About Us
Patricia Teall Vincent works to raise hope by strengthening communities through policy and coaching.
Mark L. Vincent is an executive advisor who loves leaders who love leaders. He continues to grow his capacity for wise advising, artful facilitation, and client-specific presentations.
How We Got Started
Mark is the Founder of Design Group International, the Society for Process Consulting and Maestro-level leaders, now devoting his time to executive advising, especially with experienced executives facing their Third Turns.
Patricia spent years strengthening communities abroad and domestically. She invests in people committed to raising hope in their communities by listening to them and helping them think about how to form and understand policy.
Together, Teall Vincent Enteprises provides a base from which to continue their work.
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"Mark and his founded organizations have helped me grow personally and professionally but understanding the mindset of process consulting, especially the aspect of helping by listening. "
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"I’ve worked closely with Mark on a leadership transition process. He has brought excellent guidance, energy and effectiveness as he’s helped guide the team. "
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In addition to the excellent response from Steve Smith, I'd add that it is good to establish a metric of your pipeline building activities. Without that you will think you've never done enough, which is a low-grade anxiety. Anxiety is not a consultant's friend. Hunger is, not anxiety.
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In addition to the excellent response from Steve Smith, I'd add that it is good to establish a metric of your pipeline building activities. Without that you will think you've never done enough, which is a low-grade anxiety. Anxiety is not a consultant's friend. Hunger is, not anxiety.
Work backwards from the number of clients you want to work with in a given month.
-How many contracts need to be in consideration to produce one that is signed?
-How many proposals need to be generated in order to be invited to provide a contract?
-How many networking conversations, coffees, appointment, RFPs, etc., need to be in front of you in order to have opportunity to provide proposals or statements of work?
-What is a minimum number of marketing touches that are needed to get to those networking conversations?
All questions, answered in a monthly metric, begin to help you divide your time, measure your activities, consistently drill down to what you need to do next, and then to close your computer, turn off the lights and go do something that rests your mind, builds your stamina, brings you joy, and express love.
I don't pop by. Most of my colleagues do not either. We do welcome warm referrals from satisfied clients, or other friends, and always follow up with such introductions, usually offering to by coffee or lunch. We work on relationships, discovering what the needs are, ready to make referrals...
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I don't pop by. Most of my colleagues do not either. We do welcome warm referrals from satisfied clients, or other friends, and always follow up with such introductions, usually offering to by coffee or lunch. We work on relationships, discovering what the needs are, ready to make referrals ourselves. We have learned to make decent use of the idea that generosity sets the stage far better than trying to get something.
In addition to the specific type of planning mentioned below, we've found it helpful to have an private, internal page for our company, as well as an external page for our clients and the larger public.
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In addition to the specific type of planning mentioned below, we've found it helpful to have an private, internal page for our company, as well as an external page for our clients and the larger public.
