About Us

Kavi Consulting Services is a boutique consulting firm dedicated to creating a peaceful, thriving, and sustainable world - one community, organization, and individual at a time.

We've worked with domestic and international nonprofits and corporations, social enterprises, political campaigns, and small businesses. Although we have worked with a broad range of sectors, our deepest experience lies in the arts; education; faith communities; healthcare; tech for good; and environmental sustainability.

The thing all of our clients have in common is their relentless commitment to creating a world that is whole and good.

 

We Bring A Unique Approach Because

You Are Not Just Another Client To Us

 
 
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We Customize

Our structure allows us to customize each engagement to meet your unique needs and opportunities.

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We Collaborate

In addition to collaborating with you throughout the process, we partner with a number of organizations so that we can nimbly adapt the resources we bring to your organization.

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We Thrive In The Complex

Our structure and unique blend of expertise makes us ideally suited to work in complex situations. Is it time to create a strategic plan but your board is ready to fire the CEO? Do you need to look for your next CEO but your search committee members are suing each other? We are the firm for you.

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We Create Sustainable Change

We believe it is our job to ensure you can thrive without us and create a foundation for sustainable change as each engagement is unfolding.

 

WhY THE NAME?

People frequently ask the story behind our name.  Pronounced KAV-EE, Kavi is the Sanskrit word for Insight. In 2017 when Lisa Stokes Nicholas was contemplating the formation of a consulting firm, she interviewed her former clients to determine what unique value Ms. Nicholas brought to their partnerships and determine if that work had a lasting impact on them and the world.   The former clients resoundingly responded that Ms Nicholas gave them insight into their organization, operating environment, and themselves that continued to propel their work forward.