Organizational Transitions
We partner with you to build organizational resilience and mitigate risk in pivotal moments, such as strategic pivots, scenario planning, and CEO transitions.
We work with clients to:
Develop scenario plans.
Scenario planning helps mission-driven organizations prepare for multiple futures—not just react to them, which is particularly critical in times of uncertainty. Chime Partners uses a proven, practical framework from The Bridgespan Group to guide nonprofit and philanthropic leaders through this essential process.
This structured, four-step process helps you clarify risks, explore possibilities, and act with confidence. First, we identify your organization’s most critical drivers of impact and economics. Then, we model best-, moderate-, and worst-case scenarios over the next 6–12 months. From there, we build an action plan for each scenario and determine measurable “trigger points” that signal when to act. In short: we clarify what matters, explore what could happen, prepare what you’ll do, and define when to move.
The result? Smart, values-driven decisions, supported by language for your leadership team to share, a plan for responding to change, and the clarity to keep moving toward your mission—no matter what is thrown your way.
Manage CEO transitions.
Leadership transitions are pivotal moments—and they deserve care, strategy, and support. Chime Partners guides organizations through CEO transitions with a structured, high-trust process that helps outgoing and incoming leaders manage change thoughtfully, maintain momentum, and build long-term capacity. Whether you’re promoting an internal successor or navigating complex dynamics around equity, culture, or succession planning, our approach ensures the transition is healthy, credible, and aligned with your mission.
Our process supports both the people and the organization. Over a 9–12 month arc, we work closely with boards, outgoing CEOs, and new leaders to clarify priorities, define success, and build leadership readiness. This could include tailored coaching for both incoming and outgoing executives, facilitation with the board and transition committee, development of a CEO success scorecard, strategic planning for communications, and advisory support around leadership structure, team dynamics, and succession planning. It’s designed to build confidence, clarity, and trust—internally and externally—so your organization emerges stronger and future-ready.
Pivot strategically.
Chime Partners helps organizations develop a clear and compelling rallying cry that goes beyond broad mission statements to provide focused guidance during times of change. By facilitating conversations that align teams around what matters most right now, we create a shared definition of success that energizes and unites everyone. This clarity enables your team to move quickly and decisively during pivotal moments, such as new program development.
Using tools like the Working Genius model, we identify individual strengths and streamline priorities to drive meaningful wins. Together, we clarify roles, set measurable goals, and establish regular rhythms for accountability—helping your team stay focused and cohesive through change. Finally, we translate this momentum into sustainable strategies and practices that protect your mission and amplify impact over the long term, turning volatility into opportunity and building resilience for the future.