Services
Services
Interim Leadership
We provide cost-effective, expert-level operational leadership during critical times of transition. Short-term guidance allows your organization to assess and focus on crucial next steps. Our seasoned interim executives bring genuine interest, calm assurance, and the stability needed to move your mission forward.
At TeamLPA, we don’t just place an interim leader—we bring a whole team. Behind every interim executive is a bench of experienced professionals offering real-time support, strategy, and insight to ensure your organization has access to more than one perspective. This collaborative model allows us to quickly adapt to your unique challenges and maintain momentum during uncertain times.
What We Offer:
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Professional interim executive leadership
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Professional interim fund development leadership
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Expert guidance through times of transition
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Efficient solutions to further your mission
The Value:
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Competent leadership in the face of uncertainty
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All key positions remain filled, allowing you the time and resources to hire the best fit for permanent leadership
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A team-based approach that delivers depth, adaptability, and consistent support throughout your transition
Organizational Assessment
Organizational assessments (OA) are a tool for you to gain a complete picture of the strengths and weaknesses of your agency from a neutral and knowledgeable third party. The results of an organizational assessment provide actionable recommendations for discussion and decision-making. This comprehensive report is invaluable for progressing in your strategic goals, improving the efficiency of your organization, or just monitoring the health of your organization as a whole. We can perform these assessments anytime; however, they are most valuable in Executive Transition because they can aid in Executive Search.
What We Offer:
- Analysis of 10 key areas of your organization
- Interviews with selected stakeholders
- Thorough examination of official documents
- A report that includes our recommendations and implementation plan
The Value:
- A complete and transparent image of the health of your agency
- A deeper understanding of the type of leadership needed to advance your mission
- A more focused and actionable agenda for upcoming Board work
Mergers & Strategic Alliances
Few nonprofit leaders have experienced a significant transition such as a merger or strategic alliance. With our substantial knowledge in this area, we can help your organization advance through a successful merger, acquisition, or strategic alliance. You will be able to focus on big picture, mission-based decisions while we focus on specific tasks like timelines, checklists, and sample documents. We ensure you enter potential partnerships from a place of strength by conducting internal assessments and making prioritized recommendations.
What We Offer:
- Timelines, checklists, and sample documents
- Decoding of required and complex documentation
- Communication between internal & external stakeholders
- Referrals for additional professional expertise
The Value:
- All the support and tools you need to successfully execute a merger, acquisition, or strategic alliance
Strategic & Organizational Development
We use our decades of experience working with nonprofits to help your organization prioritize quickly and create an effective, flexible, and realistic plan. Through organizational development, we help organizations identify and make the changes needed to implement the plan. We cater our services and combine our collective expertise in ways that respect your organization’s current position while identifying your evolving needs. Our flexibility and unique understanding of mission-focused organizations allow us to provide concise, specific insight and practical guidance.
What We Offer:
- Practical solutions
- Concise action steps
The Value:
- Decades of strategic planning and organizational development expertise
Transitional Consulting
Transition is difficult for any organization, whether it be planned or unplanned. Our role is to support you in these times of change by reminding you to breathe, that you are not alone in your experience, and that each step brings you closer to your desired outcome. We help you prepare for organizational outcomes and reach decisions about the best path forward. We are a dependable companion and resource through the inevitable challenges during a company’s evolution. We move your organization and the people of your organization through change in a way that increases leadership confidence and provides stability for your organization as a whole.
What We Offer:
- Solutions for future development
- Multi-month processes in manageable steps
- Effective facilitation of decision-making
The Value:
- A clear understanding of the best path forward for your organization
- Stability in a time of vulnerability
Governance Consulting
Great non-profits are led by informed, engaged, passionate volunteers intentionally chosen for the skills and leadership competencies they bring to the board. Applying and nurturing governance best practices, great boards provide leadership AND serve as a crucial partner to the CEO/Executive to broaden and deepen their organizations impact. LPA provides services to help boards govern effectively, intentionally recruit and develop new board members, and provide strategic, fundraising, and fiduciary leadership for their organization.
What We Offer:
- A deep appreciation for the role of the board
- Board recruitment and stewardship
- Board meeting design
- Facilitation & governance best practices
- Committee innovation and/or best practices
- By-laws development
- CEO Performance Appraisal, Board Assessment
The Value:
- An exceptional board
- Expansion of cause-driven leadership for the organization
- Meaningful and engaging board meetings
Strategic Planning
Strategic planning provides direction, engagement, and a way to measure progress. LPA’s preferred planning model is effective, responsive, and flexible, designed to meet your organization where it is at this moment. Using demonstrated successful planning principles along with providing energetic leadership, LPA facilitates a comprehensive, engaging, and action-oriented planning process that will ensure your organization strengthens its capacity to achieve its mission.
What We Offer:
- Superior leadership and facilitation
- An actionable and measurable plan
- Engagement of key stakeholders
The Value:
- Decades of executive and consulting experience
Financial/Resource Development
Intentional and strategic fundraising and financial development not only provide critical resources for your organization, but also develops lasting partnership with donors, strategic partners, and the community. A great fundraising plan that includes an annual campaign, major gifts focus, genuine stewardship, and planned giving can create a portfolio of giving and donors who will help your organization broaden its impact and ensure its long-term sustainability. In addition, modern technology is available to support your fundraising efforts in surprisingly effective ways.
AT LPA, we believe that the best
Annual Campaigns are peer to peer, personal asks that strengthen relationships with donors leading to greater and more frequent giving.
Major gifts programs are focused, intentional, and engage major donors at a human level, with stewardship an invitation to donors to engage in the work of your organization.
Planned Giving programs help your closest stakeholders understand how sharing their wealth with your organization provides years of continued impact.
What We Offer:
- Highly engaged and experienced fundraising professionals who truly love philanthropy
- Tremendous success in leading successful fundraising campaigns
- Clear and effective steps to transform your fundraising efforts
The Value:
- More resources to broaden your impact
- Long term sustainability
- Stronger relationships with donors
IT Consulting & Services
What We Offer:
- Infrastructure evaluations
- Infrastructure consulting
- Email migrations
- Virtual office set-up
- Infrastructure implementation & maintenance
The Value:
- Over 10 years combined experience related to IT support and consulting
- Assurance that your systems are up-to-date and healthy
- A go-to resource for your unique technological needs
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