Turn scattered impact ideas into a shared, open strategy

Co-create your next impact strategy with staff, board, partners, and community, using clear online tools that surface hidden talent and build trust in leadership decisions.

Shape impact strategy with your whole community

Turn scattered ideas into a shared, practical impact roadmap that your board, team, and partners actually believe in.

Turn noise into a clear impact plan

Use workshops, online input tools, and shared documents to gather ideas from across your network and turn them into one focused strategy.

Give people a real say in big decisions

Invite board members, staff, volunteers, and partners into structured strategy sessions and feedback rounds so decisions feel fair, not top down.

Spot and grow hidden leadership talent

Use open calls, structured profiles, and co-created role definitions to uncover mission-driven leaders beyond the usual CVs and networks.

Turn scattered vision into a clear impact roadmap

Six core ways Sandflag helps 3rd sector leaders build open, values-led impact and leadership strategies.

Impact-first strategy support

Shape a clear, shared impact roadmap that connects programs, leadership roles, and funding expectations across your ecosystem.

Participatory leadership search

Invite staff, boards, and stakeholders into defining what great leadership looks like before you go to market.

Open strategy workshops

Use structured workshops, online platforms, and shared documents so more voices help set priorities and trade-offs.

Hidden talent discovery

Spot mission-driven talent in and around your organization, not just polished CVs from the usual suspects.

Ethical Talent AI Playbook

Apply AI with clear rules that protect fairness, inclusion, and transparency in every step of your hiring process.

Simple, mission-safe pricing

Explain search costs with a clear 2 percent revenue promise and a first collaboration offered free.

Before Sandflag, our impact ideas lived in separate documents and side chats. Their open strategy workshops and simple tools helped our board, staff, and young people write one shared impact plan and hire a director that everyone could stand behind.

Sara Lind
Executive Director
Northbridge Youth Rights Fund

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Sandflag Impact and who is it for?

Impact is Sandflag’s service for non-profits and other 3rd sector groups who want a clear impact strategy and the right leaders to match it. It is built for executive directors, boards, and program leaders who care about mission, shared ownership, and real change, not just titles and CVs.

How is this different from a regular search firm or strategy consultant?

We do not disappear into a closed room and come back with a slide deck and a shortlist. We use open strategy practices so staff, volunteers, partners, and sometimes communities can shape your impact priorities and leadership profile. You get a clear, fair process you can explain to your board and funders, not just a black box search.

What do you actually help us do in an Impact project?

We help you turn scattered ideas about impact into a shared plan and then match it with the right roles and people. That can include workshops, online input tools, co-created leader profiles, support to find hidden talent around you, and a clear hiring playbook so you can repeat the process later on your own.

How do you involve our staff, volunteers, and community without slowing everything down?

We keep the process simple and time boxed. We use short online forms, focused workshops, and shared documents so people can give input in ways that fit their time. You stay in control of decisions while more voices help you see blind spots and build early buy-in for the final strategy and the new leader.

Do you use AI, and how do you handle equity and fairness?

Yes, but on your terms and with clear guardrails. Our Talent AI Playbook spells out what AI can and cannot do in your hiring, how you explain it to candidates, and how you keep human judgment, equity, and inclusion at the center. You always decide where AI is used, and you can show this to boards, staff, and funders.

What does it cost and how risky is it to try?

Pricing is simple and built around your budget, with a clear 2% revenue promise that is easy to explain to boards and funders. Your first collaboration is free so you can test how we work, see if it fits your culture, and only then decide if you want to go deeper.

Co-create your next impact strategy

Turn scattered ideas from board, staff, and community into a shared plan for impact, leadership, and talent that people trust, support, and can act on now.

We futureproof mission-driven teams for maximum impact.

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