Moving organizations and leaders in one direction — FORWARD
Forward offers a suite of services including governance consulting, strategic planning, executive coaching, and board leadership coaching.
Forward offers a suite of services including governance consulting, strategic planning, and executive coaching.
Guiding organizations and leaders into the future
Governance Consulting
Partnering with non-profit organizations to maximize governance practices, positioning boards as strategic assets aligned in support of organizational missions.
Strategy Development
Facilitating a range of strategy development including multi-year strategic plans and shorter term targeted and tactical planning.
Executive Coaching
Serving as a thought partner to experienced and emerging executive leaders, providing one on one support to maximize personal and professional potential.
Why choose Forward?
With two decades of experience spanning operations, strategic planning, and board development, Forward combines a neutral third-party perspective and best practices to help you turn ideas into action.
Forward partners with executives and boards across all sectors using a tailored approach including board advisory services, strategic planning, and executive coaching.
Success, tailored to your needs.
We partner with you to optimize organizational performance across three domains — governance effectiveness, strategic facilitation, and individual leadership coaching. Our approach is collaborative and designed to support your unique needs. Backed by years of experience in governance, strategy, and executive leadership, Laura Orr will help you create the path FORWARD.
Let's Talk
Forward offers a complimentary discussion to learn more about your consulting and coaching needs. There’s no commitment, just an opportunity to explore opportunities to move your organization and your leadership FORWARD.
Testimonials
Resources
Demystifying and Optimizing the Executive Session
Executive sessions can enhance and strengthen board culture. Negative or exaggerated assumptions are often made when an executive session shows up on a board agenda and, even more so, if one is announced during a regular board meeting without advance notice.
Leadership Succession as a Strategic Imperative
Board leadership succession planning is a critical aspect of effective governance. Selecting a board chair is one of the most important decisions a board and a CEO will make, and committing to serve in that leadership role is one of the most important decisions a trustee will make.
The Strategic Impact of Subsidiary Boards
The roles of health system parent boards and local subsidiary boards continue to evolve. As new partnership models are implemented across the country, governance structures are changing to meet new needs.