Clear-eyed mission alignment is fundamental to success if your organization intends to build an elite-level Board of Directors. It serves as a guiding force for decision-making, goal setting, and resource allocation. With mission alignment, your Board can maximize its impact and demonstrate its value to stakeholders. In collaboration with your team, our mission alignment services examine internally and externally if your mission still has relevance and meaning to the public you serve. We also determine if your current goals, values, and purpose align with your mission. Our objective is to ensure the work your organization is doing every day to see through your vision and assess what you do, who you do it for, and why it matters.
Picture this – your non-profit organization is at a crossroads, seeking to redefine its purpose and vision for the future. Your Board of Directors, comprised of dedicated individuals with diverse backgrounds and expertise, realizes the need for transformative change to propel the organization toward more significant impact and sustainability. Thus begins the journey of a board transformation initiative, a bold and visionary step toward shaping the organization's future. We have developed a comprehensive and customized 6-month pathway for board transformation that contemplates structure, culture, composition, innovation, and strategic thinking for your "to-be" organization.
We facilitate 1- or 2-day Board retreats that recharge and reconnect your board with your mission, values, and goals in a focused and intentional way. We’ll work with your staff and board to create a retreat experience that deepens their understanding of the mission work while fostering a sense of camaraderie. We aim to facilitate valuable opportunities for board members to engage with external experts, stakeholders, and community members, gaining fresh perspectives, insights, and feedback that can inform their decision-making and strategic direction. Board members can also enhance their governance skills and financial stewardship best practices.
We know annual board assessments play a crucial role in fostering accountability, transparency, and ethical conduct by the Board.
By setting clear performance expectations and evaluating adherence to governance best practices, the assessment process helps to uphold the highest standards of integrity and stewardship.
We administer your choice of several highly respected sector-level assessment processes for non-profit Boards of Directors. The intended outcomes are to measure the Board's overall year-over-year effectiveness and identify gaps, blind spots, and even unnoticed opportunities within the organization's day-to-day operations.
Your non-profit must be intentional about who you select to serve in the leadership roles on your Board.
Secondly, your leaders must be adequately trained and resourced to deliver results. At Saxon Advisors, we understand the critical benefits of board leadership training: the opportunity for board leaders to enhance their governance acumen and leadership capabilities. We provide specific orientations and training sessions for new Board Chairs, Board Roles and Responsibilities, and Committee Chair leadership. We delve into Board and Committee planning, committee charter orientations, fiduciary duties, board-staff relations, and advocacy. We provide your board leaders with a deep understanding of the intricacies of non-profit governance and leadership, enabling them to make informed decisions and steer the organization toward success. Our Board leadership training also plays a crucial role in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion within your non-profit Board. We facilitate topics related to cultural competence, equity-centered leadership, and inclusive governance practices; board leaders can champion diversity and amplify the voices of marginalized communities, ensuring that the organization's leadership reflects the rich tapestry of the communities you serve.
Our consultancy stands at the forefront of innovation, offering a suite of services designed to enhance governance, craft strategic plans, elevate operational effectiveness, develop talent, and execute startegies.
