History
To foster thriving communities in Sudan by ensuring that nonprofit leaders and organizations have the knowledge, skills, and resources to fulfill their mission. Nile Consultancy Group ( NCG) is a comprehensive source for management , training, and consulting that helps nonprofit organizations achieve their goals. Through the following:
• HUMAN CAPITAL
An organization is only as strong as
its staff. Offers organizations resources to find qualified candidates, courses on overcoming personnel pitfalls and guidelines on industry compensation in Sudan.
• INFORMATION
we help nonprofits access important information easily through our Nonprofit Resource Library, The Nonprofit Answer Guide, expansive seminars, and knowledgeable experts in the field.
• LEADERSHIP
provides classes, initiatives and networking opportunities crucial in developing and maintaining nonprofit leadership and management skills at all levels of the organization.
• COUNSELING
can counsel organizations experiencing change, including rebuilding boards, transitioning executives and restructuring the organization.
• COMMUNITY
By serving several of nonprofits every month, provides a setting where nonprofit professionals meet, share ideas and collaborate. Core Value:
At NCG , we believe that our success is best reflected through your success. We want our people be proactive and continuously improve their skills for making our customers successful
Above everything else, we value:
• Achievements
Achieving excellence can only be assured by establishing high standards when designing best strategies, implementing lean processes and defining ambitious goals.
• Team work
Being passionate about what to do and recognizing that hard work as a team, is the foundation of success
• Partnership. We act as an extension of our client’s office and work closely to provide you with decisive and dedicated support. We understand what matters to you the most and deliver accordingly.
• Integrity. In a demanding business with high expectations and standards, we honestly represent our clients to candidates and our candidates to clients. We do not promise what we cannot deliver.
• Confidentiality. We accord the highest respect to information that we have been entrusted with.
• Leadership
Leading through example is the only way to inspire and guide others. We are a team of experienced consultants who have been in senior corporate roles before becoming consultants. We really know how things work from your side of the desk, and having experienced a wide range of implementations we know not only how to effect change but how to bring the team along with it. It’s about practical hands on implementation, transferring skills and doing it all in a way that makes the change stick and become part of the norm. Our goal is to deliver benefits long after we have left. Each assignment is tailored individually to the client, their culture and needs and what exactly will work for them. We normally work in small teams, selecting the particular technical knowledge that each consultant has to build the optimum team. NCG’s Perspective
We realized very early that the Not for Profit Sector was emerging as a new force contributing to the social development in Sudan. With our dedicated team of experienced consultants, it is easier for us to understand our clients’ needs, and the challenges associated with them. For instance, because of our long association with the sector, we can appreciate the significance of having effective fund raising personnel. Also, because of our in-depth knowledge of the sector and a strong network across other industries, we can source the right talent from different sectors. We act as true consultants to our clients – suggesting strategies to source, develop, create, retain and motivate the right talent pool. Our Services
I. Consulting
Made to Measure
Consulting services are delivered through carefully designed customized engagements to accomplish organizational and program-oriented objectives including organizational assessment, strategic planning, program design and evaluation, meeting facilitation, board development, fund development, executive transitions and other kinds of customized counsel and services. In each project, we begin with a discovery period, to work closely with board and staff to design an engagement that is well timed and suited to the people within the organization, how the organization functions and the objectives of the work together. The Consulting Method
Nonprofits are better able to deliver effective programs and services when a strong, core infrastructure is in place, of realistic plans and systems informed by mission and vision. consultants work closely with boards and staff, offering management support services that are designed to build capacity through a customized and personalized approach, to address organizational issues and explore new ways of doing business. Strategic planning is the architecture of successful organizations
NCG’s approach to strategic planning involves a collaborative process of internal and external review and strategic thinking to generate a realistic and practical guide for board and staff in achieving visionary and operational goals. III. Organizational Development
Organizational development is a systematic process of planning for and implementing effective change, to increase an organization’s effectiveness or efficiency, throughout the organization or in specific areas. CNM works with an organization’s staff and board to develop and conduct a customized assessment to clarify and build consensus about strengths and areas of vulnerability, followed by a process to develop a realistic, appropriate plan and guide for organizational improvements and change. IV. Evaluation & Program Development
NCG develops customized evaluation processes that combine proven evaluation approaches customized for authenticity and relevance to the client’s programs, to illustrate value and impact, for the purposes of informing program design and future development as well as to share information more effectively with boards, funders, and others closely connected to the organization. Board & Staff Development
The NCG consulting team places high priority on being connected to and leadership in key issues and practices for maximizing the talents, strengths and efforts of an organization’s most valuable resource – the people who govern, lead, and support programs to produce effective, meaningful, and measurable impact: the board and staff. We translate our knowledge and commitment to this work through customized board and staff development projects, designed to leverage and build effectiveness and cohesiveness. VI. Fund Development Planning
With extensive experience in all aspects of resource development, NCG consultants understand that effective fund development plans and strategies start with a review and assessment of current fund development programs and systems. We work with organizations to design, strategize and implement realistic fund development plans to seek and leverage the appropriate combination of contributed income to meet their mission. VII. Meeting & Retreat Design & Facilitation
NCG’s experienced facilitators work with organizations to develop and implement meetings, retreats, and other forums for specific planning, problem solving, strategizing, or decision-making purposes. Our approach involves thoughtful planning and preparation and developing agendas to encourage participation and generate useful plans for next steps. VIII. Executive Coaching
Coaching is the practice of supporting an individual through a creative thought-provoking process of exploration and accountability. NCG Executive Coaches work one-on-one with executives, managers, and other organizational leaders to maximize their potential, support professional development, build confidence and resilience and resolve short and long-term issues in specific areas such as leadership, working with colleagues and boards, financial management, fund development and other topics. We adapt existing service management processes to the new complexity and help the transition to your future organization matrix with well defined processes and change management methods. Team
We are here for you! Our work relies on people, all passionate and dedicated, with extraordinary range of skills and talents. Without their engagement, efforts end energy we could not be as successful as we are. All our talented associates are multilingual, They all possess advanced degrees and certifications. This is assuring that they are close to you, your culture, your methods, and thanks their excellent preparation they have always the best answer to your problems.
