Creative strategy for mission-minded leaders
Pulley Advising helps missional organizations do a lot with a little.
A pulley reduces the force needed to lift a heavy load. Mission-minded organizations working toward significant change and growth want to know where and how to apply that same kind of leverage for outsized impact in the communities they serve.
Trusted by mission-minded organizations
The promise of paradox
Strategic leverage, human-scale solutions.
Pulley Advising is an independent consulting practice that helps mission-minded clients maximize their care and service to others. It supports leaders who want to know where and how to apply strategic leverage for outsized impact while seeking sustainable solutions that honor the human need for beauty, wholeness, and rest.
A pulley is a simple machine that requires relatively little effort to unleash a lot of force. George Herbert’s poem “The Pulley” (1633) speaks to the generative paradox that our human restlessness for meaning and purpose is yoked to our physical need for rest.
How I help
A creative strategy partner for new, small, and midsize organizations.
I come alongside mission-minded companies and organizations to locate and help implement simple, high-impact solutions, including:
01 Leadership and Board Development
02 Organizational Design and Systems Integration
03 Program or Event Design
04 Fundraising and Donor Engagement Strategies
05 Strategic Communications and Marketing
So strength first made a way;/Then beauty flowed, then wisdom, honour, pleasure./When almost all was out, God made a stay,/Perceiving that, alone of all his treasure,/Rest in the bottom lay.
George Herbert, “The Pulley” (1633)
Meet Kate
Strategist, writer, and thinking partner.
Kate Harris is a strategy consultant and writer with a diverse background in government, communications, non-profit management, and the arts.
From working for U.S. Senate leadership and within Oxford University early in her career to executive roles with The Washington Institute, The Fellows Initiative, and the Anglican Church in North America, she brings more than two decades of creative and executive leadership to her partnership with clients who are seeking to change the world for good.
Let’s talk
Where could a little leverage go a long way for you?
Tell me about the change you’re leading. We’ll find the simple, high-impact place to begin.