Brighter Strategies (www.brighterstrategies.com) is a small women-owned organizational development consulting firm specializing in organizational planning, change management, process improvement and leadership development for the nonprofit and public sectors. Brighter Strategies has specialized expertise in the strategic alignment of operations, people and processes with organizational mission, and organizational excellence programs. Our staff is certified and licensed in the Standards for Excellence, and also deeply familiar with the Baldrige criteria and the Washington Post Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Management. Our mission is to help build empowered organizations through the pursuit of best practices and continuous improvement initiatives. We approach each client engagement as a strategic partnership, establishing goals, identifying key stakeholders, and getting to work quickly on an effective action plan. We believe our collaborative process is the key to building sustainable organizations that fulfill their mission, without losing or compromising core values. Our process involves focusing on an organization’s people, planning, and processes, which we believe lead to performance. We offer qualified consultants with the academic credentials, experience, and ability to guide clients through the processes required for analysis, action, and after-action evaluation. Our team offers deep experience in change-management principles, organizational development tools, and in non-profit management and brings an understanding of the unique challenges of organizations lead by social needs and interests. Our core capabilities include: performance management, process improvement, program evaluation, strategic planning, leadership training & employee development, change management, organizational development and human resources management.
