Sector Capacity Builders
Integrating Applied Wisdom into your consulting or program work will:
- Elevate the mindset and expand the performance of everyone you coach, teach and serve
- Augment your training and coaching toolkit
- Add value to your program offerings
- Strengthen your own organization’s management and leadership skills
Engage in shared learning conversations and practices and provide implementation feedback on how you are effectively integrating Applied Wisdom in your client or teaching work by joining Applied Wisdom’s Capacity Builders Impact Circle. Contact Info@AppliedWisdomforNonprofits.org.
APPLIED WISDOM SELF-ASSESSMENT FOR YOUR CLIENTS
Using the Applied Wisdom framework, have your clients identify their organization’s strengths and improvement areas. (Download this fillable Excel Assessment for your clients here.)
I. CULTURE - How do people act and interact?
Do the behaviors within your organization align with its values?
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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Never | Rarely | Sometimes | Often | Always |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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Never | Rarely | Sometimes | Often | Always |
Do all staff and management feel comfortable regularly sharing troubling or bad news in order to address problems?
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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Never | Rarely | Sometimes | Often | Always |
II. PLANNING – What strategy and resources will achieve your mission?
Does your organization regularly assess macro and micro driving forces impacting your programs and services in order to respond to change?
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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Never | Rarely | Sometimes | Often | Always |
Does your organization adequately invest in its people and infrastructure to achieve excellence and impact?
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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Never | Rarely | Sometimes | Often | Always |
Does your organization effectively prioritize and retain focus on its top three goals and objectives?
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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Never | Rarely | Sometimes | Often | Always |
III. IMPLEMENTATION – What actions will ensure desired results?
Does your organization move quickly from planning to implementation of its ideas?
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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Never | Rarely | Sometimes | Often | Always |
Does your organization embody a culture of accountability reinforcing individual ownership of problems?
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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Never | Rarely | Sometimes | Often | Always |
No matter how your clients assess their organization, they will learn from reading Applied Wisdom’s insights and engaging in the thought-provoking conversation starters with their colleagues.