My name is Dan Ferdinand and I've spent over 30 years serving the not-for-profit (NFP) community primarily in the role of an HR professional. I am now shifting my career to work for the NFP community at-large in a consulting capacity.  Thank you for visiting my website.

I have learned so much along the way, and I now want to be able to share my knowledge by providing it to organizations from the outside-in as a trusted advisor.  This type of relationship can enable candid, but safe, communications between my clients and me.  

My background includes working with organizations that had the following characteristics:

• Numerous types of non-exempt and exempt employees
• Unionized workforces
• Strict regulation and accreditation requirements
• Thin resources
• Fickle funding
• Enormous risk exposures
• Many other challenging issues

All of the above compelled me to persistently pursue management and leadership learning from classic and contemporary theories. However, as you know, true learning comes from applying theories and being open and mindful to the outcomes produced.  The expertise I possess was developed through this essential learning process throughout my career.  Each organization I worked for faced constant vexing challenges stemming from their respective funding streams and the inherent complexity of operating a business during periods of economic uncertainty.   

I can offer expert advice and assistance to your organization in the following areas:

• Labor and Employee Relations
• Organizational Development
• Learning Programs for all Levels of Management
• Employment Law (I will be glad to work with your labor attorney to insure that your interests are fully protected) 
• Accreditation Assistance
• Strategic Planning and Implementation
• Employee Handbooks, Policies and Diagramming
• Quality Management (TQM)
• Special Projects and Other Services  

For those of you who know me, you must have heard me utter the quote, "You don't know, what you don't know."  The role of a good and trusted advisor is to help an organization minimize this rather humbling exposure.  I certainly have so much more to learn, but the missteps and the right-steps I have observed in others along the way has served to provide me with an enormous amount of learning opportunities and the wisdom that emerges from these types of experiences.   

More About Me

• I possess a high level of comfort working with staff at all levels and the NFP's Board of Directors
• I will be your organization’s devoted advisor and partner
• In addition to being a senior HR professional, I spent over a decade overseeing other administrative/financial functions in the NFP community
     including IT, Finance, Office Services, Real Estate and other areas as well.  Consequently, I possess an excellent understanding of all the
     administrative/financial functions and the sometime sensitive inter-dependencies between them
• My fees are a fraction of the cost charged by mid-to-large-size consulting firms (firms that may, or may not, have adequate experience working
     within a NFP environment)  

Please take a moment to look at the services I can offer to your organization.  I stand behind everything I do and your complete satisfaction is something that I will relentlessly pursue. 

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