Executive Performance Management

Support your Executive Director or CEO’s performance

Set your organization’s Executive Director (Executive Director, CEO, or similar position) on the path to success with Vantage Point’s personalized services. We help your board craft a relevant performance review process that allows for effective feedback and drives positive engagement.

Benefits of Executive Performance Management

Organizational benefits for your non-profit may include:

• Enhancing the engagement of your Executive Director.
• Aligning the expectations of the board and the Executive Director.
• Fulfilling the board’s key duty to nurture and support the Executive Director.
• Engaging with key collaborators and/or crucial community partners – from staff and board members to funders, partners, members, or others.

Executive Performance Management Services

Support your Executive Director or CEO’s performance through:

• Consultation meetings on the board’s current role in supporting and managing the executive leader’s performance
• Recommendations on steps to introduce or enhance an Executive Performance Management system and/or Annual Performance Review

CEO or Executive Director Annual Review

Services to develop and/or facilitate the Executive Director or CEO Annual Review may include:

• Recommendations on who to engage, either annually or periodically, to provide perspective as part of the Annual Review Process.
• Survey and interview guide customization to seek input from your most important community members.
• Interviews conducted with key collaborators or partners who were invited to provide feedback as part of the review process.
• A self-reflection tool to provide space for the Executive Director’s individual perspective as well as to assess alignment with the board perspective.
• Summary analysis of all feedback gathered and written report.
• Briefing package to board on key findings and results.
• Project management to ensure the review process is carried out efficiently and appropriately.
• Package of final materials to equip the board to carry out the review more independently in the future.

Beyond the Annual Review, we may provide:

• Review of Executive Director job description.
• Executive Director salary review and recommendations.
• Goal setting tools and customization for the Executive Director.
• Performance Management Workplan to ensure an interim review of the Executive Director’s goals and ongoing board feedback.
• Guide development of a committee to ensure an annual review process is sustained each year.
• Coaching support to your Board Chair through performance challenges or other performance management processes necessary for the Executive Director.