Strategy

The Weber Group was brought in to build a strategic plan for The Sophia Way, a Seattle-based women’s homeless shelter. Charlie Smith, managing partner at the Weber Group, led a virtual session with over 40 community stakeholders comprised of city mayors, foundations and community partners. Charlie worked closely with The Sophia Way to envision and […]

The fourth in a six part series on building capacity. Previous articles explored the concepts of capacity as the ability of an organization to perform and the importance of creating a culture where high-performance teams deliver mission and impact to all stakeholders. With these in place, all is operating well. But can success be sustained […]

The third of a six-part series on developing and sustaining organizational capacity. Capacity is about performance. An organization’s structure embodies its culture by defining how people work together; that is, what performance means, what is valued and what is measured and celebrated as success. When people bring their hands, hearts and minds to their work, […]

The second in a six part series on building capacity. Every month, organizations prepare financial statements reconciling their “numbers” for the accounting period. One of those line items — salaries — typically represents one of the largest expenditures for the business and is a significant investment for the firm. Behind those dollars are real people […]

The first in a six part series about building capacity. These days, businesses are often exhorted to build organizational capacity, but what does that really mean? There are many definitions of “capacity,” but in simple terms, an organization’s capacity is its potential to perform — its ability to successfully apply its talent and resources to […]