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Is your team stuck in reaction mode? You’re not alone.

Nonprofit and NGO leaders like you are navigating overwhelming complexity, constant urgency, and rising burnout. You’re doing important work—but something’s not working.

Team communication is off

You’re solving the same problems over and over

People are exhausted, and morale is slipping

It’s hard to stay focused on the mission

You know something needs to change. The Organizational Health Blueprint shows you how.

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ABOUT ME

Hi, I’m Alex Poeter

I work with nonprofit and NGO leaders who are navigating complexity and care deeply about their people.

With 15+ years of experience across cultures and continents, I’ve helped mission-driven teams move from burnout and bottlenecks to clarity and collaboration. I bring a calm, grounded presence and a systems-thinking approach to everything I do.

My work centers around one big goal: helping leaders and teams reconnect to their purpose—and each other.

Whether through the Organizational Health Blueprint, leadership coaching, or longer-term support, I’ll help you move from reactive to intentional, from siloed to aligned, and from exhausted to energized.

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What is the Organizational Health Blueprint?

A strategic, people-centered process designed to restore clarity, trust, and alignment in your organization.

You’ll get a clear roadmap and support to:

Identify root issues (not just surface symptoms)

Strengthen trust and communication

Create better habits, systems, and accountability

Build the culture and momentum your mission deserves

It’s like hitting the reset button—with a guide who understands the nonprofit world.

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This is For You If…

You’re stuck putting out fires, not moving forward

Your team is stressed and siloed

You’ve tried team-building and leadership trainings, but nothing sticks

You’re committed to doing the inner and structural work needed for real change

If that sounds like your world, this Blueprint can help you move from chaos to cohesion.

What You Get

We’ll co-create a customized plan for a healthier, more effective organization.

By the end of the process, you’ll have:

A detailed map of what’s working—and what’s not

Honest insight into team dynamics and leadership blind spots

Clear roles, aligned goals, and smarter communication

Renewed energy, trust, and forward momentum

A living blueprint to guide ongoing growth

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Testimonials

  • “Alex is smart, committed, supportive and has decades of leadership experience. When I am working with him on a project, his contributions make that project better. He has helped me grow both personally and professionally. I can’t imagine a better person to help organizations and individuals build on their strengths.”

    – Tara Mack, Executive Director, Education for Liberation Network

  • “Working with Alex Poeter has proven to be invaluable to our staff’s ability to move forward in a positive way with mentoring and coaching young people, creating a healthy environment in which our staff and students can thrive, as well as creating an easy to use outcome-based evaluation system and infrastructure for our organization.”

    – Melinda Wiggins, Executive Director, Student Action with Farmworkers

  • “Alex Poeter was one of the wisest and most strategic not for profit leaders in Chicago for over twenty years. He was a leader in Chicago’s community organizing community, and he built a strong organization with numerous high quality programs and services for both youth and adults. Alex has a leadership style that is centered on focused listening and clear analysis, and he is skilled at collaborating with diverse groups of individuals and organizations. Alex is rooted in social justice values and empathetic of the many challenges not for profits and their leaders face. He is also a very creative problem solver who anticipates trends and understands how to marry big ideas to clear action plans.”

    – Brian Brady, Executive Director, Mikva Challenge

  • “Having worked with Alex for years, I remain steadily impressed with his abilities to perceive and articulate short and long-term needs in a deeply caring manner. If you are looking for a loud superstar, keep looking. If you are looking for a caring and thoroughly competent coach to help you break out of what’s holding you or your organization in harmful patterns, you’ve found him.”

    – Leigh Patel, PhD, Writer, Sociologist, Educator

  • “I have had the pleasure to partner with Alex on inter-generational, social justice work with the Chicago Freedom School for 5 years. Alex is committed to collaborative and participatory community based work with multiple stakeholders. He is an excellent facilitator and organizer – with the ability to garner resources and support multiple voices in consensus building and decision making processes. Institutions, community groups and folks that are seeking a thoughtful, committed and inclusive consultant need look no further.”

    – Keisha Farmer-Smith, PhD, Director of Programs and Quality Assurance, Family Focus Inc.

  • “Alex is a truly transformational coach. In working with him you will have an unconditionally supportive mentor who, through deep compassion and wisdom, will help you channel the best version of yourself based on your own terms. Alex provides a nonjudgemental space for you to work through situations that you’re currently facing as well as beliefs and patterns that may be holding you back. In the detailed notes you receive after each session you will find amazing insights filled with guidance as well as thought-provoking questions and resources that leave room for continued self-exploration and growth. Working with Alex has enriched my daily life, relationships, and career in too many ways to name; I cannot recommend him highly enough.”

    — Will Weiss, Founder at More Human Internet, Chief Operating Officer at Dream Sports Africa

  • “I've gained so much from my sessions with Alex, particularly from his emphasis on finding a way to lean into my authentic self. This led me to a whole new way of seeing the world and my place in it. By listening and reflecting back what he heard from me, Alex supported me to identify my work values, my unique strengths, and how I can best use them to make an impact and create the experiences I want to have in life doing what I love.”

    – Joanna Welborn, Communications Arts Director, Student Action with Farmworkers

How It Works

Discovery + Listening

We get to know your team, challenges, and hopes through interviews and assessments.

Blueprint Delivery

You get a clear, customized roadmap—with practical next steps for sustainable change.

Organizational Diagnosis

We get to know your team, challenges, and hopes through interviews and assessments.

Ongoing Support

Want help putting it all into practice? We can stay on to support implementation and coaching.

Let’s walk through the full process together.

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Why It Works

Real transformation happens when we bring both clarity and care to the work.

This isn’t about “fixing” your team. It’s about creating the conditions for your people to thrive—because aligned, healthy teams are how the best nonprofit work gets done.

I’ve helped leaders across continents move from tension and burnout to clarity and flow. You can too.

In this video I share the number one cause that prevents nonprofits/NGOs from achieving greater organizational health and well-being, and how the Organizational Health Blueprint can help your organization

Ready to Align Your Team and Lead with More Ease?

The Organizational Health Blueprint will give you:

More clarity and confidence

A team that trusts and supports each other

Systems that actually support your mission

Energy and focus for what matters most

You don’t have to figure this out alone.

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