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Management
Team Risk
Assessment While most organizations spend
a considerable amount of time and resources on the recruitment and
selection of key staff, few develop plans to minimize the organization's
vulnerability to unplanned management change when those people leave.
Management Team Risk Assessment is the process of identifying and
assessing an organization's vulnerability to the sudden and unplanned
departure of key member of the management team. Without warning,
the clear picture of the future is suddenly muddled by a pressing
need to swiftly make major decisions that could affect the organization's
success for years to come.
It should not have to occur that way. Organizations have disaster
plans for a fire or flood, redundancies in their information technology
systems and lawyers to advise of legal vulnerabilities. Why not
be ready with a plan in place when a sudden change in key management
occurs?
The Ashland Group can help your executive
management team prepare for the unexpected with a complete Management
Team Risk Assessment project. Let's sit down and talk today and
not wait until something happens.
To arrange a meeting to discuss your organization's
future, call Larry Grinwis, Senior Consultant of The Ashland Group
at 616-399-5803.
Leadership
Transition
The departure of the chief executive can
be a period of significant risk and vulnerability for an organization.
Key stakeholders including the board of directors, organization
staff and funders/contributors become nervous and unsettled over
the vacuum that has occurred.
The need for fast action to replace a
key person is evident, but what about the risk of acting too swiftly
and selecting the wrong person to lead the organization?
One solid option--even before your organizations
starts advertising for a new leader--is to consider appointing a
seasoned executive in the capacity of Interim Executive while the
leadership transition occurs.
The appointment of an outside interim
executive can help an organization in several ways.
- It provides proven, experienced leadership.
- It stabilizes the corporate culture
during transition.
- It allows everyone to stay in their
roles and do their jobs.
- It avoids the potential loss of an
internal interim who is not chosen.
- It provides an executive who will focus
on the future of the organization and not on posturing to be the
successor.
The Ashland Group is here to provide your
organization the services it requires in Leadership Transition from
an initial assessment of the organization to placement of an experienced
interim executive, transition planning or an executive search.
To arrange a meeting to discuss your organization's
future, call Larry Grinwis, Senior Consultant of The Ashland Group
at 616-399-5803.
Succession
Planning
Replacing key executives is an important
challenge for all organizations. Unfortunately, most organizations
don't begin to think about this issue until faced with a pending
vacancy for a key management position.
Succession planning helps reduce the vulnerability
your organization can experience from the loss of key staff. Taking
the time to think through essential skills required for key positions
and assessing the potential of existing employees to fill those
roles-if only temporarily-- is simply good planning.
The Ashland Group will help you do Succession
Planning by analyzing the essential skills required for key positions;
assessing the potential of internal candidates against the required
skill set; determining the potential for individuals in your organization
to develop necessary skills and set out a plan to develop these
skills.
To arrange a meeting to discuss your organization's
future, call Larry Grinwis, Senior Consultant of The Ashland Group
at 616-399-5803.
Executive
Coaching
The life of an Executive Director can
be challenging, rewarding and...lonely.
Yes, lonely. Not only does the buck stop
on your desk, but often there is no one else you can turn to share
your burdens. Problems with boards, board members, staff, growth
or the lack of growth is on your shoulders.
So, where can you let your hair down,
safely in a confidential environment when you need a sounding board
to think through the issues? Where can you get good, sound advice
on the issues that impact you and your role as CEO? Who can you
talk to about your personal concerns and revel in your accomplishments?
Who is there to help you grow and develop professionally?
Based on years of experience working with
non-profits and their Executive Directors, The Ashland Group has
developed a structured coaching service exclusively for Executive
Directors of non-profit organizations called ExecuCoach.
With ExecuCoach, you receive one-to-one
personal and private scheduled consultations over the course of
the year. Choose the topics you want: board role relations, strategic
planning issues, staff problems and other topics of your choice.
We can help you improve the skills and abilities needed for your
job.
To arrange a meeting to discuss your organization's
future, call Larry Grinwis, Senior Consultant of The Ashland Group
at 616-399-5803.
Effective
Teams
No matter how brilliant your strategic
plan, how compelling or needed your products and services are, success
in the end comes down to effective execution. And, most organizations
rely on their Leadership Team or Executive Team to provide that
successful execution.
The Ashland Group can help you maximize
the effectiveness of your Leadership or Executive Management Team.
We will help your team to understand the key elements for successful
team functioning along with the "dysfunctions" that most teams experience
from time-to-time. We can help improve your team's effectiveness
significantly in a relatively short period of time.
The team building approach at The Ashland
Group is not "touchy-feely," but practical down-to-earth solutions
that help your executive leadership teams be more effective. Let
us bring our extensive experience in developing effective teams
to your workplace.
To arrange a meeting to discuss your organization's
future, call Larry Grinwis, Senior Consultant of The Ashland Group
at 616-399-5803.
Project
Management
Most organizations are staffed to manage
current activities. When new projects are required that exceed the
capacity of your staff, things have to be done quickly, or your
organization just needs an extra set of hands to get things done
on schedule, The Ashland Group can provide experienced staff management
for your organization.
We are here to help you meet the temporary
project management needs for the success of your venture. The Ashland
Group can provide project management for new programs and services
including:
- Organizational structuring
- Joint ventures/collaboration
- Strategic planning
- Fiscal planning
- New market development
- Time-sensitive programs
To arrange a meeting to discuss your organization's
future, call Larry Grinwis, Senior Consultant of The Ashland Group
at 616-399-5803.
Strategic
Planning
The Ashland Group has helped large and
small organizations to think through what is really important to
them, set the corporate mission and develop a plan to achieve its
vision. Strategic planning will help your group unify under a planned
direction so everyone is on the same page working in the same direction.
A typical strategic planning process covers
the following components:
- Guiding principles vision and mission
- Environmental scan including competitor
analysis and stakeholder input
- Organizational assessment covering
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats
- A 3-year implementation plan for each
strategic area with timetables and staff responsibilities
- A plan for oversight and monitoring
- Plan and timetable for update and
renewal
To arrange a meeting to discuss your
organization's future, call Larry Grinwis, Senior Consultant of
The Ashland Group at 616-399-5803.
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