Spark Engagement's Services
Leading People Is Its Own Skill
Successfully leading people rests on two things: knowing how to lead from what you do best, and knowing what your people need from you to be engaged in the work. Leaders who have both see the difference in their people, and organizations see it in their results.
I teach both. CliftonStrengths coaching for a leader on their own, strengths work for a whole team, and sessions on what employees need in order to be engaged.
Where you start depends on your team, what's in front of you now, and where you want to go. That's your call, and I'm glad to help you make it.
Six+ 1-Hour Individual Sessions
For the leader who is ready for what's next, or who is carrying something they'd rather not work out alone.
Every engagement starts with the full CliftonStrengths 34 assessment, so we're working with all of it, not just the top five. Then six virtual sessions over about six months, an hour each. There's no fixed curriculum. Each session is shaped by what you're actually facing. After the foundation, we continue month to month for as long as it's useful.
Two 3-Hour Sessions
For the team that wants a shared language for how they work, because understanding yourself and the people beside you changes how a team communicates, decides and gets things done.
Two three-hour sessions, delivered as two half days or one full day. The first session names what each person naturally brings, and gives the team the words for it. The second puts that language to work on the real things: how decisions get made, how work gets divided, where the friction actually comes from. The second session is for intact teams, after the first.
Everyone takes the full CliftonStrengths 34 assessment ahead of time.
One 3-Hour Session
For a leadership team that wants everyone working from the same understanding of what employees need.
Three hours, in two parts. The first names the twelve things every employee needs to do their best work, and gives each leader a clear read on where their own team stands. The second turns that into action: which needs a leader owns outright, which ones they can influence, and the one thing each of them will do next.
Some leaders will recognize what they already do well and finally have language for it. Others will see something they hadn't considered. Everyone leaves working from the same twelve.
What It Costs
CliftonStrengths Coaching $2,500 to begin, which includes your full CliftonStrengths 34 assessment and six sessions. $400 per session after that. Coaching is virtual. If you're in the Milwaukee area, we can discuss meeting in person instead.
CliftonStrengths for Teams $6,000, plus $100 per person for assessments and materials.
Engagement Essentials $3,000. Materials included for up to 25 people, then $10 per person.
Team sessions happen at your location, anywhere in Southeast and Northeast Wisconsin. Travel fees may apply beyond this region.
What People Are Saying
"Karin joined our strategy planning meeting to help the team gain a deeper understanding of our individual strengths and how they complement one another. Throughout the sessions, we kept our strengths front and center, recognizing and celebrating how each person's unique talents contributed to our goals. By the end, the team felt more connected, energized, and unified in purpose."
Anne Baehnman, Corporate Communication Manager
"Karin came in exceptionally prepared and created an environment that was engaging, thoughtful, and genuinely energizing. Our team didn't just learn about their strengths, they learned how to apply them to communicate better, collaborate more effectively, and perform at a higher level both individually and as a group."
Dr. Krysti Wick, CEO and Founder
"One of the most valuable takeaways from my personal coaching sessions with Karin was the opportunity to identify my key strengths and become more aware of my areas for improvement. This self-awareness has been instrumental in shaping my leadership approach and has allowed me to leverage my talents more effectively."
Sean Fagundes, Chief Technology Officer
The SPARK Leadership Development Series™
Some teams arrive here after a single session, having seen what strengths or engagement work does and wanting to know what else is possible. Others come knowing from the start that they want a sustained partnership rather than a day. Both land in the same place.
SPARK is ten sessions for an intact leadership team, delivered over a year or two. It's built as a developmental journey, because emotional intelligence develops in a sequence. You become aware of yourself. Then you learn to manage yourself. Then you can read other people accurately. Only then can you lead them well. Each stage opens up the one that follows it, which is why a year of this does something a day of it can't.
Running alongside that is the practical side. Giving feedback people can actually hear. Knowing what your employees need and how to give it. Setting goals that fit how your team is genuinely built. Leadership is both a mindset and a skill set, and the series develops both at once, one stage at a time.
The SPARK Leadership Development Series™ Progression
S — See Yourself Clearly. Self-awareness. Strengths named, and how the team's strengths fit together.
P — Plan Your Impact. Self-management. Values, the armor we put on under pressure, and goals that match how you're built.
A — Align Your Actions with Impact. Social awareness. How your behavior lands on other people, and leading through strengths rather than around them.
R — Rally Engagement. Relationship management. What employees need, and how a leader gives it.
K — Keep Thriving. The fifth stage is mine, and it's the reason the rest holds. Resilience, wellbeing, and habits that survive a hard year.
CliftonStrengths for Teams and Engagement Essentials are both part of this series, so a team that has done either one has already completed that part of it. Everything you've invested credits toward the series as long as you commit within six months of your first session.
Price is quoted by team size.
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Start With a Conversation
Not sure which of these is right for your team? That's what a first conversation is for.
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info@sparkengagement.com or (414) 667-7275