Partner. Coach. Capacity Builder.
I work alongside senior leadership and program teams at nonprofit organizations to lead programs, deliver projects, and coach teams.
My mission is simple: to extend capacity and provide the strategic support organizations need to thrive.
Whether you need experienced program leadership, expert project management, or a strategic partner to train, coach, and mentor teams, I’m here to help transform challenges into opportunities, without the need for an ongoing full-time commitment.
Services
Program Development
Programs that directly impact people’s lives are the core of any nonprofit’s work. They’re how missions come to life. Yet, with limited resources and fluctuating funding, many organizations struggle to hire and retain senior program talent and bring programs from vision to execution.
That’s where I come in. As a fractional program leader, I work alongside your team to design, develop, and strengthen mission-critical programs. I help you align strategy and deliver programs, without the overhead of a full-time hire.
Project Management
A familiar challenge: An organization secures funding for an initiative with massive potential impact, but with no dedicated project manager and internal staff already stretched thin, execution falters.
That’s where I can help. As a part-time project manager focused solely on your initiative, I bring structure, momentum, and accountability, guiding the work from planning through implementation. I help ensure that your funding doesn’t just support a good idea, but delivers measurable, mission-aligned results.
Team-Centered Coaching
Behind every effective organization is strong leadership and a supported team. My coaching approach empowers staff by fostering curiosity, clarity, communication, and connection, and by strengthening the systems and processes that make programs work and thrive.
Inspired by Unleashed: The Unapologetic Leader's Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You (Frances Frei and Anne Morriss) and The Coaching Habit (Michael Bungay Stanier), I work with program teams to build trust and alignment through authentic communication and clarity with each other and with senior leadership, help uncover challenges and opportunities by asking the right questions, translate big-picture vision into actionable steps and daily habits, and strengthen collaboration and systems so teams can work with confidence.
Tim Baran’s story
I love developing programs, people, and teams that take on the hard problems and make people’s lives better.
For a long time, I wished I were like those visionaries who innovate brilliant new tech solutions, raise massive funding, and scale fast. The world needs them. The justice sector needs them. Keep innovating. Keep building. And while I deeply admire them, that’s not me.
I want to help people who help people. My background and education are in organizational leadership and development, and that’s where I’ve found my calling - building programs, guiding teams, and coaching and mentoring those who make the work possible.
That clarity came into focus after years leading legal research and continuing education at a law firm, heading marketing in legal tech, and directing programs at a national nonprofit. It followed me to Rwanda, on a leadership exchange program focused on youth empowerment, where the experience inspired me to step out of a senior leadership role and start a consultancy dedicated to strengthening organizations and empowering their leaders and teams; the people behind the mission.