Creating and Accelerating Momentum
“Let’s identify factors limiting growth and eliminate them; let’s identify factors catalyzing growth and capitalize them.”
We all get in our own way at times. It's almost humorous, isn't it? As hard as we try, we still limit ourselves. As much as we focus on improving, we still miss the mark. The same thing happens in organizations. We need to identify the factor limiting growth and eliminate it then identify those factors catalyzing growth and capitalize on it! That's when we'll experience accelerated organizational momentum.
Grow in Your Systems
Sometimes we limit growth because we struggle to focus on the right things. We know that if we could get our teams focused on that one thing, momentum would be gained. But, for a myriad of reasons, we find our teams majoring in the minors and minoring in the majors - and that is costly, sometimes even deadly!
At other times, we don't even know what those right things are. We know there's change needed because the indicators are staring us in the face with every report. So, we send our teams to that training and implement what we thought would work, but struggle to see much lasting significant change.
We wonder if the investment was worth it. We're missing something somewhere but don't know how to move our organizations forward. That is such a frustrating place to find ourselves in. We don't lack vision. Our teams don't lack initiative. It's not a lack of preparation.
Maybe it's something just inside our reach. Maybe the answer is an outside-the-organization relationship with someone who can help drive change! Let's face it - driving change is an added job for you, your leadership team, and the whole organization!
“I love to be part of someone discovering their gifts and role, developing those gifts, then being launched to deploy those gifts.”
Feedback About Michael Goss Consulting
“Mike Goss has played an integral part in the growth of my business. His commitment to excellence and his desire to be obedient to Christ allows him to walk in a palpable anointing.”
- Josh Quick - Owner, Midsouth Crawlspace Solutions
“Mike is a God-fearing man with a passion for people like I’ve never witnessed. Mike’s ability to take a startup and move it to the next level is amazing. He has a great eye for detail and movement. Mike is very innovative and isn’t scared to jump into try the new if it lines up with the vision. He’s an asset and I wish I could hire him to work exclusively with our organization because he’s been a great help to us.”
- Putalamus White, Executive Director, Jackson Resource Center
“He gathers information by asking the RIGHT questions. He drills down, gets rid of excess, spots opportunities, develops a business model for those opportunities, develops employee competence for those opportunities then EXECUTES.”
- Melanie DiBiase, Vice-president, Heart of David Ministries
SERVICES
Strategic Planning Services
At Momentum Strategy Consulting, our strategic planning services are built around one clear purpose: to help organizations move forward with clarity, alignment, and measurable momentum. We specialize in working alongside leaders to identify the factors limiting growth and eliminate them as well as identify the factors catalyzing growth and capitalize on them.
We understand that even the most visionary leaders and well-intentioned teams can hit barriers. Sometimes, despite strong effort and clear goals, progress stalls. The culprit? A lack of alignment, focus, or execution. That’s where strategic planning becomes more than a document—it becomes a dynamic process of transformation.
Our approach begins with discovery. We partner with you to assess where your organization stands, what's holding it back, and where the greatest opportunities lie. Often, teams find themselves "majoring in the minors"—investing time and energy into the wrong priorities. We help refocus that energy, making sure systems, people, and goals are aligned around what truly drives impact.
Unlike one-size-fits-all solutions, our planning process is tailored to your organization’s unique mission, culture, and capacity. We don’t just deliver strategy—we guide implementation. That includes developing actionable steps, setting clear benchmarks, and ensuring the right structures are in place to sustain momentum long after the initial planning sessions.
Through collaboration, clarity, and coaching, we empower leadership teams to stop reacting and start building. Whether you're launching a new initiative, navigating change, or repositioning your organization for growth, Momentum Strategy Consulting is the partner that helps you lead with purpose and execute with confidence.
Let’s identify what’s slowing you down—and clear the path ahead. Let’s find what’s working—and multiply it. That’s the power of strategic planning with Momentum.
Board Training: Empowering Boards to Lead with Clarity, Purpose, and Impact
At Momentum Strategy Consulting, our board training is built on a foundational truth: “Let’s identify factors limiting growth and eliminate them; let’s identify factors catalyzing growth and capitalize on them.” This isn’t just a catchy phrase—it’s a transformational framework that guides how we equip boards to become high-impact governing bodies.
Too often, boards find themselves busy but ineffective—stuck in cycles of oversight without influence, meetings without movement, and decisions without direction. They care deeply about the mission, but they’re not always sure how to translate that passion into meaningful governance. That’s where Momentum comes in.
Our board training isn’t just informational—it’s diagnostic, developmental, and deeply practical. We begin by helping board members take a step back to assess where the board is operating effectively and where it may be unintentionally limiting organizational growth. Whether it’s lack of clarity around roles, misalignment with executive leadership, ineffective meeting structures, or a reactive culture, we surface the underlying factors holding the board—and ultimately the organization—back.
