Birch Corner Associates

Executives, Nonprofit Leaders and Small Business Owners:

You are at the helm with a boatload of responsibilities.  You are steering the organization into its signature era.  The demands of stakeholders grab your attention and often conflict.  There are internal systems to improve and pressures from the market to navigate.  You must respond quickly and effectively to surprises. 

How do you keep your focus?  How do you achieve your goals?  How do you balance it all, especially if you are a first timer in the role?  How do your recover a life outside of work?

You're not alone.  Let's face it.  The job of running a complex business can be daunting even for an experienced leader.  In a recent survey 75% of nonprofit executives indicated they plan to leave their jobs in the next five years.  The financial and emotional costs of executive turnover are significant to the individual and the organization.  But it doesn't need to be that way.

You will succeed in your job by doing these things:

• Gain control over your agenda for yourself and the organization
• Meet or exceed your goals
• Enhance your relationships with stakeholders and maintain their support
• Balance the equation between your work life and your personal life.

We coach executives and senior managers to gain the knowledge and skills they need to lead effectively.
Depending on your situation we'll focus on one or more of five skills that are critical for leaders of nonprofits:
 
*  managing yourself for peak performance
*  setting the direction for your organization
*  aligning your stakeholders
*  working effectively with your board and
*  raising funds. 

Many of these skills apply to small business owners and independent professionals as well.
Are you someone we can help? 

As a leader, you want results.  We want to deliver.  Case Studies describe some of the challenges our clients have faced and the results they achieved.

Satisfied clients are among the best indicators of our performance.  Click here for a list of organizations whose leaders we have served.  For testimonials go to What Our Clients Say.

Looking at the industry in general, there is a growing body of research on executive, leadership and business coaching that documents significant Return on Investment.