Organizational Impact
In this area, we work with nonprofit organizations at critical moments in their organization’s life to build their ability to increase impact. Our strategic services team will design this engagement to assess your organization’s current state, identify desired improvements or changes, and articulate and implement practical steps needed to boost impact.
Our engagements integrate coaching, facilitating, and training in the organization development areas of business planning, implementation planning, financial planning, and capacity building – all areas examine critical actions needed to move your organization forward.
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Benefits & Outcomes of Organizational Impact
- Discern the key drivers and opportunities facing the organization
- Understand the implications of key decisions leadership faces
- Understand risks and impacts of various scenarios so you can make a more informed decision on how to move forward
- Create a clear roadmap for how to move forward
- Articulate indicators of success and how to work toward them
- Gain clarity around roles in teams, within the organization, and on the board
- Connect the day-to-day operations to the broader strategy of the organization
Organizational Impact Projects
Organizational impact projects are unique to each organization, and we will tailor an integrated solution to fit your nonprofit’s current needs and opportunities. As a experienced thought partner, we will work alongside you to create actionable steps pulling from resources and planning approaches Propel uses as a capacity builder.
Business planning
Understanding an organization’s business model is a key element of our approach. Our strategic consultants will facilitate a conversation to identify product/service goals, identify operational goals, and translate goals into financial projections. Business plans create insight and steps for organizations starting new initiatives, pivoting or transforming part of the organization’s operations, or identifying revenue and expense drivers.
Financial planning
Financial leaders will work with our consultants to identify key financial drivers for your organization and timely assumptions which inform your upcoming financial decisions. Our approach may include the development of scenarios, clarifying financial strategy, testing financial assumptions, and/or creating financial projections. Financial plans focus on the impacts of significant changes in your financial direction, such as receiving a large unrestricted gift, purchasing a large asset such as a building, or transforming your revenue mix.
Implementation planning
The budget is set and now it is time to execute your strategies and key activities. Our team will work with you to create timelines and clarify roles and responsibilities. Gaining clarity about what will happen at an operational level will help you connect the day-to-day activities of the organization to the strategic goals and mission. Creating a work plan can help you successfully transition from strategic planning to strategic execution.
Capacity building
Our strategic services team will lead an organizational assessment that identifies your organization’s current state and where you want to be from an organizational development perspective. Then, we’ll facilitate the creation of the steps you’ll take to get there – this will focus on the infrastructure of the organization whether it is staffing, culture, DEI commitments, program design, or your mission and vision.