Once limiting factors are identified, we don’t just point them out—we help boards eliminate them through a structured process of refinement, alignment, and skill development. But we don’t stop there. We also help boards capitalize on their catalytic strengths: board member expertise, visionary leadership, relational influence, and the ability to shape long-term strategy. When these are harnessed intentionally, boards become not just responsible, but remarkably effective.
Key elements of our board training include:
Clarifying Governance vs. Management – Understanding boundaries, responsibilities, and how to support without overstepping.
Strategic Alignment – Ensuring board activity is aligned with organizational vision and measurable outcomes.
Effective Meeting Design – Shifting from informational meetings to strategic, decision-focused engagements.
Board-CEO Relationship Development – Building trust, communication, and shared leadership between board and executive.
Strengths-Based Contribution – Helping board members identify their highest contribution zones and equipping them to serve from their strengths.
Identifying Blind Spots – Courageously confronting the habits, attitudes, or assumptions that may be silently undermining progress.
At Momentum, we believe great boards aren’t just born—they’re built. As one of our clients put it, “Michael Goss gathers information by asking the RIGHT questions… then EXECUTES.” That’s exactly what we bring to your boardroom: clarity, execution, and lasting change.
Ultimately, board training with Momentum Strategy Consulting is about creating a governing body that accelerates growth rather than hinders it. It’s about identifying what’s broken and fixing it—and discovering what’s working and amplifying it.
Let’s identify the factors limiting your board’s impact—and eliminate them; let’s identify the factors catalyzing growth—and capitalize on them. Because when your board functions at its highest capacity, your entire organization gains momentum.
Leadership Coaching: Equipping Individuals and Teams to Lead with Clarity and Drive Growth
The effectiveness of an organization hinges on the strength, alignment, and clarity of its leadership team. Momentum Strategy Consulting, led by Michael Goss, offers leadership team training designed to help your leaders do what every successful organization must: identify the factors limiting growth and eliminate them; identify the factors catalyzing growth and capitalize on them.
In many organizations, leadership teams are passionate, visionary, and committed—but they still hit walls. Despite best efforts, growth stalls. Strategies feel ineffective. Initiatives fade. It’s not a lack of vision, initiative, or preparation—it’s often a lack of clarity and alignment. As Goss puts it, “We all get in our own way at times,” and that includes leadership.
Through Momentum’s leadership team training, we help leaders stop “majoring in the minors” and begin focusing their energy on what truly moves the organization forward. We facilitate a clear-eyed look at what’s working, what’s not, and where your leadership team is leaking energy instead of building momentum.
Sometimes the issue is systemic—teams trying to implement tools or systems that don’t fit their organization. Sometimes the issue is deeper—misaligned values, unclear roles, or internal resistance to change. We help uncover these dynamics and bring them to light, so your leaders can lead with unity, purpose, and renewed energy.
Our process isn’t about adding more to your plate. In fact, it’s often about removing the clutter—those ineffective habits, confusing priorities, or legacy systems that bog down progress. One client described Michael Goss this way: “He gathers information by asking the RIGHT questions. He drills down, gets rid of excess, spots opportunities… and then EXECUTES.”
That’s what sets our training apart. It’s not just about professional development. It’s about building capacity and momentum that lasts.
We also help teams take an honest look at both their strengths and their weaknesses. While the common advice is to focus only on what you're good at, Momentum believes that’s only half the picture. Ignoring your leadership team’s blind spots is like developing a beautiful lakeside retreat while the dam is quietly crumbling. At some point, the water runs out. Sustainable growth requires both leveraging strengths and addressing vulnerabilities head-on.
Another powerful component of our training is implementation. So many leadership teams enthusiastically adopt new systems or ideas, only to watch them lose steam over time. Why? Because launching change without outside guidance often places an unfair burden on leaders already spread thin. Momentum Strategy Consulting comes alongside your team to help not just plan, but sustain real change.
Let’s identify what’s limiting your leadership team’s performance and eliminate it. Let’s identify what’s fueling your growth and capitalize on it. That’s how real momentum is built—and that’s what this training delivers.
Let's Talk About Weaknesses and Strengths
Some have written that we shouldn't focus on our weaknesses much at all - just capitalize on your strengths and you're good. The reason that improving a weakness from a two to a three on a scale of ten won't make nearly the impact as improving a strength from an eight to a nine. I could not agree anymore.
However, focusing on our strengths exclusively and just ignoring our weaknesses as organizations is like investing all of your resources to develop wonderful lodging and recreation areas around a beautiful lake area when you know that the dam is not holding water and the hemorrhage is growing exponentially.
Imagine ignoring that weakness in the dam continually, the level of the water lowering by the day. At some point, you're going to have awesome lakeside accommodations with no lake! That doesn't make much sense.
So, let's identify those factors that are limiting your growth and eliminate them and identify those factors that are catalyzing growth and capitalize on them!
