Productivity Coaching  ·  Team Training  ·  Speaking & Facilitation

Work should feel easier.

Let’s figure out why it doesn’t.

For driven business owners and the teams they lead.

You’re not doing it wrong. You’re just solving the wrong problem.

Productivity coach Lisa Mallis

For over 15 years, Lisa has helped driven business owners and organizations make work feel easier. Not by adding more – by finally understanding what’s in the way.

The work looks different for everyone.
Let’s find what fits you.

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You’re here for yourself.

You’re capable, experienced, and still buried. Nights, weekends, inbox, decisions – it all comes back to you. You don’t need to work harder. You need to understand why – and build a practical way out.

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You’re here for your group.

Your people are talented. But communication breaks down, priorities compete, and the same problems keep coming back. The right training doesn’t just fix the friction – it changes how your team works together from that day forward.

Not sure which fits? Let’s talk – schedule a quick call →

Organizations that said yes — and haven’t looked back.

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“Lisa was compassionate and really took time to get to know me. She helped me weed out time-zapping clutter and gave me tools that immediately helped me accomplish more each day in less time.”

Kim Skala, Principal Agent / Owner, Skala Insurance Agency LLC

Kim Skala
Principal Agent / Owner
Skala Insurance Agency LLC

“Our team raised $83K in new donations, tripled our project load, and I took three weeks in Europe without a single work call. Lisa helped us build a nonprofit that finally runs without me holding it together.”

Kimm Leininger, President & CEO, Geauga Growth Partnership

Kimm Leininger
President & CEO,
Geauga Growth Partnership

How we work together

One coach. Three ways in.

Productivity Coaching

One-on-one coaching to help business owners get out of the weeds, stop being the bottleneck, and build practical habits that fit the way they naturally work.

Team & Board Training

Ongoing training programs and workshops built around your organization – not a cookie-cutter curriculum. Available as a single session or an ongoing partnership.

Speaking & Facilitation

Interactive, engaging sessions that leave your audience with practical tools they can put to work before they leave the room.

Productivity and capacity coaching with Lisa Mallis

Meet Lisa

She doesn’t start with answers. She starts with the right questions.

Lisa Crilley Mallis is a time strategist, certified coach, and facilitator who has spent over 15 years helping business owners and organizations see what’s actually happening – and take the next practical step with confidence.

Most people who find their way here have already tried the systems. Lisa doesn’t start there. She starts with a question – and builds from what’s already working. Then helps you fix what isn’t.

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The questions we hear before every first call

Lisa helps business owners and organizations make work easier – by replacing guesswork with practical thinking tools they can actually use. Less reacting. Less redoing. More breathing room.

Two kinds of people find their way here. Business owners who are doing all the right things but still can’t catch their breath. And organizational leaders – executive directors, board chairs, HR directors – who know their people are capable of more.

Simple gut check: is the challenge yours, or is it shared? If it’s personal – your schedule, your focus, your decisions – coaching is the fit. If it’s collective – your team’s communication, your board’s engagement – training is where we start. Either way, a quick call makes it clear fast.

Always. Cookie-cutter programs aren’t really my thing. Every training program is built around your organization’s specific people, goals, and challenges – not a template.


It’s a training session that helps boards and teams figure out who should actually be doing what. When talented people are in the wrong roles, everything feels harder than it should. This training fixes that – without the awkward conversations.


Both. It depends on your organization – and that’s exactly what we figure out together. There’s no predetermined path, just the right one for your team.

Stay in the loop

Practical thinking, straight to your inbox.

Real observations, real patterns, real next steps – from someone who’s been in the room when the same problems keep showing up. Short enough to read. Useful enough to use.


Ready to Talk?

Twenty minutes and you’ll know exactly where to start.

No pitch. No pressure. Just a real conversation about what’s getting in the way – and what to do about it.