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Leading for Impact® Clear priorities, supporting better decisions about resource allocation going forward How effectively does the organization design support the strategy? Identification of root causes of internal challenges, with focused solutions to strengthen effectiveness What funding model(s) will sustain the organization’s strategy most effectively? Refined funding model supporting more effective use of fund development capacity Clear priorities, supporting better decisions about resource allocation going forward Plans and processes in place to develop, or acquire, leaders with the capabilities required for future success The big question The results ORGANIZATION Effectiveness FUNDING Models Developing Future LEADERS STRATEGIC Clarity Customized, team-led projects During the program, Bridgespan works closely with each CEO and his/her team to understand the organization’s priorities and opportunities to achieve greater results. With Bridgespan’s support, teams complete two projects designed to address those priorities. Each project lasts approximately six months and may focus on questions of strategy, organization, funding, or leadership development priorities—depending on the nonprofit’s particular situation. About the Program The Bridgespan Group is a nonproft advisor and resource for mission-driven organizations and philanthropists. Our program, Leading for Impact®, is designed to strengthen nonproft leadership teams, build strategic decision-making capacity, and enhance team dynamics through a strategic management curriculum developed over our 15 years of experience Leading for Impact® is facilitated by Bridgespan, a highly respected provider of nonprofit consulting services. Founded in 2000, Bridgespan has provided strategic planning and philanthropic advising to over 1,000 NGOs globally and is the sector’s leading producer of nonprofit management research. The Leading for Impact® curriculum draws directly from this experience. Participating organizations receive support for two years, including coaching to executive teams as they apply new management tools and approaches within their organization. Leading for Impact® is an innovative, city-based program designed to help ambitious nonprofits pursue strategic opportunities and build capacity to both improve their performance over time and achieve greater, local impact. The program has two core components: • Customized, team-led projects: With coaching support, each executive team completes two customized projects addressing strategic questions facing the organization • Executive team development: Each executive team also receives training in strategic management concepts and tools through a series of day-long workshops What impact does the organization want to have and how can we achieve it?
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Clear priorities, supporting better decisions about resource allocation going forward
How effectively does the organization design support the strategy?
Identification of root causes of internal challenges, with focused solutions to strengthen effectiveness
What funding model(s) will sustain the organization’s strategy most effectively?
Refined funding model supporting more effective use of fund development capacity
Clear priorities, supporting better decisions about resource allocation going forward
Plans and processes in place to develop, or acquire, leaders with the capabilities required for future success
The big question
The results
ORGANIZATIONEffectiveness
FUNDING Models
Developing Future LEADERS
STRATEGIC Clarity
Customized, team-led projectsDuring the program, Bridgespan works closely with each CEO and his/her team to understand the organization’s priorities and opportunities to achieve greater results. With Bridgespan’s support, teams complete two projects designed to address those priorities. Each project lasts approximately six months and may focus on questions of strategy, organization, funding, or leadership development priorities—depending on the nonprofit’s particular situation.
About the Program
The Bridgespan Group is a nonproft advisor and resource for mission-driven organizations and philanthropists. Our program, Leading for Impact®, is designed to strengthen nonproft leadership teams, build strategic decision-making capacity, and enhance team dynamics through a strategic management curriculum developed over our 15 years of experience
Leading for Impact® is facilitated by Bridgespan, a highly respected provider of nonprofit consulting services. Founded in 2000, Bridgespan has provided strategic planning and philanthropic advising to over 1,000 NGOs globally and is the sector’s leading producer of nonprofit management research. The Leading for Impact® curriculum draws directly from this experience. Participating organizations receive support for two years, including coaching to executive teams as they apply new management tools and approaches within their organization.
Leading for Impact® is an innovative, city-based program designed to help ambitious nonprofits pursue strategic opportunities and build capacity to both improve their performance over time and achieve greater, local impact. The program has two core components:• Customized, team-led projects: With coaching support, each executive team completes two customized projects addressing strategic questions facing the organization• Executive team development: Each executive team also receives training in strategic management concepts and tools through a series of day-long workshops
What impact does the organization want to have and how can we achieve it?
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Executive teams are composed of individual experts with diverse experiences and skills. While this diversity makes a team strong, success in the projects (and in leadership of an organization over time) requires common, strategic goals and approaches to driving action. During the first six months of the program, Leading for Impact® builds this shared foundation through a monthly series of classroom-based workshops, exploring the core elements of effective strategy and organization management. The sessions are designed to be highly interactive, emphasizing the application of concepts and tools to each team’s opportunities.
Leading for Impact® will be most valuable for organizations that anticipate making meaningful strategic decisions over the next several years. To help assess fit, Bridgespan will meet one-on-one with interested CEOs to provide an overview of the Leading for Impact® program model and to better understand the strategic questions and opportunities facing the organization, as well team capacity to engage. Each organization can then decide whether to apply.
Examples of Leading for Impact® participants in other cities include large community-based organizations (e.g., Lutheran Services of Georgia, Easter Seals North Georgia), local affiliates of national networks (e.g., KIPP of Metro Atlanta, Year Up Atlanta, American Red Cross of Georgia, Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco, Boys & Girls Club of Metro Atlanta, TFA Metro Atlanta), and emerging social sector innovators (e.g., MedShare, Pencils of Promise, Peer Health Exchange).
To learn more about Leading for Impact® and hear directly from participants via video visit: www.bridgespan.org/LeadingforImpact or contact [email protected] with any questions.
