Purpose · Priorities · Strategic direction
Organizational Identity & Direction
Understand what your organization stands for, what your circumstances require, and where to focus next.
When the next step is unclear
Your business has grown beyond its original purpose. Your board describes the mission in different ways. An opportunity looks promising, but you are unsure whether it belongs in your plans.
RPL helps small businesses and nonprofits investigate these questions through conversation, research, and attention to the people closest to the work. We connect what emerges with practical choices about priorities, resources, and communication.
Understand your work.
Examine your assumptions.
Choose your direction.
How We Can Help
01
Understand Your Identity
- Founder and stakeholder interviews
- Mission, values, and organizational history
- Differences between stated purpose and everyday practice
02
Examine the Possibilities
- Research into audiences and circumstances
- Assessment of opportunities and tradeoffs
- Facilitated conversations about competing priorities
03
Develop Direction
- Shared organizational language
- Strategic priorities and responsibilities
- Recommendations for planning and communications
Research grounded in human experience
Robert Levey, PhD, MBA, brings doctoral research in Transformative Studies together with business education, consulting experience, nonprofit leadership, and teaching in management, leadership, and organizational behavior.
His research examines how narratives, assumptions, and relationships shape transformation. His writing at The Philosopher Files extends that inquiry into meaning, identity, and organizational life. At RPL, those foundations inform how we listen, investigate, and help you consider what comes next.
What You Can Take Forward
Depending on your needs, an engagement may produce a synthesis of stakeholder perspectives, a clearer account of your purpose, and a set of priorities with practical next steps.
We agree on the scope and useful outputs together before the work begins.
How We Work Together
1. Explore
Discuss the question, review existing materials, and identify whose experience needs to inform the work.
2. Investigate
Use interviews, research, and facilitated dialogue to examine assumptions and consider possibilities.
3. Decide
Translate what you learn into priorities, responsibilities, and language that can guide action.
Discuss Your Organization’s Direction
Tell us what has changed, where perspectives differ, or which decision you are trying to make.