My passion is working with dynamic, smart, creative people who are up to doing big things in the world.  

NAISH PARTNERS

People often ask me, who are the partners in Naish Partners?

First, my clients are my partners.
Second, I collaborate with other independent consultants, which allows me to offer a wealth of resources to clients.

The consultants have extensive experience in their areas of expertise including:

Leadership Development and Assessment
Brand Development
Customer Experience & Insights
Market Research
Marketing Communications

MY BACKGROUND

For over 30 years I’ve been employed by and consulted with companies large and small, for profit and nonprofit, and it’s always been about moving to the next level.

I spent the first 15 years of my career working in companies:

  • CEO of The Flavia Group, a privately held licensing and publishing company
  • Executive Vice President of Marketing at YES! Entertainment, a start-up children’s toy company
  • Marketing and Brand Management positions at

– The Walt Disney Company, Consumer Products
– The Clorox Company

Naish Partners began in 1997. Consulting clients have included: Avery Dennison, Charles Schwab, ConocoPhillips, Foundation for Santa Barbara City College, Happy Family Brands, Wall Street Journal Online, as well as many small businesses and nonprofits.

From 2007-2015 I was the Executive Director of Congregation B’nai B’rith, a Reform Jewish Synagogue in Santa Barbara, CA, where I was instrumental in changing the culture, expanding our community, and tripling the budget.

While at CBB I continued consulting part-time and have recently returned to it full time, along with my new venture of facilitating executive leadership retreats and online business results programs.

EDUCATION & OTHER INFO

MBA, The Kellogg School at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
BA, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ

Active Board Member for several non-profit organizations
Business Person of the Year, Santa Barbara Business Digest
International Women’s Forum, Leadership Foundation Fellow
Instructor in the Masters in Organization Management Program at Fielding Institute and in the Marketing Program at University California Santa Barbara

EXAMPLES OF NAISH PARTNERS' IMPACT

Strategic thought partner and leadership coach

A corporate manager who became the leader of a division of a multi-billion-dollar company

Co-founder of a company – started working with me at business plan stage – currently they generate more than $100 million in sales and were acquired by an international multi-billion-dollar company; work with senior team and several departments in the company on leadership, organizational design, process development for high growth company

Entrepreneur – guided him to develop a compelling identity in his field where he went on to become very well known

 

Culture / Strategy / Teams

Worked with staff and volunteers at a non-profit – as a strategic leader – changing culture, doubling membership and tripling revenue

Evaluate staffing structure, recommend and support changes

Work with partners during transition for a retiring partner and a new partner

Lead teams in developing dynamic strategic visions, annual and multi-year plans – for multi-billion dollar and mid-size companies, and nonprofits

Facilitate values identification processes and ways to make them living values

 

Facilitation

Engaged people in dialogue, brought them to the table when tempers were hot and trust was low, and moved them to action

Facilitated the renewed commitment to a long term partnership between a company and its major vendor