About Charity Adams
A reformed bad-meeting leader who found a better way.
I’m a strategic planning consultant based on our farm in Cairo, Nebraska. I help groups figure out where they are, where they want to go, and how to actually get there.
How I got here
I grew up in a small Nebraska town about fifteen miles south of where my husband and I farm today. My first career was community and economic development.
We got things done, but not because we had great meetings. We had great people who cared about their town. Honestly, I was a bad meeting leader.
When our meetings changed, I changed. I became someone who supported instead of just did. I learned to bring people’s ideas together, so a leader wasn’t in charge of the work but in charge of helping people co-create outcomes, coordinate their talents and build what they dreamed of.
I learned that not having the same opinion wasn’t the lead-in to a fight. It was an opportunity to listen. I found facilitation. It was the difference.
“I want people to thrive long after I have left.”
What I believe
The path forward is co-created, not declared. I know a lot about planning, and I share it freely. But what I know can’t produce the change. Change comes when a group hears itself say what matters, and that’s why the plans my clients build are the ones they carry out.
Credentials
- Certified ToP® Facilitator (CTF)
- ToP® Mentor Trainer and CTF Certification Coach
- Lumina Spark Practitioner (Spark, Emotion, Leader)
- Co-Owner, Great Plains ToP, LLC
Great Plains ToP
I co-own Great Plains ToP, a regional partnership of certified ToP® facilitators and trainers. When your work needs more than one facilitator, I can bring in colleagues I trust:
- Greta Leach — CTF & Qualified ToP Trainer
- Karie Terhark — ToP® Facilitator & Trainer
- Shelby Pierce — ToP® Facilitator & Apprentice Trainer
- Dennis Kirlin — Apprentice ToP® Facilitator & Trainer
- Kayla Schnuelle — CTF & Qualified ToP Trainer
- John Beranek — CTF & Qualified ToP Trainer
- Kim Howe — CTF & ToP Mentor Trainer
What happens when you reach out
A 30-minute conversation. No cost, no pitch.
Tell me where your group is and what you’re working toward. You’ll leave the call with a recommended process and a realistic timeline for your situation, whether or not we work together.
Not ready to talk yet?
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