Build Brilliance! Shine bright!

Drive Innovation, Light Change

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We help organizations unlock the full brilliance of their people.
At Guiding Star Communications and Consulting Inc., we accelerate performance, spark resilience, and build cultures that shine.
Our expertise spans marketing, strategic planning, adult learning, ideation, mentoring, and events — all focused on human potential.
Work should work — with insight, energy, and purpose. We help make it so.

Who We Work With

If you're a forward-looking organization — corporate, non-profit, or public sector — and you care about:

  • Building engaged, resilient teams
  • Turning learning into action
  • Getting bold about culture, leadership, or storytelling
  • Solving real problems with human-centered strategy

Then you’re in the right place. Let’s talk.

Culture and Engagement

We assess and activate the core of your culture —building resilience, connection, and organizational health that lasts.

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Mentoring and Coaching

We unlock the wisdom within — helping your people grow, guide, and thrive through structured mentoring and coaching.

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Learning

We design learning that sticks — digital or in-person, always strategic, always shaped by your reality.

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Marketing Communications

We craft messages that resonate and ripple — telling stories that spark belief, trust, and action.

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Market Insight

We turn feedback into foresight — uncovering insights through research, conversations, and data that matter.

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Group Facilitation

We lead conversations that count — using facilitation, and smart engagement to surface what’s real and what’s next.

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Our Software Tools:
We Leverage These for Exceptional Results!

Drive Learning Deep

Safely explore the challenging scenarios of work. Socially and online!

Unlimited. Human. Intelligence.

Want to follow-up on something in your original survey? Now you can.

Go Beyond Events!

The do-it-yourself online platform for private event management!

Understand the Customer Journey

Map and explore the customer journey. Then master it!

Drive Employee Engagement!

Find paths to elevated employee engagement.

Your Culture, Explored

Uncover your organization's culture. Then improve it!

Building Magnetic,
Resilient Organizations

We help organizations become magnetic workplaces — driven by purpose, fueled by people, and designed for real resilience.
Our work turns insight into action, uncovering what makes your organization thrive —and clearing the path to greatness.

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A happy energetic team

Inventive. Intense. Inspiring.

Guiding Star founder Todd Kasenberg shares a personal lens on what it’s like to work with us — and why these “I-words” matter in how we deliver value.
Catch the story. It’s a quick watch with a lasting glow.

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Level 5 Learning: Beyond Results

Most training stops at “Did it work?” — but real change happens when competencies evolve. Level 5 Learning goes deeper, measuring lasting shifts in capability and culture that drive true ROI. Discover the next frontier of learning.

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When You Need a
Guiding Star...

When clarity matters most, a little extra light goes a long way. Here’s where we help organizations shine.

Develop a new training program (or level up after training)

Build a marketing plan that actually lives and breathes

Fix a culture that’s quietly defeating you

Migrate your training to e-learning or blended learning

Boost your customer service where it matters most

Understand your customers’ journeys to (and away from) you

Launch a mentoring or coaching program without breaking the bank

Starlight is the blog of Todd Kasenberg, Principal of Guiding Star Communications and Consulting, and any invited guests. This blog covers a range of topics that include e-learning, customer experience, journey mapping, loyalty, marketing strategy, market research, and organizational culture. In other words - it's got a lot of gems for many different readers, but readers might have to be patient to find what works for them.  Enjoy!

Build Brilliance. Shine Bright.

When you work with Guiding Star, you ignite real transformation — in your people, your teams, and your impact. Let's spark light, warmth, and lasting excellence for your customers, donors, and stakeholders.

Reach out today. Let's build something brilliant together.

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