Falcon Strategies
Driving competitive growth for mission-driven organizations
How we Help Our Clients
We believe that no mission-driven organization operates in a vacuum. Whether competing for donors, customers, employees, or visibility, embracing a market-mindset will help you maximize mission impact. This holds true if you're looking to expand services, develop new income streams, or build a more resilient and stronger organization.If you want to discuss how we can help, click here to schedule a complimentary consultation.
Organizational Resilience
Helping organizations plan for the unexpected and survive challenging marketsThe best time to plan for the unexpected is when things are going well. The next best time is when you have no other choice. Regardless of where you sit today, Falcon Strategies will help you plan to or respond in "real time" to market and political forces that have the potential to disrupt your mission and sources of funding. We help you develop a "war room" initiative and organizational mentality to navigate challenging times. We take into account your Board, your leadership team, your operational processes, and your mission impact to help develop a more resilient and flexible organization.
Risk Adjusted Development Strategy
Building a risk-balanced and sustainable income streamA balanced portfolio of revenue streams is critical for maximizing sustained impact and managing through disruption. Have you ever explored non-philanthropic sources of revenue - i.e. earned revenue? Or planned for the eventuality when a major institutional or individual donor turns off the spicket? Falcon Strategies will evaluate your portfolio to identify risks and help you develop a more risk adjusted strategy across target income streams. We analyze key revenue streams (foundations, individual and corporate donors, government, and earned revenue) looking at the market and your history, employing approaches similar to what a for-profit company uses to assess its sources of revenue.
Strategic Planning
Developing market-driven strategies to achieve greater mission impactWhether developing your first strategic plan, contemplating moving in a new direction or looking to refresh an existing plan, Falcon Strategies can help you chart a successful course with confidence. We help you capitalize on what makes you unique and successful through competitive analyses, market research and stakeholder assessments.
Effective Decision Making
Supporting objective and effective decision-making for your most important decisionsMaking critical decisions is difficult and can lead to poor outcomes and distracting disagreements among leaders. Falcon Strategies can help your team identify, evaluate and prioritize options using structured and transparent decision frameworks combined with market data to build consensus and deliver results.
Success Stories
Launching new program
Helped an organization that supports workforce opportunities for young adults with learning differences by confirming viability of a new income generating program through a detailed market analysis and business development, resulting in doubling of the program revenue in the first six months
Identifying growth opportunities
Performed a detailed competitive and white space analysis for a nonprofit that provides healthcare related services for elderly adults to evaluate prospective growth opportunities, resulting in identification of four new promising areas to expand programming with tens of millions in revenue potential
Updating strategic plan
Developed a strategic plan for an alternative energy nonprofit that served a rapidly maturing and crowded market, resulting in leadership coalescing around a more refined focus and strategic purpose
Managing through disruption
During the height of the COVID pandemic, designed and helped deliver a critical program to support a nonprofit that serves people with intellectual disabilities
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About Us
Our Philosophy: For over five years Falcon Strategies has partnered with leaders of mission-driven organizations to achieve growth objectives and enhance mission impact. We believe mission driven organizations should approach their decisions and performance with a market-backed perspective to maximize mission impact. Artfully applied, commercial frameworks, tools and techniques can strengthen mission-driven organizations.Our Approach is simple. We blend an understanding of mission complexity with the rigor of commercial analysis to help our clients amplify mission success. Our methodology is data and analytically driven to help clients make the best decisions: * Learn about our clients successes, challenges, and concerns about amplifying their mission
* Help each client identify what makes them unique, their unique value proposition and competitive differentiators
* Challenge our clients to think differently – what are new programs or new (i.e. white space) areas where they can expand their impact?
* Structure analysis to provide simple frameworks to support decision-making
* Guide leaders to solve complex issues
* Create implementation plans to move from strategy to impactOur Team: We are a team of seasoned leaders from the nonprofit, government, and commercial sectors, led by founder and President Ron Sokolov. Ron has 25 years of commercial and mission-driven organization experience. More than just idea people, we have lived through the challenges of putting strategy to work.
Ron Sokolov
As the founder and President of Falcon Strategies, I am deeply committed to the success of mission-driven organizations.I have had the fortune of serving in leadership roles in Fortune 100 companies, nonprofits, and government agencies. Time and again I've observed that leaders who look around the corner, who have a healthy anxiety about serving their constituency, are usually the ones who achieve sustained mission success. It requires leaders to step outside of their "I'm not in a competitive environment" mindset and embrace a nuanced commercial perspective, anticipating and adapting to competitive pressures.I do this because I am driven by a personal passion for mission, inspired by my upbringing and my son with special needs. The world around us doesn't wait for anyone -- "comfort zones" are a figment of one's imagination.If this approach resonates I'd love to chat. Click below to schedule a complimentary consult or email me at "ron (at) falconstrategies (dot) us". I look forward to connecting!
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