2020 has impacted non-profit organizations in ways we couldn’t have predicted. Travel restrictions, economic uncertainty and civil unrest have left leadership navigating significant changes. Therefore, leaders have to adjust their staffing and hiring practices, sustainability of operations, and in some cases the core mission of their organizations. Looking ahead, what if COVID gets worse? Or, what if COVID is eliminated, and global travel opened up again in 2021? Would you be prepared to seize these opportunities?
To come along side of non-profit leaders in addressing those questions, we invited Victor Thompson of Emergent Leadership Pathways to conduct a mini-strategic assessment.
In this workshop, Victor shared how to:
- Identify key areas for attention and improvement
- Determine an action to take immediately to “clear space” for more strategic thinking
- Self-assess on a regular basis
During the assessment, Victor asked each participant to rank seven key dimensions of their organizations that determine the health of their work. At the end, he walked us through the process of prioritizing and evaluating areas that are strengths. According to Victor, “it is more important to understand individual strengths than it is to keep trying to work on improving their deficiencies.”
Our Founder, Lori Most, has worked with Victor on Executive Coaching , and has applied these principles into the work of BackpackEMR. At BackpackEMR, one of our strengths is innovative problem solving. After evaluating how 2020 has impacted the global health community, we have adjusted our business strategy and created a new tool for Virtual Care. We designed Virtual Care to help organizations who are committed to serve remote patients under the current travel restrictions. Lori announced the launching of BackpackEMR’s Virtual Care tool in the beginning of the webinar. Click on the link below to watch the full workshop!
