INITIAL SCENARIO : 10years ago it was in a relative start-up mode. Founder was chief “everything” officer – development, marketing, programs, admin. You name it, she was doing it.

REMEDY : Through Leadership Solutions, she was encouraged to appreciate the need for a fresh strategic framework with appropriate resources, on a very limited budget , to build an organization that would stand on its own. LSIs involvement enabled her to determine three things:

Strategy – To build a stronger board with a donor message that would attract the resources to operate on a major scale.

Team – To revamp her existing team into a group of highly talented and motivated professionals.

Leadership – As the resources became available, she hired an Executive Director to help share the day-to-day leadership load, so she could concentrate on more strategic and forward thinking activities.

OUTCOME : Ten years later, she sponsors a significant non-profit in her field, has promoted the Executive Director to CEO, and the organization is no longer reliant on its founder.