Consulting

Strategic Consulting

Sonya Sigler focuses on strategic consulting and has expertise in the legal, operations and business development functions. She has helped companies at all different stages of growth – from one person startups to public companies. She approaches problem solving with a creative mind while keeping in mind the end goal. She encompasses people, process, and technology in all her work and can run audits, surveys, and gap analyses.

Her strengths are:

  • Organizing chaos

  • Creating something from nothing

  • Distilling large amounts of information down to its essence and communicating that in plain English

  • Advocating for something or someone

  • Thinking in processes from beginning to end of a project or cause

Particular types of consulting include:

AI Competence & Confidence – understanding the tools on the market, their strengths & weaknesses, how best to use them for your team or company purposes

Board Development – leadership development programs, defining board member criteria, and board recruitment

Business Development & Sales – setting up contact systems, sales & business development programs & processes, and sales compensation programs

Fundraising – creating fundraising strategic plans, setting up capital campaigns, ongoing donor development programs, event planning and execution; grant writing and grant writing training

Leadership & Career Development – alignment of goals and actions for efficiency and productivity; individual coaching; team counseling and coaching

Legal – setting up initial legal departments, knowledge management databases, contract management systems, billing systems, client management systems and related audits; intellectual property surveys and audits. licensing programs, copyright, trademark and patent protection programs and related training

Operations – back end operations systems ranging from customer service to finance to Human Resources; work flow systems, databases, and websites

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Thought Leadership

Sonya Sigler is available for keynotes, speaking, training, workshops or panel discussions. Please call 650-593-8281 to schedule a talk or workshop. Books WELCOME to the Next Level: 3 Secrets to Become Unstuck, Take Action, and Rise Higher in Your Career. Author. WELCOME to the Next Level Workbook What’s Next for My Career? Your Guide to …

Writing

Selected Articles & Writing: Sedona Conference Publications Contributions: 2009 (updated 2013) The Sedona Conference® Commentary on Achieving Quality in the E-Discovery Process Achieving_Quality.pdf 2007 The Sedona Conference® Best Practices Commentary on Search & Retrieval Methods (August, 2007) Best_Practices_Retrieval_Methods___revised_cover_and_preface.pdf Book Chapters: George L. Paul, Digital Evidence. WHO chapter Ralph Losey’s Electronic Discovery: New Ideas, Case Law, …

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