CONSULTING SERVICES

Interim leadership, transitions, and executive search

• Interim leadership for organizations experiencing a transition in their executive director or staff leadership role

  • Read this blog post for a guide to interim executive director services

• Assistance provided to the board of directors in their search for an executive director or staff leader

  • Read these blog posts for a guide to executive search and service profile for executive search

Planning and Facilitation

• Strategic planning: planning for organizations including mission, vision, values, goals, strategies, and success measures

  • Read these blog posts for my approach to mission, vision, and values and strategic planning

• Leadership planning for individuals: personal and professional development plans with vision, strategies, and actions

  • Read this blog post for a service profile of leadership planning for individuals

• Mini strategic planning: planning for staff teams, boards, and/or smaller organizations that can benefit from a truncated planning process and quick timeline

  • Read this blog post for a service profile of mini strategic planning

• Work planning: clear, action-oriented plans with specific deadlines and results

  • Read this blog post for my approach to work plans

• Assessments: pragmatic organization and program assessments, analysis, and recommendations

  • Read this blog post for my approach to assessments

• Facilitation: practical, participatory, consensus-based facilitation

Technical Assistance and Project Management

• Organization manuals, policies, and procedures

• Nonprofit governance: board policies and procedures, board engagement, recruitment, orientation, evaluation

  • Read these blog posts for my approach to board recruitment and board orientation

Mediation

• Mediation services for conflict and disputes

  • Read this blog post to learn more about mediation and what types of services I provide

Training

• Executive Director School

  • Training and leadership development for new executive directors, staff leaders, interim executive directors, and those wanting to move into a nonprofit leadership role.

    Training modules include:

    • Leadership Approach and Style

    • Board Partnership and Liaison

    • Budget, Finance, and Fundraising

    • Workplace Culture, Staff Development and Management

    • Operations

    • Optional individual session