Working Toward the Greater Good
One Organization at a Time.
SRL Solutions is a boutique consulting and training firm that partners with non-profits to strengthen strategic planning, leadership, team functioning, and organizational development, and works with government on complex systems change projects.
At the heart of our work is a commitment to sector transformation. That commitment led to the creation of the ED Academy—a program that equips new Executive Directors with the skills, confidence, and tools to build stronger, more resilient organizations.
“SRL Solutions helped us clarify our goals and create a plan of action to achieve them. The strategic plan, training, and ongoing support have been integral to our growth over the last three years.”
Josie Baker, Executive Director, PEERS Alliance
Services
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We blend vision thinking with the practical realities of not-for-profit organizations to create strategic plans that actually get used.
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Our facilitation services are trauma-informed and rooted in intersectional feminist practice, focusing on collaboration, community building, and collective impact. Sara Roach Lewis excels in guiding multi-stakeholder engagements and community consultations, especially in addressing systemic challenges.
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Our coaching philosophy centers around providing a safe, confidential, and non-judgmental space for leaders to explore their challenges and options. We emphasize the importance of self-care as a crucial leadership practice, guiding leaders to find balance and resilience in their roles.
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Sara works with leaders and people closest to the problems and within systems to change them. Strategic thinking, good planning, being comfortable in the discomfort, and not always knowing the path forward means the work can be amazing and gratifying and messy and difficult.
“If you’re considering working with SRL Solutions, just do it. Stop tying yourself in knots. Sara and her team will improve whatever situation they walk into. Period.”
Sue Connolly, UPEI Vice-President, People and Culture (interim)
Our North Star
A belief that gender equity can solve all the world’s problems
Feminist practice and analysis, social justice, and principles of community development
Strategic thinking and people-centred approaches
A desire to work within systems to make them more inclusive
Working with clients and colleagues with a spirit of collaboration and collegiality
Knowledge that the people who are closest to the problem are best suited to solve the problem
An assumption that everyone is doing the best they can in the moment they are in
And a philosophy that we work on things that matter, but we’re not surgeons. Mistakes happen. We acknowledge them. And we learn and grow from them.
“One of the things that I value with Sara is her ability to work together with you to find a solution. She'll never just park a solution with you. She’ll draw it out of you, working with you collaboratively to develop it, and then leave you with enough ownership over the whole thing that you can keep going with it.”
Mark Sandiford, Executive Director, CreativePEI
Our Valued Clients
Proud Sponsor Of
Stan Rogers Folk Festival
Women’s Network PEI
Music PEI
Rollo Bay Fiddle Festival
Community Sector Network - Culture of Care Conference