Organization and Aspiration: SMC’s Path, Goal…and Snazzy New Structure!
There’s always plenty of work to do at Shambhala Mountain Center. At times, the sheer number of tasks feels overwhelming, yet with the support of our community, both on and off the land, things always manage to work out. When our Executive Directors Team began working with Susan Skjei, a long time non-profit consultant and Authentic Leadership teacher, they began to realize that though we had the energy to get things done, we needed the structure and experience to organize and execute our plans. As we set our intentions as an organization, people and structures began to fall into place. New employees with years of management experience joined our staff and, with some hard work, we created a new reporting structure. Before implementing the current structure, our Executive Director, Michael Gayner, was responsible for personally overseeing the work of 13 Senior Managers. This demand for super-human oversight from our Executive Director just wasn’t practical or efficient. Under our current system, all Senior Managers have a maximum of 5 people reporting to them, allowing Senior …
