Nonprofit Leadership Consulting

ALG offers confidential advising for C-suite leaders of all experience levels and backgrounds. Whether you need responsive short-term guidance to navigate change, or a comprehensive long-term strategy, our strategic counsel is tailored to your organization and can include:

• Audit/assessment of a program, structure, and staff;
• Assessment of the viability of an internal promotion to a C-suite role and assistance in transitioning an internal candidate into the role;
• Supporting the successful launch of a new C-suite leader—providing thought partnership in the first 6-12 months, providing counsel and training around issues such as working with boards, serving as a cabinet member, organizing teams for maximum return on investment, building consensus across the organization, etc.;
• Discussion of board size, expectations, and roles in fundraising; and
• Discussion of any number of topics related to philanthropy and nonprofit leadership, where the availability of a confidential sounding board and an additional perspective—for CEO and/or other C-suite leader—would prove valuable.

ALG’s experienced executive coaches, all who have also served in multiple C-suite roles, deliver a focused program of mentoring, counsel, and confidential feedback that enables the new leader to move fully and quickly into their new role. They bring to the table decades of experience working with boards, institutional leadership, volunteers, and professional staff. A major objective of the executive coaching program is to strengthen a new fundraising leader’s capability and confidence in the range of roles required for success—including, but well beyond, success in working with donors.

Beginning with a review of current competencies, and drawing on lessons from over 100 successful fundraising leaders included in Ron Schiller’s book, The Chief Development Officer: Beyond Fundraising, ALG and the new fundraising leader will create a set of objectives for the coaching period. As they arise, specific challenges can also be addressed in a timely, confidential setting. Clients can expect the following benefits:

• Faster and more complete transition into a new leadership role
• Assistance in identifying and focusing on early wins in a new role
• Ability to call upon experienced fundraising leaders and respond to challenges as they arise

Your organization’s fundraising performance depends on the strength of your strategy and your team’s ability to execute – as well as an inclusive culture that supports and advances both.

With decades of experience leading large teams in a variety of complex structures and successfully executing campaigns ranging from $30 million to $2.3 billion, Aspen Leadership Group consultants are uniquely suited to counsel nonprofit and advancement leaders on talent management and organizational effectiveness. ALG also advises leaders on diversity, equity, and inclusion as applied to talent management in order to recruit and retain staff and successfully engage supporters from all backgrounds.

ALG offers services for:

• Strategic thought partnership for leaders on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) as it relates to recruitment and talent management
• Operational and strategic planning
• Program appraisals and evaluation of organizational structure

Aspen Leadership Group partners with The Inclusion Firm and Angelique Grant (ALG Associate) to support teams in moving from awareness of DEI to action and changed behavior. Services include training and workshops, audits and assessments, and building a DEI strategy; inquire with ALG to discuss your needs.