We partner with social impact organizations to reimagine how they operate so they can do more of what matters.
11A Collaborative is one of the only boutique consultancies in the social impact and nonprofit space that carry a true expertise in Organization Design: translating strategy into organizational structure and culture.
How You Know When To Call Us…
"Our structure made sense when we were smaller, but we've outgrown it."
"We have a new strategy but not the organization to implement it."
"We have a lot of talented people but we're not getting the right results."
Strategy and Structure Don’t Match
"I feel like we're always busy but not making real progress."
"Nobody really knows who owns what around here."
"We keep having the same conversations, but nothing ever gets decided."
Work is Stalled
"We just went through a reorg, but it doesn't feel like it fixed anything."
"We're scaling fast and things are starting to break."
"We lost funding and need to scale down to meet a new reality."
Reorging and Scaling
"Our teams are working in silos."
"Our teams are moving in different directions."
"We keep launching initiatives but nothing fully lands."
Work is in Silos
Our Services
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Purpose + Strategy
An organization's purpose defines its identity and impact — who you are and what you exist to do. Our work focuses on aligning an organizations identity and impact to the ever-changing environment through inclusive stakeholder engagement and rigorous decision approaches. This work is necessary but not sufficient for change; a clearly aligned organization design is necessary to achieve the goals.
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Organization Design
The organization design translates strategy into impact by building the unique architecture your organization needs. It is the art and science of linking strategy to impact. Organization design sets behavior at scale, looking at the individual in context of the environment, the organization as it aligns to external realities, and trans-organizational possibilities for elevated impact.
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Culture Change
Culture is how a new strategy and design are lived in an organization. The Social Impact field is built on decades of shared cultural norms that are being challenged in today’s environment. We help you examine how you operate and find new ways of working together toward impact. This includes collaboration with partners through the design of improved interactions.
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Executive Coaching
Executive coaching develops individual leadership capacity to carry Purpose + Strategy, Organization Design, and Culture Change forward. We offer one-to-one support for senior and mid-level professionals driving transformation, changing jobs, or looking to grow into new roles. Our coaches engage you in generative conversations meant to bolster your ability to lead.
