Monique Childress, Founder and Principal at Horizon Advisory Group in Atlanta, GA, which provides organizational strategy services for purpose-driven organizations committed to supporting and improving the lives of underrepresented communities. This episode talks about one of the critical tools to move from curiosity to impact--the strategic planning process and how ego and the scarcity-abundance mindset can affect innovation work in nonprofit organizations.
More about our guest:
Monique possesses ten years’ experience in organizational strategy planning and consulting for nonprofits, small businesses, and Fortune 500 corporations. Her company, Horizon Advisory Group states it's mission is to help these organization leaders to define the path to their next horizon through strategic planning, organizational development, and facilitated stakeholder collaboration. Prior to Horizon, she held leadership roles in Management Leadership for Tomorrow’s Advisory practice and Accenture’s Talent & Organization Strategy practice where she worked with client executive and senior leadership teams on large-scale human capital strategy and transformation efforts. A Chicago native, Monique holds a BSBA from Washington University in St. Louis and an MBA from the University of Michigan. She has also completed additional professional training in Human-Centered Design with the LUMA Institute; Design Sprints with AJ & Smart; an advanced facilitation training on “presencing Race, Gender, & Collective Healing”; and Diversity in the Workplace (certificate) through the University of South Florida. In her spare time, Monique teaches yoga, volunteers as Treasurer for the Atlanta Unbound Academy’s Board of Directors, and she is a mentor with Emory University’s Start: ME business training program.
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Episode Guide:
0:00 - Intro
2:04 - What is Innovation?
2:20 - Breaking down 'curiosity'
4:56 - Bringing curiosity to life: NGOs
7:04 - Getting started: hearing and listening
9:12 - Turning feedbacks into insights
11:10 - Importance of front end listening
14:05 - Passion-led leadership
15:05 - NGOs: A for-profit view and operations
17:06 - Breaking down 'ego'
19:32 - Ego in NGOs
20:14 - Non-profits: Strategic planning
25:46 - Charting diversity in strategic planning
29:40 - Executive and big picture visionaries
30:38 - Making space for innovation
32:10 - Scarcity vs Abundance Mindset
34:04 - what external consulting can provide
36:00 - Strategic Planning Process timeline
40:36 - Advice for Innovators
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