Governing Organizations

We can help you

• Improve the effectiveness of your board

• Build goodwill and trust among members of the board, management and staff

• Navigate the sometimes blurred line between governance and management

• Ensure your governing documents (bylaws, policies, and regulations) reflect your actual governance and operating practices

• Set acceptable boundaries for action and performance

• Help you generate a shared vision and realistic and achievable plans

• Improve how you partner and collaborate with other agencies for stronger social impacts

• Develop succinct and practical communications tools that enhance member relations and internal alignment

Services

Board Development

Enhance board performance for stronger governance and oversight

• Board Orientation and Training
• Board Self-Assessments
• Board Capacity Building

Policy Development

Empower action within acceptable boundaries

• Policy gap analysis
• Policy indexing
• Policy writing
• Policy manuals

Bylaw Review and Development

Ensure that your governing rules follow best practice, your values and what’s real for your organization

• Bylaw research and compliance reviews
• Bylaw writing
• Special Resolution preparation and advising

Multi-Agency Partnerships and Collaboration

Develop collaborative capacity between partners for stronger outcomes

• Multi-Agency Collaboration Frameworks
• Partnership Agreements
• Collaborative Capacity Building
• Social Impact Planning

Services

Governance and Organizational Assessments

Systems-level assessments for better oversight and strategic execution

• Overarching Governance Model Review
• Committee Structures and Terms of Reference
• Organizational Capacity Assessments

Board Development

Enhance board performance for stronger governance and oversight

• Board Orientation and Training
• Board Self-Assessments
• Board Capacity Building

Strategic and Operational Planning

Align your resources and services around the impacts you want to create

• Multiple-stakeholder Shared Visions
• Strategic Planning and Facilitation
• Operational-Level Planning
• Member Communications Blueprint
• Brand Development

Policy Development

Empower action within acceptable boundaries

• Policy gap analysis
• Policy indexing
• Policy writing
• Policy manuals

Member Relations and Communications

Better reach and serve your members through mission-driven communications

• Program and Service Review
• Member Engagement Surveys
• Member Communications Blueprint
• Brand development

Bylaw Review and Development

Ensure that your governing rules follow best practice, your values and what’s real for your organization

• Bylaw research and compliance reviews
• Bylaw writing
• Special Resolution preparation and advising

Board – Staff Roles and Relations

Create role clarity and foster goodwill to promote better governance and strategic execution

• Board, Management, and Staff Roles and Responsibility Matrices
• Executive Performance Review
• Compensation Benchmarking
• HR Policy and Process Development

Multi-Agency Partnerships and Collaboration

Develop collaborative capacity between partners for stronger outcomes

• Multi-Agency Collaboration Frameworks
• Partnership Agreements
• Collaborative Capacity Building
• Social Impact Planning

Organizational Capacity Review and Development

Ensure that your organization has and develops capacity to meet your strategic objectives

• Organizational Gap Analysis
• Feasibility Studies
• Benchmarking and Best Practice Research
• Action Research
• Leadership and Personal Development
• Team Building

Shared Visioning

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We can help you

• Assess what kind of vision is the best fit for your organization: a vision that is generated by leaders, or a shared vision generated among stakeholders

• Find common ground among multiple stakeholders to grow a vision from the shared values within your organization

• Ensure that your shared vision is inspirational, but properly bounded by what is appropriate, grounded in what is realistic and founded from among those responsible for enacting the future

• Use visioning or shared visioning as an applied tool for organizational development

Learn more about Ion’s Shared Visioning Model

Services

Visioning and Shared Visioning

Use shared visioning as an applied tool for organizational development

• Introduction to ION Visioning Model
• Stakeholder engagement
• Stakeholder communications
• Shared values identification
• Organizational identity development
• Vision statement writing
• Organizational development plans

Services

Laying the Foundation for the Vision or Shared Vision

Ensure that visions are grounded in values but appropriately bounded by organizational realities and priorities

• Organizational inquiry and assessment (determines best fit; a vision or a shared vision)
• Vision process design
• Vision parameter setting
• Vision leadership team training

Visioning and Shared Visioning

Use shared visioning as an applied tool for organizational development

• Introduction to ION Visioning Model
• Stakeholder engagement
• Stakeholder communications
• Shared values identification
• Organizational identity development
• Vision statement writing
• Organizational development plans

Integrating the Vision

Incorporate the vision into your organization’s DNA

• Linking vision to strategy
• Communications strategy
• Brand blueprints
• Leadership development for shared vision