RESULTS NOW®
Strategy, Operations,
and Governance
Thank you for the tremendous
job you did this morning
facilitating our Board retreat.
You
hit it out of the ballpark.
You
provided the perfect blend of facilitating,
pushing us, humor, facts,
and personal connection.
I could not have asked for more.
Daniel J. McCabe
Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer,
Dayton Power & Light Company
I sing its praises to our funders.
Ann Granger, Former CEO, Buckeye Trails Girl Scouts Council
As a direct result of this remarkable process,
our United Way is posting stunning gains
in a highly competitive fundraising and
community investment arena
where everything is measured and outcomes matter!
Alan Perez, President/Chief
Professional Officer, United Way of Erie County
Results Now is the quick and
practical process for strategy, operations, and governance. Put simply, Results Now builds capacity, which the Alliance for Nonprofit
Management defines as the organization’s ability “to achieve its mission
effectively and to sustain itself over the long term.”
Results Now creates a
unified framework - a master plan - to guide the work of the organization. Most
planning methods are tortuous
experiences that only
focus on strategic planning;
operations and governance are ignored.
Results Now is different. It puts strategy,
operations, and governance in one package that the board can pass
annually in a
single vote and then the staff can maintain as a
regular part of its yearly work.
Governance experts John
and Miriam Carver argue
that the job of leadership is to ensure that “the organization produces what it
should . . . while avoiding situations and conduct that should not occur.”
William Bowen, former President of the Mellon Foundation, says, “Perhaps the overriding
obligation . . . is to require that a sensible plan of some kind be in place
and that it be monitored carefully.” For the Carvers, accomplishing the
mission is the end goal; for Bowman, the plan is the means
to that end. For organizations looking
for a quick and practical way to do both, Results Now is the answer.
We are full of confidence in ourselves and ready
for a great future.
Phillip L. Parker, President, Dayton Area Chamber of
Commerce
It is inclusive, focused, and
efficient. It is thought-provoking and results-oriented.
Ronald L. Turpin, Former Executive Director, Dayton Metropolitan Housing
Authority
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