In recent months my team at Armstrong McGuire has been helping some terrific organizations across North Carolina navigate change – transitions in executive leadership; the loss of long time staff members and volunteers; changes in vision and direction; and growing pains as they seek to serve better or serve more. Listening to the reactions to change among board members, departing executives, nervous staff members, dedicated volunteers and donors, I have sensed their struggle between longing for things to stay the way they are, and embracing the inevitable, unavoidable reality of change.
Why read a post by a consultant about working with a consultant? Because in my experience, things go well, or go south for the same few reasons. Here are five things to talk about in our first meeting to increase the chances of a successful engagement.
Recently I’ve been helping my mom with some issues she’s encountered in her home.
Remember Trivial Pursuit where players answer trivia questions in categories like Sports or Entertainment to win pieces of red or blue plastic pie? Now think of your nonprofit’s revenue sources and ask yourself “What are my revenue pie pieces?” AND “What is the size of each piece of pie?”
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