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 Every day we at Valtas are brought into nonprofit organizations to help them have difficult conversations. Whether these conversations are related to the strategy, culture, leadership, direction, or day-to-day operations, we help facilitate respectful communication and strategic mission-setting to move the organization forward.
Recently, our team got together to share some of the key lessons we’ve learned along the way and shed light on the type of approaches we take to help you do the same at your organization.
Nonprofit leadership retreats can be used to get new leaders comfortable with the rest of the team, tackle major organizational challenges without the distractions of the office, repair an organization’s broken culture, or even strategize through a major organizational shift. If your organization is facing a period where significant reflection or serious consideration is needed, gathering the leadership team together is a great way to prepare for what’s ahead. But an effective nonprofit retreat won’t just happen on its own. It requires careful planning and preparation to ensure that it will be time (and money!) well spent.
In a worst-case scenario, this dissonance results in the Board marginalizing the ED as just a passionate campaigner for the cause and writing off their opinion altogether, and the ED developing resentment and distrust towards their Board Members. The power struggle that ensues becomes a battle over dominance and recognition for the ways in which each can contribute to the success of the organization. Obviously, a situation like this never ends well! The toxic culture that develops as a result typically leads to turnover on the Board or the ED role (or both!). So, who’s right?
Whose opinion counts the most – the Board or the Executive Director?
One of the hardest decisions that a board can make is deciding what the future of the organization will look like if there’s a problem that’s big enough to consider sunsetting the organization instead. If one of the questions on the table is whether you can continue to deliver on your mission, it’s important to evaluate whether investing more is actually going to fix the underlying problem.
The ultimate question is really, “Is the organization worth saving?”
External marketing efforts and internal communications play pivotal roles in raising awareness as well as executing their strategic vision. The most effective nonprofit marketing will drive action among key stakeholders, increasing support and engagement.
So, would your organization’s marketing and communications efforts get a passing grade? |
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