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Board Effectiveness
A nonprofit’s Board of Directors is a vital, but often underutilized, resource for the organization, and especially for its leader (it’s lonely at the top.) Through a thoughtful process in partnership with leadership and the Board of Directors, we evaluate the effectiveness of our clients’ Boards, and help them to realize the potential of a high functioning Board through the introduction and implementation of Board best practices, structures and tools.
Talent Recruitment
It can be a challenge to find leaders to advance your nonprofit’s mission. That’s where we come in. Your people are the fuel that makes your organization run. Skilled in nonprofit executive search and staffing, we help you recruit and train visionary leaders with the passion and skills to further your cause. We work closely with you to determine your organization’s need to find and secure the best person for the job.
Operational Effectiveness
Focusing on mission is clearly the most important element of a CEO’s and Board’s job. The challenge is that nonprofits are often asked to do more with less. We partner with our clients to develop or enhance methods and tools for achieving improved organizational and operational efficiency and ensuring that during key inflection points related to transition and/or growth, necessary changes from the organizational and operational status quo are identified and implemented.
Volunteer & Intern Management
We understand that volunteers represent some of the major stakeholders within an organization. Volunteer engagement is essential for most nonprofit institutions. We provide our clients with strategies and practices ranging from volunteer recruitment, training, retention, leadership development and evaluation programs.
Program Development & Project Management
We use best practices to meet our client's project management needs. We work with nonprofit organizations in managing short and long-term projects. We provide project management oversight on a part-time basis for specific programs and projects, or serve as a project practitioner - supporting the institution’s project manager on specific initiatives. Give us your concept and we'll design the program for you.
Organization Development
Running an effective organization translates to achieving great outcomes with limited resources. We conduct thorough organizational reviews and provide our clients with insightful, candid observations about how the design of their organizations impacts outcomes. We partner with nonprofits to structure the organization to best achieve their missions, while recognizing resource constraints and honoring core values. We work diligently and sensitively to ensure that staff are aligned with meaningful positions where they can make an impact. When needed, we translate our knowledge of the organization into effective recruiting for new or open positions.
We can also provide you with an Interim CEO or COO–
Interim Executives Fill a Leadership Gap in Times of Transition
Your long-time CEO retired to spend more time with their family. They were poached by a larger organization. They left the industry. You fired them for cause. No matter the reason for a vacancy, your nonprofit may need an interim leader: someone to hold the reins while you search for a long-term, well-qualified candidate.
Finding the best-fit CEO or COO is a process that can take 6-12 months—even longer, depending on your needs. An interim CEO or COO is often the best solution for shepherding your organization through a transition period. They’ll keep the gears turning and maintain the status quo, so you can focus on finding, vetting and onboarding a new Executive Officer who’s right for the position.
Hiring a temporary CEO or COO provides an instant anchor point for senior staff as they seek to manage the stability of the organization during transition. The role of an interim CEO or COO is to keep focus on the organization’s goals and core values, and push forward with current initiatives. Working with board members and tenured directors, their chief duty is to keep the company on-track while the hunt for a new chief executive is underway.
