From neighborhood businesses to regional coalitions — these are the people and organizations we’ve had the honor of walking with.
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Featured Clients
Organizations we've walked with.
We’ve supported neighborhood businesses, community nonprofits, and regional coalitions across Minnesota as they’ve turned overloaded missions into structures that can hold them.
Strength & Strategy Lab · Ecosystem Partner
Neighborhood Development Center (NDC)
Clarified direction and built systems so a powerful story-driven mission could grow without burning out a small, deeply committed team.
Be Great Strategic Planning · Nonprofit
Center for Broadcast Journalism
Aligned vision, roles, and next-step projects so big civic purpose didn’t stall at the committee level — turning overload into structured momentum.
Be Great · Small Business Support
Minneapolis Downtown Council
Strengthened the support around entrepreneurs so their purpose isn’t limited by fragile operations — building structures that hold what they’re carrying.
Strength & Strategy Lab · Cohorts
African Career Education & Resource Inc. (ACER)
Designed readiness paths so new capital and commitments don’t run into the same old purpose ceilings — building something the community can sustain.
Success Stories
What breaking through
looks like.
Real leaders. Real ceilings. Real change.
Be Great · 3-Month Sprint · Small Business
"We finally had language and a plan for what we'd been trying to carry for years."
After years of carrying everything alone and standing at a crossroads decision, this owner left with a clear 90-day plan, two systems documented, and the confidence to make the call she'd been avoiding for three years.
— Minneapolis Small Business Owner · Be Great Graduate
Read the full story →Strength & Strategy Lab · Entrepreneur
"The Strength and Strategy Lab is the two most incredible days in business leadership development you will attend."
Two days that changed the way she leads, plans, and builds — not theory, but real operational clarity she could use immediately.
Molly Henderson · Entrepreneur
Be Great · Strategic Planning
"Something Great is the bridge between vision and the pieces in the box. You help us put the puzzle together for our businesses."
From scattered pieces to a clear, executable strategy — Something Great provided the framework to turn vision into operational reality.
Dwight Wood · Dr. Marketing Stein
Boss Up · Coaching
"I knew from the first meeting… we had fun. It's time to stop dreaming, start doing."
From dreaming to executing — Boss Up gave her the accountability, clarity, and momentum to finally move forward with purpose.
Roseann Stewart · Boss Up Coaching
MDC · Ecosystem Partner
"Something Great is exemplary in its work. They will go behind the scenes of your business and help you build it in the most intentional way."
Behind the scenes, intentional, and deeply effective — exactly the kind of partner that helps organizations build what lasts.
Lisa Middag · Minneapolis Downtown Council
Strength & Strategy Lab · Entrepreneur
"The Strength and Strategy Lab is the two most incredible days in business leadership development you will attend."
Two days that changed the way she leads, plans, and builds — not theory, but real operational clarity she could use immediately.
Molly Henderson · Entrepreneur
Be Great · Strategic Planning
"Something Great is the bridge between vision and the pieces in the box. You help us put the puzzle together for our businesses."
From scattered pieces to a clear, executable strategy — Something Great provided the framework to turn vision into operational reality.
Dwight Wood · Dr. Marketing Stein
Boss Up · Coaching
"I knew from the first meeting… we had fun. It's time to stop dreaming, start doing."
From dreaming to executing — Boss Up gave her the accountability, clarity, and momentum to finally move forward with purpose.
Roseann Stewart · Boss Up Coaching
MDC · Ecosystem Partner
"Something Great is exemplary in its work. They will go behind the scenes of your business and help you build it in the most intentional way."
Behind the scenes, intentional, and deeply effective — exactly the kind of partner that helps organizations build what lasts.
Lisa Middag · Minneapolis Downtown Council
Most programs teach the business and forget about the person. We start with the person — because when leaders know who they are, what they value, and what they're great at, the work becomes an extension of their best self.
Spotlight Videos
See the work
in motion.
Stories, sessions, and moments from the field — real conversations about purpose, structure, and what it takes to break through.
Featured · Strength & Strategy Lab
What it feels like when your purpose outgrows your capacity
A candid conversation from inside an SSL cohort — leaders naming the ceiling, the weight, and what shifted when they finally had structure under what they were carrying.
Octavia "Tav" Treadway · Something Great
Be Great · Client Spotlight
From "I might close" to a confident next chapter
Minneapolis Small Business · Be Great Graduate
Boss Up · Leadership
How one leader stopped being the ceiling
Nonprofit Executive Director · Boss Up Graduate
Teen ESS™ · Youth Program
Students discovering what they're carrying
Teen ESS™ Cohort · High School Program
Event Recaps
SSL Lab Recap — Spring 2025
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Boss Up Cohort Kickoff Recap
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Teen ESS™ Workshop Highlight
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Upcoming Events
See where we
show up next.
From SSL Labs to Boss Up cohort kickoffs and Teen ESS™ workshops — find an event near you or join us virtually.
Strength & Strategy Lab
Strength & Strategy Lab (October 17 & 24 – Two-Day Strategy Session)
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