Mentoring from Executive Consulting helped me move from the position of Interim Executive Director to a unanimous decision by the Board to become the permanent Executive Director. It helped me focus on goals for myself and the agency, assess my skills and unique qualities, and effectively communicate to my Board to gain the support of every Board member.

Mentoring also helped once I became Executive Director, especially since I was following an ED with a 26-year tenure. As the former Vice President of Planning and Development for the Clinic, staff and volunteer leadership had dealt with me in a different role. There was significant transition that had to be managed, with leadership, structural, and cultural challenges. Mentoring helped me achieve long-term success. My experience with Executive Consulting has been very positive!

Paula Wilson, CEO, Valley Community Clinic

Executive Consulting provided an excellent Interim Executive Director who helped pave the way for me to assume the Executive Director position. The Interim handled some sensitive issues and made significant progress in improving key areas, especially by creating improved teamwork with offices and staff that were spread out in multiple locations.

She helped increase the professionalism of some of our services, most notably in the drug rehab unit, where we increased the paid client numbers we served by about 30%. This was a very important achievement that had an important positive impact on our budget. We strongly recommend Executive Consulting Interim Solutions division for agencies who are facing leadership transitions in the future.

Jane Warner, Executive Director, Family Service of Long Beach

Executive Consulting provided valuable services to Newport Community Counseling Center during a critical period in our growth and development. The strategic plan developed by Executive Consulting has been instrumental in helping us identify ways to broaden our donor base as well as enhance our marketing efforts. During our board of directors retreat, facilitated by a team from Executive Consulting, our board worked to craft a clearer, more succinct mission statement and also identified some key areas for focus and development.

Executive Consulting also developed a comprehensive case for support document for our organization, which will help us create more effective fund-raising materials. And the organization provided four months of mentoring services to me personally—all very helpful as we put our new plan into action.

Linda Belt, LCSW, Executive Director, Newport Community Counseling Center

Without exception our Board found Executive Consulting to be a great fit for our group. Your expertise was mixed with humor and compassion. Everyone went out with a renewed feeling of ownership for our mission and a personal call to action. Thanks for giving us new ears to listen more profoundly to the needs in our community and the beginning tools it will take to get us to the next step in our mission to enhance the lives of youth.

Laure Stern, Founding President, Malibu Foundation for Youth and Families

As a one-person development office, it can be difficult to find enough time to step back and take a look at how things are going, how they can be improved, what’s missing, what works, etc. In spite of my 20 years as a professional fundraiser, including many years as a consultant and strategic planner, I find it can be difficult to be objective. More importantly, it’s difficult to STOP long enough to take a look . . . especially when you’ve built the program and have been doing the same things for three years.

The Interim Director of Development supplied by Executive Consulting came in, asked the key questions, and made recommendations that were creative and constructive. She helped by evaluating processes that were already in place – made a few modifications to make it simpler, more “donor friendly” or more administratively efficient – and Voila! My life was made easier. I am re-energized about fundraising with well-planned strategies in place. These new and improved programs will undoubtedly result in hundreds of thousands more dollars for the Institute.

Mickey Shaw, Vice President of Development, MIND Institute

Executive Consulting provided us with an extremely talented Interim Executive Director with direct and relevant experience in our field. She quickly recognized some unique challenges we faced, improved communications with our employees, stakeholders and the community at large, while renewing important partnerships and collaborations. With her leadership, we created greater transparency and accountability within the agency plus higher levels of positive visibility for us in Orange County.

Additionally, the Executive Consulting organization provided essential support to the Interim Executive Director and to our board. This enabled us to handle and resolve several situations that arose which were completely unexpected. They did a terrific job facilitating our annual board retreat, where we made breakthroughs, gained knowledge and set new standards for our strategic planning process. Executive Consulting exceeded – not just met –our expectations. I highly recommend using Executive Consulting’s services again for our organization, as well as for other nonprofits in need of successful leadership results in these types of situations.

Pamela Wasley, Chairman of the Board 2003-2006, Orange County Head Start