Sound Familiar?
You know something's off
Most leaders can describe the symptom long before they can name the cause. These are the ones I hear most often.
Each of those is what the real problem looks like from the outside.
Diagnosis before solutions
Plenty of consultants arrive with a solution already in hand. I arrive with questions.
What you call me about is where we start. What I find in the first few weeks usually sits underneath it.
Listen
I spend the first weeks with your people and your calendar before I recommend anything. Years of leading a school taught me which questions get real answers instead of polite ones.
Diagnose
I trace the turnover or the bottleneck back to whatever is actually producing it, usually a decision nobody revisited or a system nobody built. Then I tell you plainly what I find.
Build
We build around your goals: the systems and the leadership bench to hold up as you grow. Then I hand it off. You keep what makes your organization worth growing, and you don't need me to run it.
What an engagement looks like
Every engagement starts with a diagnostic. From there, we decide together what comes next.
Monthly retainer
Ongoing support shaped around what your organization needs most. Some months that's strategy with you; some months it's building systems with your team. We set the scope together and adjust it as things change.
Systems & hiring audits
An outside look at how work gets done and how you hire, including the things you still do only because nobody stopped.
Leadership development
Programs designed for your organization, so decisions stop routing through one person and your bench gets deeper.
From the leaders I’ve worked with
I'd recommend her to any owner who knows something is wrong but can't see what.
52.7% less workload after the redesign
+6 points profit margin, even after paying for a consultant
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When I brought my business to Yvonne, I knew something was wrong, but I couldn't name what it was. I was tired, doing 100% of the service delivery and admin myself, and I was seriously considering selling. What Yvonne did wasn't just listen — she listened through the noise to figure out what I was actually saying, even when I couldn't articulate it myself. She identified that the real problem was structural: my internal process wasn't sustainable, and no amount of effort was going to fix that without changing the process itself. That was the piece I couldn't see on my own.
She refused to let me throw the business away. Instead, she rebuilt the systems underneath it — first creating infrastructure that let the business run across multiple users, then redesigning the evaluation process itself to be dramatically more efficient. In 2026 alone, that shift cut evaluation time by more than half. We also restructured how services were priced, which strengthened the business's margins.
Six months after we started, I went from 'considering an exit' to confident the business actually works — and works without me having to do everything myself. Yvonne has this rare mix of being able to figure out what people are saying when they don't even know what they're saying themselves, while also building the practical systems to fix it. She doesn't just make a business more efficient — she makes it scalable. I'd recommend her to any owner who knows something is wrong but can't see what.
She told us our shortfalls, and that's exactly what we needed.
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When we first started talking with Yvonne about NZone Sports, we had a vision and training, but we were still looking for the right opportunity to put it all into action. We owned a franchise, but we didn't have a clear focus or path.
Yvonne asked questions nobody had asked us. She found a need for what we offered in home schools before we even knew there was one. As a school leader, she saw what her students were missing, and she brought us in to run an after-school sports program for them. She truly believed her students deserved a physical fitness program. It was the first home school program we ever had. Partnering with home schools had never come up anywhere in our franchise, and it was a refreshing idea.
She did more than bring us in. She brought the program to us. Every time we hit a problem, she had a solution, and she helped us keep it from happening again. Over two years, the partnership gave us revenue, but more importantly, it gave us a baseline. Yvonne's honest feedback showed us what we were missing: how to group kids by age, how many coaches each group needs, and what has to be in place before we launch. Her feedback became our roadmap, and we're using it now as we plan what's next.
More than anything, Yvonne helped us see what NZone could be: a specialized home school program, something the franchise's curriculum didn't offer at the time. She's a problem solver with great ideas. She's a good listener, she's open to feedback, and she is patient in the problem-solving process. She told us our shortfalls, and that's exactly what we needed.
Anyone who works with Yvonne is going to get more than they expect.
Questions people ask before they call
What does “fractional” mean?
You get senior leadership experience for part of the month, without hiring a full-time executive. I work alongside you and your team for as long as the work needs me, then hand it off.
Who do you work with?
Founders and leaders of schools, nonprofits, and growing businesses. Most are at a point where what got them here isn’t carrying them forward, and they can feel it before they can name it.
What if I don’t know what the problem is?
That’s the most common way people start. Tell me what you’re noticing. Figuring out what’s underneath it is the first part of my job.
How does an engagement start?
With a free first conversation by phone, Zoom, or in person, whichever you prefer. Once we decide to work together, I start with a diagnostic: time with your people and a close look at how the work actually gets done. Depending on the size of your organization, it takes days to weeks, and it’s part of the engagement, not an extra cost.
How much does it cost?
Every engagement has a fixed monthly price, set after our first conversation once I understand what you need. You’ll know the full cost before you commit to anything, and that first conversation is free.
How long does it last?
Anywhere from a few months to a year, depending on how deep the problem goes. Systemic change takes time to land.
Do you work outside Colorado Springs?
Yes. I’m based in Colorado Springs and work with organizations across the country, in person or remotely, depending on what the work needs.
What don’t you do?
I don’t run your programs or your daily operations, and I don’t write grants. I build the systems your team runs.
What happens when you’re done?
You keep the systems, and your team knows how to run them. The goal is for you to stop needing me.
Have a different question? Call or text 719-318-8200.
Start with what you're noticing.
Tell me what's going on. I'll reach out to set up a time to talk.
About
Hi, I'm Yvonne
I spent twenty-six years leading inside complex organizations, seventeen of them as the founding principal of Thrive Home School Academy. A school is an unforgiving training ground: everyone has a legitimate stake, and none of them agree. It taught me how to listen into messy problems and build systems that hold as an organization grows.
Now I do that work fractionally, for schools, nonprofits, and growing businesses. I find what's not working, build the fix around your goals, and hand it off. If something in your organization feels off and you can't quite name it, that's exactly the conversation I want to have.
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Let's find out what's really going on
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