About Laura Ayers
photo by Terry Gydesen
Laura utilizes her leadership and consulting experience to provide organizational development, philanthropic consultation, and board and executive director coaching.
She provides thoughtful, tailored guidance specific to a client's situation. Clients describe her as engaged, knowledgeable, reassuring and accessible. Leaders know they can safely and confidentially discuss their organizations' challenges and receive objective, resourceful ideas.
Laura's intuitive and intelligent style with clients inspires them, and her practical guidance strengthens their capacity. She loves helping clients align their financial resources with the missions and programs of their organizations.
A self-described "nonprofit geek," Laura savors an approach to her work and life that embodies, "This is good; let's do it."
Professional Qualifications and Experience
- Extensive experience providing a blend of organizational development, philanthropic consultation, and board and executive director coaching
- Proven success in helping clients navigate change, evaluate options, and critically assess issues
- Years of leadership with local nonprofit and governmental organizations, including District 202, The Soap Factory, and the City of Minneapolis
- Keen focus on clarifying vision, committing to priorities, and taking action
- Exceptional communication skills and the ability to give specific, tailored recommendations, and feedback for each organization to enhance organizational performance and individual development
- Highly regarded for her professionalism and integrity
- Demonstrated skills range from organizational development that fosters mission ownership among all stakeholders, to executive director coaching, to assessing and recommending structural adjustments to increase effectiveness
- Strong desire to improve the effectiveness of people and organizations
- Listens to an organization's stakeholders, assesses the challenges and opportunities, formulates a range of viable options, and facilitates stakeholders' efforts through the change
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