Making Culture Work

In this workshop, participants will learn about why culture matters, the cost of toxic work environments, and practical strategies for overcoming common challenges in “culture work.”

Adding Culture to Your Board Agenda: A Governance Approach to Culture Oversight

While workplace culture is a key aspect of governance, this topic is often left out of Board trainings and conversations.

In this workshop, Board members and executive leaders will gain understanding of how organizational culture connects to governance and how to use their roles to strategically build their desired workplace culture.

Leading with Institutional Courage

Institutional betrayal is an emerging area of study on the ways that individuals are harmed by institutions.

Its antidote, institutional courage, is “a force that transforms institutions into more accountable, equitable, effective places for everyone” (Center for Institutional Courage).

In this workshop, Board members and executive leaders will explore impacts of institutional betrayal and strategies for choosing courage at institutional levels.

Funding Healthy Workplaces 

Healthy workplace cultures are essential to building thriving, impactful organization. Yet in the nonprofit field, there is a serious lack of investment in healthy environments.

In this workshop, nonprofit funders and Board members will explore the importance of workplace culture to mission-driven work and opportunities for investing in culture to support improved outcomes.

Workplace Culture Coaching

These sessions support leaders in navigating challenges to culture and building intentional cultures that lead to increased engagement, collaboration, and effectiveness.

We partner with you to develop and implement relevant policies and work processes that go beyond compliance to provide a strong foundation for a healthy work environment. These can include:

• Manager Guidelines and Expectations

• Operational Procedures

• Accountability Processes

Culture Assessment

Culture assessments are a recommended best practice for developing and maintaining healthy work environments.

Through a combination of staff interviews, surveys, and policy/procedure review, we assess your organization’s culture and deliver analysis and actionable recommendations to support your organization’s development in ways that positively impact staff and leader well-being.