For this part of your planning, it’s helpful to think about roles at your organization in terms of outcomes, including and beyond your nonprofit leadership. Once you’ve laid out your nonprofit organization chart by functional area, you’ll also want to audit your current team’s ability to carry out the goals in your strategic plan to identify if there are any areas where you might need to hire.

Think About Your Nonprofit’s Roles in Terms of Outcomes If any of your most important functional areas are not staffed, you’ll know filling roles in these areas is a priority for your future organization chart. We recommend building your organization chart out based on functional areas such as strategy, operations, programs, marketing, and fundraising, keeping in mind that at smaller organizations one person may cover multiple functions, while at larger organizations, functions may be staffed by teams. If you don’t already have your organization chart mapped out, start your future nonprofit team planning by doing just that. Map Out Your Nonprofit Organization Chart

The more visibility your nonprofit has into its future, the clearer team planning becomes. It’s also helpful to have other plans, such as your program, marketing and fundraising plans in place. The best future team planning happens in alignment with your nonprofit’s strategic plan, which should outline your organization’s most important priorities, goals and objectives over the next one to three years. However, planning for the future can actually relieve some of the stress by getting everyone on the same page about how you will grow your staff intentionally, and the time period over which that will happen.

For many nonprofits, future team planning can feel really overwhelming, especially because many leaders are just trying to keep their heads above water with their roles and responsibilities today.

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