When you work for social change -
Results matter.
Alvarez Porter Group provides results focused consultant services to organizations and leaders like you. We share your commitment to justice, equity and sustainability, and work with you to turn that commitment into meaningful and enduring change.
Organizational Consulting for Unions and Non-profits
Strategy and Planning
- Organizational assessments
- Strategic planning
- Organizational consulting
- Organizational design
- Strategic conflict management
Meetings and Retreats
- Leadership retreats
- Staff retreats
- Membership meetings
- Multi-stakeholder events
- Diversity and inclusion
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“Unleashing Member Power: Member Leadership 2.0”
Design team member and supervisor track facilitator: Allison Porter Staff and Supervisor Development Program Service Employees International Union March-April, 2012Over 500 SEIU representation staff, leads and coordinators participated in one of four 4-day sessions on member leadership development. The program included both internal staff and their supervisors to share and learn about effective strategies and skills for being “leaders of leaders”.
“Being an Effective Leader of Union Change”
Presenter: Joe Alvarez Leadership Development Program for Senior Trade Union Officers Trade Union Congress of Great Britain and the London School of Economics December 1-2, 2011 London, EnglandPart of a year-long leadership development program for senior trade union officers, this module helps leaders understand themselves as their most effective instrument of change. Through increased self-awareness and self-management, the participants gain perspective and tools to lead change.
“Unleashing the Potential of Multi-stakeholder Groups”
Presenters: Joe Alvarez, Allison Porter, Lisa SilverbergOD Network Conference November 1, 2011 in Baltimore, Maryland
In today’s tough economic and political environment, it has become more necessary than ever for organizations seeking fundamental social change to work together to achieve their goals. There are inherent challenges and enormous potential created by uniting across differences. This workshop will examine the common pitfalls and unique opportunities of multi stakeholder groups in the non-profit sector, and we will share and generate strategies for unlocking the energy and capacity of these powerful systems. PowerPoint from the workshop available here 
ARTICLES
Getting through the wilderness: a leader’s guide to transition (PDF)
VIDEOS
Brene Brown: The power of vulnerability
And after 4 million people watched that one, the follow-up: Listening to shame
Shawn Anchor: The happy secret to better work
BOOKS
Nonprofit Sustainability:
Making Strategic Decisions for Financial Viability
by Jeanne Bell
Conflict 101:
a manager’s guide to resolving problems so everyone can get back to work
by Susan H. Shearouse