COACHING LEADERS

ASK ALICE to meet one-on-one with you, if you’re a managers, board president or executive director. The focus may be to help you:

• Plan an inclusive process for leading a change effort

• Improve the working relationship between nonprofit Executive Directors/CEO’s and boards or new board presidents

1. •Understand governing (separate from managing) a nonprofit organization
   

    when serving on a Board of Directors or as Executive Director

• Help a team, board, task force or council, in business and nonprofits, improve their meetings, collaborate and make better group decisions

CLIENT KUDOS

    My time spent with you was very productive and positive.  You were able to take some fairly complex concepts and simplify, clarify and describe them to me in such a way that I could then place them within the frame work of my organization.  You helped me see "the big picture" when I was getting bogged down with the minutia of my work.  I can’t thank you enough!

Executive Director, Ross Valley Ecumenical Housing Association

PROCESS CONSULTING WITH GROUPS

ASK ALICE to provide you with guidance in Strategic Planning, Continuous Improvement and Alliance or Merger Exploration

Strategy Planning: Commitment through Engagement

    Alice will meet with your leadership to coach them on the process of engaging other members of their teams.  Through personal involvement you will be able to co-develop plans and gain commitment (buy-in) to implement the plans. (“Buy-in” comes from “bring-in” of people into the process - not selling a solution.)

Continuous Improvement or Quality Team Methods

    Is your workgroup tasked with improving the quality of products or processes?  Alice’s experience in the quality movement with a program she developed called “Work Improvement Network” will benefit you.  She can help you learn the team tools and techniques to keep your meetings focused, solve problems and make breakthroughs.

Collaboration, Alliance and Merger Exploration

    Has the “M-Word” come up recently?  Before considering a merger or “corporate marriage”, explore your options through a “structured courtship” where two organizations will take a clear and deep look at whether there is potential for one of many types of strategic alliances.  Alice’s training from LaPiana and Associates (and direct experience) has given her valuable methods to help you explore options before committing.  Avoid being included in the statistic of failed mergers.

CLIENT KUDOS

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Alice Collier Cochran • email • 415.457.8997