Clear Priorities
Separate what is important from what is merely urgent and focus organizational energy on a manageable number of meaningful priorities.
Strategy • Alignment • Execution
Turn complex challenges into clear priorities, aligned leadership, and action.
Organizations rarely need more ideas. They need clarity about what matters, alignment around where they're going, and a practical way to move forward.
I work with executives, boards, and leadership teams to turn important decisions, transitions, and strategic priorities into plans people can actually execute.
Indiana-based. Serving organizations nationally.
Strategic planning and organizational advisory work across nonprofit, foundation, arts, education, community, and corporate organizations.
Healthcare Foundation of Miami CountyManchester Symphony OrchestraNorthern Indiana Community FoundationPeru Public LibraryThe Times TheaterThe Outlet
When the stakes are high
Clarity matters.
Organizations don't usually struggle because they lack smart people or worthwhile ideas.
They struggle because there are too many priorities, competing perspectives, limited resources, unclear ownership, or important decisions that have remained unresolved for too long.
That's where I can help.
The objective isn't another report. It's an organization that knows where it's going and what happens next.
Aligned Leadership
Create a shared understanding among executives, boards, employees, and key stakeholders about where the organization is going and why.
Executable Plans
Translate strategy into measurable objectives, ownership, timelines, accountability, and practical next steps.
Ways to work together
Three focused engagements.
Every engagement is customized, but most of my work begins in one of three places.
Typical Investment: $50,000
Strategic Plan + Activation
For organizations that need a clear direction and a realistic way to execute it.
- Stakeholder input
- Leadership strategy sessions
- Strategic priorities and measurable objectives
- Implementation roadmap
- Activation support
Typical Investment: $30,000
Leadership Alignment Sprint
For leadership teams facing change, growth, restructuring, stalled execution, or an important new initiative.
A focused 30–45 day engagement to surface the real issues, clarify decisions, create alignment, and establish a practical path forward.
Explore Leadership Alignment →Typical Investment: $10,000
Executive & Board Strategy Retreat
A retreat designed around decisions rather than presentations.
Advance discovery, custom session design, full-day facilitation, documented action items, and a 30-day implementation follow-up.
Explore Strategy Retreats →Travel expenses billed separately when applicable.
Selected Work
Strategy should change what happens next.
Foundation Strategy
Healthcare Foundation of Miami County
From limited visibility to a more ambitious community-impact strategy.
11completed splash-grant applications
1project funded
↑substantial growth in overall annual grant applications
Arts & Culture Strategy
Manchester Symphony Orchestra
Reimagining sustainability after the loss of critical financial and marketing support.
↑increased attendance
2new partner venues
The Eagles Theater • The Ford Theater
View the Case Study →“The planning process has helped create clearer alignment among leadership, a stronger shared understanding of organizational priorities, and a practical framework to guide the organization as the work continues.”
Corinne Becknell LucasExecutive DirectorNorthern Indiana Community Foundation
About Jason
The person in the room matters.
I'm Jason Gornto, Ph.D., a strategist, facilitator, organizational leader, and educator.
I don't come into an organization with a prepackaged answer. I listen, identify patterns, ask the questions that need to be asked, help leadership teams work through difficult choices, and translate those decisions into practical next steps.
About Jason →Who I work with
Especially suited for organizations where mission, leadership, and stakeholders intersect.
Nonprofits & Foundations
Strategic direction, organizational positioning, stakeholder alignment, mission clarity, resource allocation, growth, and community impact.
Arts & Culture
Audience development, sustainability, strategic partnerships, revenue diversification, programming strategy, and organizational relevance.
Corporate Leadership
Leadership alignment, strategic priorities, culture, execution, collaboration, accountability, and complex organizational initiatives.
The next conversation
You probably don't need more ideas.
You may need clarity about which ideas matter.
If your organization is approaching an important decision, transition, strategic-planning process, leadership challenge, or consequential initiative, let's talk about what needs to happen next.
Discuss Your Initiative