Real Frameworks. Real Methodology. Real Outcomes.
The toolkit OA brings to every engagement.
Every framework on this page was forged inside real destination organizations. See the work →
Strategy
Strategic plans, organizational diagnostics, and the ongoing counsel that keeps the work alive.
OA Scorecard™
For boards, interim leaders, and incoming CEOs who need to know where the organization actually stands. The Scorecard™ is a proprietary diagnostic across eleven dimensions of organizational health, anchored in DMAP accreditation and industry best practice standards. The output is a scored readiness profile with prioritized improvement areas. Often the entry-point engagement that becomes the foundation for everything that follows.
OA Method™ Strategic Planning
For destinations whose strategic plan is collecting dust. The OA Method™ aligns strategy, systems, and culture in a single engagement, not three sequential projects. The plan is built around the daily operating rhythm of the organization from day one. The Radical Alignment Map™ translates the strategic plan into annual business plans, quarterly priorities, and the KPIs that show up in the leadership team’s standing meetings. Anyone can deliver a binder. OA ensures the plan is lived by your people.
AlchemyOS™
Your strategic plan is done. Then what? AlchemyOS™ is the standing partnership that keeps your leadership team running on the cadence, KPIs, and culture you just installed. Monthly facilitated sessions with the CEO. Standing coaching for department leaders. Quarterly leadership team check-ins. Annual board strategy reset. Plus on-demand access to the OA team and toolkit between sessions. Most often activated the month after a Strategic Plan engagement closes so your new plan doesn't begin to collect dust.
Organizational Development
Building, rebuilding, and reimagining the destination organizations that drive their communities forward.
Org. Development & Restructuring
For organizations that need to be built or rebuilt. Forming a new department. Launching a commission. Merging civic functions. Reimagining the operating structure from the ground up. The work covers organizational design, role clarity, governance redesign, and the system architecture that holds the new structure together. Most engagements include leadership team alignment and 90-day implementation support. The standard is structures that scale with the ambition of the community they serve.
Coming Soon: DMO+
For smaller destinations that deserve professional, well-run organizations even when they cannot hire a full staff to build one. DMO+ gives small communities access to a complete DMO operation. Strategy. Planning. Budgeting. Board reporting. Marketing oversight. All delivered by a senior team experienced at every scale of destination work. Your community keeps its identity, its brand, and its local presence. We bring the experience and the operating support so you can focus on the people, the place, and the work that only you can do.
OA Sprint™: Custom Engagements
For organizations with a specific, high-stakes question that doesn't fit a standard strategic plan or assessment. An org chart that needs redrawing. A region that needs aligning. A board that needs resetting. A new program that needs building. A complicated, cross-organizational issue that needs to be named and worked. Every engagement runs through the OA method — discovery interviews, synthesis, a facilitated working session, and a written roadmap — applied to whatever the situation calls for. Typical length is 60 to 90 days. The output is a working document the team can act on immediately.
Leadership
Onboarding, transitioning, and developing the leaders who run destination organizations.
Vacated Executive Rapid Transition Services
For boards facing an unexpected CEO departure. OA steps in as fractional leadership support during the vacancy, runs the OA Scorecard™, and prepares the incoming leader for the handoff. The engagement works best when transitioned to the Alchemy90™ program once a new executive is on board. The combined service stabilizes the organization during the period when momentum is most at risk.
Coming Soon: Alchemy90™ New Executive Onboarding
For organizations onboarding a new CEO. The first 90 days are crowded: meet the team, read the numbers, earn the board’s confidence, navigate city politics, and show progress. Most leaders try to do everything at once and stall. Alchemy90™ removes the noise. A proprietary 90-day roadmap built from years of leading destination organizations, with built-in support for trust building, early wins, stakeholder mapping, and protecting the leader’s energy. The leader walks out of day 90 with an operating rhythm and stakeholder trust.
The Board Blueprint™
For organizations welcoming new board members, whose existing boards have drifted into operations, lost clarity on role, or started competing with strategy instead of reinforcing it. The Board Blueprint™ is a focused governance reset. The work includes a review of bylaws, committee structure, board matrix, and development process, paired with a two-hour facilitated working session with the full board. Available as a standalone workshop or as part of a complete governance assessment. The result is a board governing at the right altitude — and a CEO with the room to execute.
Executive Succession Planning
For boards that want to be ready before a transition is forced on them. The work pairs a long-horizon succession framework with the leadership-readiness diagnostics that surface internal candidates and identify development gaps. Done well, succession planning is invisible. Done late, it becomes a crisis. Boards walk out of the engagement with a documented succession strategy, a candidate development plan, and the governance practices that keep the strategy current as the organization grows.
Coaching & Team Development
For leaders and teams that want to perform better together. Includes Birkman Method debriefs, Working Genius (WIDGET) team mapping, Patrick Lencioni framework application, and the FiredUp! Culture partnership for organizations ready for ongoing culture work. The standard is leaving the room more capable than you entered it.
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Birkman helps people be more effective team members, develop their talent, and do better work. Every employee has a unique, complex personality. By understanding how personality impacts team chemistry, leaders can transform teamwork into teams that work.
For over 65 years, The Birkman Method® has been helping people reach further with our unique yet scientific approach to behavioral & occupational assessments. Used by millions of people and the world’s best companies to:
- develop leaders
- improve teamwork
- explore careers
- select talent
- increase sales and productivity
Brett Oetting has has completed the Birkman Method Certification training. As a Certified Birkman Professional, Brett has received hands-on training from Birkman International and been equipped to conduct Birkman Assessments on individuals and teams. Team workshops are an excellent way to build organizational culture.
The 6 types of Working Genius is a model that helps people discover their natural fits and thrive in their work and personal life. The Working Genius assessment is 20% personality and 80% productivity. People who understand their genius show up to work happier, are more effective, and play well with others. Working Genius Certified Facilitators are equipped to analyze and apply results to help individuals and teams leverage Working Genius to be more innovative, strategic, and effective.
Working Genius identifies the six fundamental activities that are required for any type of work and provides a simple framework for how work gets done. Too many people feel frustrated, underutilized or misunderstood at work. Far too many teams experience failure, feel stuck or are confused because they don’t know how to tap into the people around them. Working Genius is changing the way people are thinking about their work and teams, and is leading to more dignified, fulfilled and successful work.
Brett Oetting has completed the Working Genius Certification Training offered through the Table Group. As a Certified Working Genius Facilitator, Brett has received hands-on training from the Patrick Lencioni and Table Group team and been equipped with the tools and resources to help people leverage the Working Genius model with individuals, teams and organizations.
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