Welcome to od180
Helping organizations and their leaders help others more effectively - that is the essence and aim of od180.*
David Norgard
What is od180?
We are a consulting practice dedicated to serving the organizational development needs of non-profits and their leaders.
Its principal, David Norgard has successfully led organizations through rehabilitative turnarounds resulting in renewed stability, vitality and growth.
If you are considering seeking counsel for yourself as a leader or your organization over all, we invite you to learn more about us.
What is Organizational Development?
In its essence, it is the practice of identifying processes that produce desired results. It is the discipline of looking at where an organization wants to go and then identifying a path by which to get there while negotiating the obstacles and roadblocks along the way.
*Effective [from the Latin efficere, meaning to bring to pass]: producing a definite or desired result; efficient
Strategies [from the Greek strategos, meaning general]: plans of operations which use resources to optimal advantage
Organizational [from the Greek organon, meaning organ]: a unified body of persons brought together into a systematized whole for a specific purpose
Development [from the French developer, meaning to unfold or unwrap]: stages of growing gradually fuller, larger, or better; stages of coming into being

