Areas of Expertise, In-Depth
Strategic & Business Planning
Perhaps Grant Management Group and Jamie Grant are best known for their work on strategic planning. GMG believes that it is vital that many stakeholders participate in the planning process and that the final document must reflect a team effort. The final document must also be brief and simple tool that actually gets used during the life of the plan.
The planning process must:
Review the existing mission, vision and guiding principles and create, adjust or amend as required
Define what is success and how do we know when it is achieved?
Clarify what is an appropriate measurement tool or metric to judge success?
Whatever your plan was in the pre-pandemic world, it’s out of date and you’re looking at the wrong metrics. There has never been a more important time for strategic planning than right now.
Organizational Review
Many experts agree that human resources is and will continue to be for many years the largest issue facing the performing arts. An organization’s ability to attract and retain the best and brightest in the business has become challenging since the pandemic. And when you do have a stellar employee how do you keep them?
Grant Management Group has looked at staffing and department structure, corporate culture, governance planning and goal setting.
Having the unique experience of opening three performing arts centers in his career, Jamie knows how to create an organization from scratch—and reimagine your organization.
Revenue Generation
GMG’s approach to maximizing and monetizing opportunities is based on real experience, not theory. Improve outcomes on:
Ticket sales
Ancillary revenue sources
Fundraising
Sponsorship
Campaign Planning
Leadership Development
According to the Boston Globe, it is anticipated that “two out of three not for profit leaders will retire in the next ten years.” Succession planning is not on most not for profit’s radar, and very few middle managers are prepared to assume institutional leadership roles. GMG has created “The Leadership Intensive”, a hands-on training workshop that looks at leadership from a variety of different points of view. With topics that focus on but are not limited to:
Leading from behind and leading from in front
Me and my board — governance vs. management
Revenue — maximizing and monetizing all your opportunites
Management and motivation
The CEO and fundraising, and why it matters
This program is available for individuals and group, and can be customized to specific organizations.
Interim Management
Grant’s years of experience makes him an exceptional interim leader for any organization going through a transition. When things are moving so quickly your organization cannot afford to simply pause while you complete a search process. GMG can help keep your organization moving forward and Jamie can himself create a sense of calm for staff and board during a challenging time.
Scenario Planning
Being prepared for the “what ifs” in your business is an incredible gift to manage risk. GMG takes your leadership team through a series of scenarios to help you consider the “what ifs” in your business model and prepare accordingly.
Can you imagine if your company had anticipated and planned for the pandemic? What would be different today?
Company Culture
At a time when recruiting and retaining talent is most challenging in our sector, your company’s culture may be the difference. GMG works with your staff and leadership to discuss company culture in a thoughtful way and helps develop a plan of what it should be. This work is something I wish had been done years ago, is a response we often hear.