The Weber Group was brought in to build a strategic plan for The Sophia Way, a Seattle-based women’s homeless shelter. Charlie Smith, managing partner at the Weber Group, led a virtual session with over 40 community stakeholders comprised of city mayors, foundations and community partners. Charlie worked closely with The Sophia Way to envision and […]
Phoenix Business Journal, Leadership Trust Member
Bruce Weber is Founder and President/CEO at Weber Group. Bruce brings over 20 years of experience in the non-profit community. Specializing in board innovation, Bruce has assisted many organizations in achieving their goals whether it be community engagement, board governance, successful recruiting, strengthening the organizational mission, or fundraising. Building the right governing board to support […]
Merging Culture and Strategy in Your Organization
The fourth in a six part series on building capacity. Previous articles explored the concepts of capacity as the ability of an organization to perform and the importance of creating a culture where high-performance teams deliver mission and impact to all stakeholders. With these in place, all is operating well. But can success be sustained […]
Build Capacity with High-Performance Teams
The third of a six-part series on developing and sustaining organizational capacity. Capacity is about performance. An organization’s structure embodies its culture by defining how people work together; that is, what performance means, what is valued and what is measured and celebrated as success. When people bring their hands, hearts and minds to their work, […]
Create Capacity Through People
The second in a six part series on building capacity. Every month, organizations prepare financial statements reconciling their “numbers” for the accounting period. One of those line items — salaries — typically represents one of the largest expenditures for the business and is a significant investment for the firm. Behind those dollars are real people […]
Organizational Capacity Defined
The first in a six part series about building capacity. These days, businesses are often exhorted to build organizational capacity, but what does that really mean? There are many definitions of “capacity,” but in simple terms, an organization’s capacity is its potential to perform — its ability to successfully apply its talent and resources to […]
Atlas Hugged
“This way to your new office,” she said, and turned and started down the hall. I hurried after her. About three-quarters of the way down the hall she ducked into a door and switched on the lights. None were needed because the room was full of sunshine and a stunning view of the city. “Jim […]
Strategy Equals Process
Your social-sector organization (SSO) may have a strategic plan, but do you have a strategic process? According to BoardSource’s 2017 Leading with Intent Survey, more than one in three social sector organizations have no formal strategic planning process. More than half say their Boards are not good at monitoring and executing on strategy. To maintain […]
Recruiting for Purpose, Not Position
Board recruitment can often feel like a daunting task that challenges even the most seasoned professional, yet it one of the most important aspects of board service. Building the correct team is critical to the success and sustainability of the organization. Often, we focus on recruiting the “big name” or significant donor with capacity to […]
Assessing your Board’s Work, Supports its Growth
A periodic assessment of your boards performance is helpful in keeping your board operating at the highest and best use of its capacity. A high performing board provides the greatest asset to the organization and value to the chief executive. Board assessments are available in a variety of formats to meet your needs. BoardSource offers […]