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Why We Do This Work

We believe change is not only inevitable, but often essential for the health and success of organizations. Moreover, we believe thriving teams succeed when guided by the combination of people-oriented leadership and intentional resource management. In short, we work at the nexus of people and strategy to improve outcomes for mission-driven organizations and the communities they serve.

What We Do

NEX Strategies provides strategic consulting services spanning a variety of areas within Organizational Development and Facilitation.

Organizational Development

If your organization needs more direction and sustainability, we can advise your team on strategies for financial and personnel management, as well as organizational direction and strategy. Whether your organization is seeking a turnaround, revamping an entrenched process, or introducing an entirely new system, we can help evaluate your existing approach and plan the most effective path forward. We focus on ensuring strategic resource alignment, clear communications, and smart implementation.

Our Services Include:

  • Change management
  • Process and management assessments
  • Strategic planning
  • Individual and team assessment
  • Leadership trainings and coaching

Facilitation

Successful endeavors and teams often require taking into account multiple voices and perspectives. Furthermore, these voices may have diverging points of view and objectives. We will work with you to identify the right people to engage and the most effective strategies for working collaboratively.

Our Services Include:

  • Guiding organizations and communities through big hairy challenges
  • Advancing team communication
  • Collaborative decision making, design, and facilitation

Who We Are

As a team, we have built and led successful teams and initiatives in the public, private, political, and non-profit sectors. Furthermore, our functional knowledge areas include many of the critical building blocks often required to facilitate sustaining change, including financial planning, budget and resource management, public and internal policy development, people and performance management, marketing and communications, and technology solutions.

Autumn Carter, Partner

Autumn Carter has developed her skills and approach to managing growth and transformation through experiences working with evolving teams spanning multiple sectors and industries, including non-profits, technology companies, and the public sector. She specializes in developing systems and orienting teams toward financial and operational sustainability. She does so by keenly assessing and aligning available resources with organizational strengths, including employee talent, products and services, and untapped opportunities for success. Autumn is an avid learner, thoughtful architect, passionate implementor, and trusted thought partner. She attended Stanford University, where her coursework often explored the frequent intersections of Political Science, Technology, Data, and Management.

Reed Wagner, Partner

Reed Wagner has over 25 years of experience leading or supporting organizations through transformational change. From complete overhauls of governance structures to the realignment of business services to mergers, acquisitions, and subsidiary development, Reed loves the challenge of change and is hyper-focused on relationships and the interaction between change management and human nature. He believes in thoughtfully building team leadership models and the intentional development of emerging leaders. He teaches Mutual Benefit Negotiations at leadership certification programs in the North West. Reed received his Master of Public Administration from the University of Oregon.

want to talk?

If your organization is considering a significant change or challenge, we would love to explore how we can help. If you are interested in an introductory call and strategy session, please use the form below to describe your situation.