# Tavlin Consulting / Allison McMillan

> Tavlin Consulting, led by Allison McMillan, provides strategic facilitation, fractional engineering leadership, and advising for engineering teams and leaders. Allison is a former Director of Engineering at GitHub with 25+ years of facilitation experience. The site also hosts a blog with 225+ posts on engineering leadership, team management, offsites, and career development.

## Site Info
- URL: http://www.allisonmcmillan.com
- Contact: allison@allisonmcmillan.com
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/apmcmillan
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/alliep.bsky.social

## Services

### For Teams
- [Offsites & Onsites](http://www.allisonmcmillan.com/offsites-and-onsites/): Multi-day facilitated offsites (2-3 days) that produce strategic decisions, build deep trust, and create action plans. For leadership teams, engineering departments, or cross-functional groups (10-50 people).
- [Workshops](http://www.allisonmcmillan.com/workshops/): Half-day to full-day focused sessions on AI adoption, leadership development, communication, and team effectiveness. For groups of 10-100 people.
- [Conference Experiences](http://www.allisonmcmillan.com/conference-experiences/): Design meaningful conference experiences that create lasting professional connections. For conferences of 100-1000+ attendees.
- [Facilitation](http://www.allisonmcmillan.com/facilitation/): Custom facilitation for groups who want their time together to actually matter. Strategic decisions, deep connection, and clear outcomes.

### For Leaders
- [Fractional VP of Engineering](http://www.allisonmcmillan.com/fractional/): Part-time engineering leadership for growing companies. Strategy, hiring, process improvement, and team development without a full-time hire.
- [1:1 Advising & Mentoring](http://www.allisonmcmillan.com/advising-and-mentoring/): Personalized coaching for engineering leaders on career decisions, team challenges, organizational change, and leadership development.

## Key Pages
- [About](http://www.allisonmcmillan.com/about/): Background on Allison McMillan, including experience at GitHub, DEV Community, and QuotaPath. Former board member and president of Ruby Central.
- [Case Studies](http://www.allisonmcmillan.com/case-studies/): Real client engagement results and outcomes.
- [Facilitation Approach](http://www.allisonmcmillan.com/facilitation/): The methodology and approach for team gatherings.
- [Speaking](http://www.allisonmcmillan.com/speaking/): Conference speaking engagements and topics.
- [Sample Agendas](http://www.allisonmcmillan.com/sample-agendas/): Example agendas for workshops, team gatherings, and strategic planning sessions.
- [Extraordinary Machines](http://www.allisonmcmillan.com/retreat/): Curated peer retreat for leaders.

## Blog
The blog at http://www.allisonmcmillan.com/blog/ contains 225+ posts (2013-present) covering engineering leadership, team management, offsites, facilitation, career development, and the tech industry. RSS feed available at http://www.allisonmcmillan.com/rss.xml.

## Sitemap
http://www.allisonmcmillan.com/sitemap.xml