ManageWise develops exceptional leaders and strong organizations.
Executive coaching and strategic consulting for public-serving organizations and individuals.
We work best in areas that challenge you the most.
ManageWise consults with leaders of public-serving organizations to turn complexity into progress.
ManageWise equips leaders of public-serving organizations to lead with clarity, govern with integrity, and perform at their highest level.
Our coaching and consulting services help leaders navigate challenges, strengthen performance, and move their organizations forward with self-awareness and confidence. We partner with executives, boards, and leadership teams to:
- Strengthen leadership effectiveness
- Sharpen strategic direction
- Improve organizational performance
- Enhance decision-making
- Manage risk and accountability
- Build capacity for long-term success
The result is stronger organizations that deliver better outcomes for the communities they serve.
A trusted partner with valuable expertise
“ManageWise CEO Mary Hull Caballero's experience as a respected elected official and executive manager makes her a trusted partner for those looking for guidance on governance and performance management. Mary is accessible, can translate best practices into actionable procedures, knows how to design processes to ensure accountability, and is fun to work with!”
Jennifer Cooperman
Chief Financial Officer
Built an innovative and influential organization from the ground up
“I worked shoulder-to-shoulder with ManageWise CEO Mary Hull Caballero to grow and sustain a non-profit organization devoted to developing ethical regional leaders on the U.S.-Mexico border. I can attest to her ability to turn an abstract idea into a community asset that measurably improved the critical thinking and analytical skills of the young people who participated in its programs and set them on a path to becoming servant leaders. She built an innovative and influential organization from the ground up. She can assist you in building and sustaining your own organization.”
Pauline Dow
Education Leadership Executive
Leads with integrity and methodical approach to decision-making
“I attribute substantial professional growth to my time working under Mary Hull Caballero’s leadership at the City of Portland. Her integrity and methodical approach to decision-making as an elected official and executive manager continues to influence how I approach my own senior-level management responsibilities. I consider her a leading expert in the public-sector space on matters of governance, performance, and communication, but her knowledge and experience would be valuable to any organization looking to improve.”
Joshua McNeal IV
Assistant City Manager
In the Spotlight: O’Neill Construction Group
Four tips to run a profitable business with a higher purpose
Maurice Rahming and Ali O’Neill started their Portland, Oregon-based business in 1998 as an electrical contractor. It has evolved into O’Neill Construction Group, employing more than 100 people and generating average annual sales greater than $20 million.
O’Neill Construction Group is in the spotlight as a model of succeeding in the private sector while managing a business committed to the greater good.
Insights
Civil rights auditing comes to the private sector
The public rightfully pressed local governments to address how their police departments were engaging communities of color after George Floyd, a Black man, lost his life under the relentless knee of a Minneapolis officer. A lesser-known impact of the 2020 reckoning over who benefited from unconstitutional policing and who bore its burdens occurred in the private sector.
Lessons from the wreckage of program design gone wrong
My hometown newspaper has been rife with stories lately about social service programs that had launched with lofty goals only to crash and burn a year or two later. Three lessons emerge from the debris.
Management tips to survive being audited
Being audited doesn’t have to rank up there with root canals and other things that are eventually good for us but awful in the making. That is, if you understand the audit’s purpose and are prepared.
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