How did Leadership Strategies help improve the YWCAs performance?
“After the session with Leadership Strategies, the YWCA made some changes in terms of their programming which allowed their organization to become even more financially sound than they were prior to this session. By capitalizing on specific skill sets, knowledge and ability to reach a certain audience of women, their programs took on more of an advocacy focus. For example, the YWCA is a relatively small organization. Running childcare, teen programs and providing direct services is very costly. Because they don’t have the reach that larger organizations do, the YWCA created a niche in advocating for child care in the state of Georgia. They also created a financial literacy program enabling women to be financially independent. The literacy project is a great example of the mindset, Give a woman a fish and she’ll eat for a day. Teach her how to fish and she’ll eat forever.
