Aligning People, Passion, and Performance
Nonprofits are fueled by passionate people, but passion alone doesn’t guarantee alignment or results. This workshop equips leaders with practical tools to build a culture of accountability without sacrificing engagement. Participants will learn how to set clear expectations, have productive conversations, and reinforce behaviors that drive mission success. By aligning people, passion, and performance, leaders can create teams that are both inspired and effective.
Areas of Focus:
Build a High-Accountability Culture
Participants will define accountability, explore strategies to drive engagement and results, and identify ways to remove barriers to execution.Align People and Priorities
Participants will learn how to align roles with organizational mission, clarify priorities, and connect individual work to meaningful outcomes.Establish Clear Expectations
Participants will develop the ability to set measurable expectations and clearly define roles, metrics, and indicators of success.Strengthen Communication and Accountability
Participants will practice addressing performance gaps, leading effective accountability conversations, and reinforcing desired behaviors.Sustain Performance Over Time
Participants will explore how to build simple systems, create consistency, and turn commitments into measurable results.
Meet Your Trainer: Rick Gutenmann
Rick is a Senior Consultant at MAP and a leadership strategist with more than 35 years of experience spanning higher education, entrepreneurship, and operations leadership. From founding a successful custom home construction company to building leadership development programs for multi-location organizations, Rick has consistently driven growth through accountability and alignment. Today, he helps nonprofit and business leaders translate mission into measurable performance through proven MAP frameworks.
