InSIGHT Out Program
Reconnect your people with the values from your organization.
There’s no turning back
“Move forward” seems to be the mantra these days, in the wake of the 2020 Global Pandemic.
Yet the challenge remains that to truly move forward, we need to address what is here now. And according to data from Stats Canada, as well as research from Imagine Canada, today’s reality looks decidedly complex.
- Double-barrel pressure of labour and volunteer shortages
- Higher wage expectations yet drop to donations & government support
- New hybrid workplaces, with as many as 25% of employees working off site
- Reduced capacity to take on debt
- Rising inflation impacting all manner of service and delivery costs
Ultimately non-profits need to innovate, continue to do more with less, all while being sensitive and responsive to overcoming systemic issues such as those experienced by BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities.
“While the wellbeing of employees has always been a priority for companies, it has surfaced as the most important cause within an organization,” according to the Engaging Employees Through Community report. “Therefore, the focus for companies and their leadership teams is taking care of their employees first; ensuring they are heard, valued, and supported with services around mental & physical health and safety in the workplace. T
It’s enough to get under the skin of not only your Board and Executive Director, but under the skin of your workers.
“Our main concern in 2022 is retention of our staff. We are a small team. If even one person leaves it could set our organization’s aims and objectives back by 12-18 months,” one employer shared with Imagine Canada’s Priorities and Challenges for Non-Profits in the First Quarter of 2022.
Such weight and pace of change remains daunting. And how can you prepare when you don’t know what’s coming next?
Here’s the good news
Over the last two decades I’ve gained unique insight into the non-profit world.
I’ve worked in the fields of education, HIV research and community care, as well as services for marginalized women. As a former news journalist for CBC, I’ve been privy to conversations with our indigenous peoples, politicians, and community activists. And I know what it means to be a leader, having founded my own non-profit spiritual centre.
You’re passionate about what you do, and so am I.
It All Adds Up to One Thing Missing – InSIGHT
The Pandemic cast a bright light on all the things we didn’t want to see. Today, it’s more important than ever that leaders remain confident they have the insight necessary to take the organization into this brave new world with employees who feel connected to each other and engaged with the mission at hand.
Engaged employees create your future
Engaged employees don’t simply work hard, they do so with enthusiasm, and that enthusiasm is contagious. Your clients recognize this quality. There’s a palpable “soul” expressed. Like the restaurant where everyone knows your name, your clients, your donors, your employees want a seat at the table.
How the InSIGHT Out Program works
Your employees already know the values your organization believe in. They arrived on your doorstep because they felt they were a match.
The InSIGHT Out Program reconnects your people with those values and gives them the tools to apply those values to any new program. It is by its very nature responsive to the times, without any technology required because its people-based, relying on their individual experience and insight into how you operate today, and what you want for your future.
Get More Insight into Your Organization – and Leverage that Insight
The InSIGHT Out Program sets you up for success and gives you the ability to evolve with the ever-changing demands and expectations we face today.
Want to launch a new program, but aren’t sure if it’s a good fit?
Need to create a diversity and inclusion initiative, and want to assess potential buy-in?
Need to refresh your AGM so more people attend?
Want to roll out new educational programs that people will actually enrol in?
Need a tighter focus on your social media for engagement?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, the InSIGHT Out program can help you with all of these and much more.
This program organizes several existing employees into a cohesive, yet diverse group, that bring their insights into the room in a transparent fashion.
What emerges is a common ground, including identified strengths and weaknesses that can be tackled.
The program equips your organization to:
Create your AuthentiCITY core team
Provide them with the tools to continue to address new and emerging issues
Demonstrate how InSIGHT Out can be used to reveal and address blocks to progress
Provide them with experience using the InSIGHT Out model
Provide your leadership team and your Board of Directors with pro-active steps that can address internal dynamics and direct professional development, as well as future programming need
Create a model for succession planning so that your AuthentiCITY core team continues to deliver regardless of changes to employmen
How long does it take?
You can start this program today and be up and running within three months. This gives your Board time to learn about the program, time to identify and train your core team, as well as provide training and support to your key leadership personnel.
Give your organization the gift of true InSIGHT
This powerful tool puts you back in charge. It gives you the real InSIGHT. It puts you back in a place of caring and connection with your vision and your mandate.
