?

November 25, 2019

That happens to you too?  It wasn’t until I sat in a room with powerful change agents in the presence of Brené Brown that I realized how powerful normalizing is. I sat in awe of the room which included a hospital executive who oversees 4,000 people, an airforce commander, a best selling author, and a […]

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Meet Julie

Julie Boll, M.Ed., GPC, is the founder of Julie Boll Consulting, which provides strategic planning, leadership training, and coaching for nonprofit leaders.

Work

Learn more about Julie Boll Consulting's work with Planning, Coaching and Leadership development.  Our services help nonprofits make the most of their time, energy and resources.

Dare to Lead

As a Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator, Julie was trained in person by thought-leader Dr. Brené Brown and is one of less than 400 facilitators worldwide.

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