Consultant Design And Facilitation Of Asia-Pacific Leadership Planning

• Background & Rationale
  
  

The Area Management Team (AMT) leads regional strategic execution, cross-country alignment, and organizational performance across Asia Pacific. With increasing complexity in its operating environment—shifting partner expectations, internal transformation, and cross functional interdependencies—the AMT requires dedicated time to review progress, realign priorities, strengthen role clarity, and address operational obstacles.

In addition to these operational and strategic needs, the AMT must deepen team cohesion, trust, and shared leadership behaviors to improve cross-team collaboration, strengthen communication, and enhance collective accountability. Building trust is essential to enable candid dialogue, faster decision-making, and improved execution across diverse functions and countries.

To support this, the AMT will convene for a two-day, professionally facilitated leadership planning workshop. The workshop aims to build strategic alignment, enhance decision-making discipline, strengthen team cohesion and trust, and set a clear operating rhythm and execution plan for the first half of 2026.

We are seeking an external consultant to design and deliver a leadership planning workshop scheduled for February 4–5, 2026.

• Purpose of the Consultancy
  
  

To design and facilitate a two day leadership planning workshop that enables the AMT to develop a unified annual plan, clarify roles and decision rights, deepen understanding of departmental contributions to the regional strategy, resolve key obstacles hindering execution, and strengthen trust and team cohesion to improve collaboration and collective leadership effectiveness.

• Workshop Objectives
  
  

By the end of the workshop, the AMT should have:

• Aligned Strategy: Validated annual priorities, outcomes, and KPIs. In addition to accessing each individual leader’s KPIs, the Area Management Team will develop shared KPIs for the leadership of the region.
• Resolved Obstacles: Identified major operational/governance barriers, with root causes, owners, and mitigation plans.
• Clarified Roles: Confirmed decision rights, interfaces, and escalation pathways across functions and branch offices.
• Defined Operating Rhythm: Established cadence, governance forums, dashboards, and review cycles.
• Agreed to a six month plan for the Area Office with milestones, owners, and accountabilities.
• Contributed to the creation of an Area Office TOR and RACI using existing documents
• Scope of Work
  
  

The Consultant Will Facilitate Discussions And Produce Outputs Covering

• Trust and cohesion building exercises
• Annual priorities and departmental/individual KPIs
• Role clarity, decision rights, and collaboration norms
• Identification and diagnosis of critical obstacles
• Governance and decision-making structures
• Performance review cadence and operating rhythm
• Development of the AMT Terms of Reference and RACI
• Participants
  
  

Core AMT Members

Area Vice President; Senior Director, Programs; Director, Regional HR Business Partner; Director, Resource Development; Senior Director, Business Services; Lead, Strategy & Governance; Director, Special Projects (GRC); Director, Communications; Senior Director, Terwilliger Center

• Expected Deliverables
  
  

The Consultant Is Expected To Deliver

• Consolidated Strategy Summary – shared priorities, outcomes, KPIs
• Obstacle Log – with root causes, owners, and mitigation actions
• Role/Decision Rights Matrix (RACI) – TOR (combining the agreed AO AMT objectives, outcomes, RASCI, principles of engagement, and regular meeting and forward agenda)
• AMT Operating Rhythm and Governance Calendar
• Six Month Action Plan
• AMT Terms of Reference with RACI
• Workshop Report (submitted within 5 business days of workshop)
• AMT Terms of Reference with attached RACI
• Roles & Responsibilities
  
  

The Consultant Will

• Design the agenda, methodology, and all pre work requirements
• Facilitate all sessions and ensure productive, outcome focused discussions
• Document outputs and prepare all templates and the final report
• Success Criteria
• Clear shared priorities and KPIs with Area Management Team
• Documented and owned mitigation plans
• Approved RACI for key decisions
• Published operating rhythm
• Six month plan operationalized
• Participant satisfaction rating of ≥ 4/5
• Budget
  
  

The Budget Will Cover

• Consultant professional fees (design, delivery, reporting)
• Venue and catering (provided separately by client)
  
  

Consultants should submit a financial proposal itemizing fees and any reimbursables.

How To Apply

Interested candidates should submit their CV along with the following documents in the electronic form to will be the only ones accepted.

Applications Must Include

• Technical Proposal:
• Proposed approach and methodology
• Draft agenda and facilitation design
• Qualifications and relevant experience
• Examples of similar assignments
• Financial Proposal:
• Professional fees
• Any travel or reimbursable costs (if applicable)

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