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Today’s guest, Michael Randel, has a passion for creating the conditions necessary to grow effective organizations that make a sustained impact. As the founder of Randel Consulting Associates which was established in 2010, Michael has supported over 150 organizations with this goal.
We’re having an insightful conversation today covering topics like building effective teams, the challenges that arise with culture change, and insights from teams that received the MacKenzie Scott grant.
In this episode:
- [04:11] How to build an effective and aligned team
- [10:29] The role of diverse voices and upward feedback in organizational change
- [15:12] The challenges of culture change
- [23:36] The impact of high nonprofit turnover and how to reduce this
- [31:26] Productive and effective hybrid work practices
- [35:01] Insights from teams that received the MacKenzie Scott grant
NOTEWORTHY QUOTES
“One of the most important barriers to team effectiveness is when people have more of an individualist orientation rather than the collective team orientation.” – Michael Randel
“Really engaging employees, thinking of them as important stakeholders in the organization’s future, requires thoughtfulness and requires a thorough approach.” – Michael Randel
“Everybody can be individually successful and the overall enterprise can fail because often the goals, the targets, are identified on an individual basis or at a team level but they don’t necessarily come back together and integrate at the level of the whole.” – Michael Randel
RESOURCES
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CONNECT WITH MICHAEL
LinkedIn: Michael Randel
Website: rcachangeadvisors.com
CONNECT WITH HALEY
Haley is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE), Certified Stress Management Coach, and Certified EmC train the trainer. She is the Founder of The Savvy Fundraiser, a nonprofit consulting and coaching business. She has worked in both small and large nonprofit teams in the human services, homelessness, and youth sectors; and she specializes in the EmC process, nonprofit leadership, board development, and fundraising. Haley is a passionate, impact-driven, experienced nonprofit professional whose mission is to empower, elevate and engage nonprofit leaders to build healthy, thriving organizations.
Instagram: @thesavvyfundraiser
LinkedIn: Haley Cooper, CFRE
Website: thesavvyfundraiser.com
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