Nonprofit support services
Executive Support
Nonprofit leaders face challenges vast and varied every day, often before breakfast. Pulling in support at the right time can make the difference between progressing towards identified goals and tapering morale.
If you are facing an organizational or leadership transition, need new ideas to make your big vision a reality, or help sorting your priorities so you don’t take your work home at night, working with an experienced nonprofit leader - outside of your organization - can help.
What does executive support look like?
- A safe, supportive sounding board for your team's most influential asset
- A “tool” in your executive director's backpocket; i.e. insight available on demand
- Time tested approach to working successfully with a board
- Tips and strategies for leading staff
- “When I can't talk to my staff and I'm not ready to talk to the board”
- A buffer against functional isolation in decision-making
- Priority clarification
- Turning a plan into action
- Supportive accountability buddy
- Strategies for troubleshooting tricky team dynamics
- Trust building across differences
- Establishing a culture of giving and receiving effective feedback
- Norm checking for health-promotive, functional behaviors
- Training in the elusive art of delegation
- Tactical tips from managing team communications to calendars
- Functional tips on where to put energy “now,” “next” and “never” for maximum impact
Not only can the right support at the right time help you save time and expense, it can help you restore joy to your leader’s workday and bring much deserved and needed relaxation to their after hours - all key in keeping your leader resilient, prepared, and empowered for what lies ahead.
Organizational Support
Whether you've just launched a nonprofit, are struggling with how to recruit the right directors to your board, or want to shore up your intermittent funding for the long haul, Marteal Consulting can help you succeed.
With an experienced, compassionate nonprofit leader who has lived, learned, and led through many of the challenges you likely face (though every situation is unique), you will take heart in knowing you are not navigating major organizational decisions alone. Feel and be supported as you live through the challenge, learn how to strategically deploy the resources you do have, and bring more presence, joy, and impact to your work and organization.
What does nonprofit support look like?
Marteal Consulting leverages years of leadership experience and numerous resources to best support you along your unique journey. Below are some examples of the types of work you might engage in with Marteal Consulting.
- Vetting your board development plan (or helping you develop one)
- Developing an organizational chart
- Role definition and clarity
- Building the foundations for a healthy, engaged organizational culture
- Strategic partnerships
- Fund development
- Donor cultivation and stewardship planning
- Strategy and innovation mindset
- Building a world class brand
- Communications within and across teams
- Planning your work - from today’s To Do’s to your 5-year strategic plan
- Volunteer management ideation
Marteal Consulting can help you think about how to approach your challenge of the day with a clear mind, acquire the tools you need for action, and deploy resources strategically to make your BIG vision real.