10 Components of Well-Developed Organizations

  • Clearly defined and actualized mission
  • Strong leadership.
  • Appropriate management practices.
  • Strong, on-going sense of direction
  • Talented, energetic, and excited staff and volunteers.
  • Strong financial base.
  • Sound organizational structure.
  • Infrastructure
    • Financial systems
    • Personnel policies
    • Performance management practices
    • Systems which facilitate communication
    • Systems which transmit accurate information
    • Procedures which facilitate getting things done
  • Healthy, solid relationshipsMarket/opportunity responsive
    • Community/clients/constituency
    • Funders
    • Other community-based agencies serving your primary constituencies
    • Institutional
    • Supporters
    • Legislators, regulators
  • Market/opportunity responsive