organizATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS

Nonprofit arts organizations, along with the ecosystems they inhabit, are inherently complex. To be sustainably successful they must find a harmonious balance between the volunteer leaders who are tasked with governance, policy-setting, and fiduciary responsibility, the professional administrative staff who help inform vision and implement the board’s policies, and of course the artists whose creative force inspires audiences and who are the living bedrock of the group in the first place.

When difficulties arise in this complicated set of relationships, it’s often because organizational roles are not sufficiently clear and people are left wondering who is supposed to be doing what and, perhaps more importantly, why.

Scott Freck says “My favorite word is clarity — without it an organization can easily bog down in circular processes, lose focus on its mission, or worse.”

To date, Freck & Co. has helped the City of Eugene and the Hult Center for the Performing Arts engage with its four Resident Companies to reach mutual understanding about the symbiotic relationships between them, the Newport Symphony refine their governing documents, workflow, and staffing structure, and the Oregon Mozart Players right-size their operational plans and budget to set the stage for potential growth.

Freck & Co. can assist your organization in ensuring that its bylaws, board policies, and staff mandates are in alignment, creating a strong foundation on which to build for the future.