Coaching for Executive Directors and other staff
Diane provides individualized consulting to an Executive Director based on his or her particular needs or to other staff members as requested. (See samples of past projects.) Services include:
- Coaching services dependent on the needs of the Executive Director, e.g., managing multiple roles, staff supervision and development, working with the board, fundraising, and administration
- Coaching services to community engagement staff dependent on individualized needs, e.g. designing outreach strategies, leadership development, supervision, community engagement strategies, and developing organizational structures
“Diane helped the Coalition for a Better Acre (CBA) through a difficult Executive Director transition. She was hired to help lead a strategic planning process – which she did artfully – and within several months became an invaluable advisor to me and the team who guided the organization to be able to fulfill its promise.”
— Emily Rosenbaum, Executive Director
Coalition for a Better Acre
Board and Leadership Development
Diane works with Boards of Directors to strengthen governance structures and build leadership capacity throughout the organization. (See samples of past projects.) Services include:
- Assessment of the functions and effectiveness of the overall governance structure including the Board of Directors and committees
- Analysis of alternative governance models and assistance in adapting structures to meet the agency’s needs
- Recommendations for membership and leadership recruitment plans, orientation of new members, and board development and training
- Design of plans to engage and develop community leadership
- Design and facilitation of leadership development training workshops
“Thank you so much for leading both of your workshops at Community Leadership Institute on Sunday. The feedback has already been great. For a few of the people I spoke with, your workshops were the highlights of their day. Thank you for helping make the young adult community in Boston and really the entire community that must stronger. I am so glad and honored to have been able to work with you over the last year and look forward to continuing that partnership going forward.”
— Ben Sigel, Chair
Combined Jewish Philanthropies’ Community Leadership Institute