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SERVICES TO MAINE NONPROFIT LEADERS
- Leadership Development
- Board development
- Organizational culture
- Strategic thinking and planning
- Evaluation
- Executive coaching
- Training development and delivery
- Retreat planning and facilitation
- Meeting facilitation
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: every act an executive director or board chair makes is a leadership act. Vibrant organizations depend on this team having an effective working relationship based on trust.
We offer the following services to build the leadership team:
- Executive coaching
- Board chair and executive director coaching
- KOLBE Assessment
- Paddling the Rapids Forums for executive directors
- Paddling the Rapids Forums for board chairs
- Retreats and workshops
- Interim director services
- Transition and succession planning
BOARD DEVELOPMENT: as stewards of the organization’s mission, nonprofit boards need to understand their roles and responsibilities and also have the skills to carry them out. Volunteers come with a deep commitment, and often need to develop governance skills.
We build a board’s capacity based on best practices by:
- Designing and facilitating board-building retreats
- to understand board roles and responsibilities
- to improve board meetings
- to develop committee structures
- to increase generative thinking
- Board coaching
ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE: when organizations align their values with their internal actions, the organizational culture becomes vibrantly mission-driven.
The services we offer to articulate and strengthen organizational culture are:
- Use and debriefing of the McKinsey Assessment
- Use and debriefing of CCAT Assessment tool
- Design and facilitation of internal retreats, workshops, dialogues
- Staff/team coaching
- KOLBE Assessment consulations and debriefing
STRATEGIC THINKING & PLANNING: a ship with a rudder will track towards its destination through strong currents and the high winds of change. Strategic thinking is an organizational skill which positions organizations to anticipate changes and look for opportunities in this complex and quick-changing environment. Strategic planning charts a compelling future course around which resources are aligned.
We offer:
- Coaching to develop strategic thinking throughout the organization
- Design and facilitation of strategic planning with board and stakeholders
- Use of online survey tools to obtain targeted input from stakeholders
- Interim director services
EVALUATION: individuals and organizations that develop a practice of self-reflection and ongoing evaluation make shifts, pro-actively acquiring a resiliency in the process. How can we build evaluation into the fabric of our organizations so that it informs our decisions and makes us stronger?
To explore this question, we offer:
- Design of evaluation practices and tools
- Coaching of the board around executive director evaluation
- KOLBE Assessment
- Workshop design and facilitation
THE CONTRACTING PROCESS
We believe that our clients have unique needs and reasons for contacting us as potential consultants. Our first meeting is at no charge. During this meeting we explore the issues to be addressed and determine if our team, or one of us is the best match for your desired outcomes.
INFORMATION
If you are interested in participating in a Paddling the Rapids forum, initiating consultation work, coaching, or inquiring about processes contact Carol Carriuolo and Deb Burwell by email or at 207-781-9816 or 338-2162.
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