The Helia Library
Every challenge you're facing, someone has navigated before. Get going today with our practical tools, honest insights, and real stories from humans who've been there — all designed to help you move from stuck to solution.
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Build Something Worth Belonging To
A Helia Member Story on what happens when you lead with people and place — and let them lead right back
Andrea’s Fundraising Toolkit
The pipeline tracker and weekly meeting agenda that make fundraising feel less like a scramble — and more like a well-oiled machine.
Fundraising that Runs Itself (Almost)
Why treating fundraising like accounting changes everything
Meg’s AI Starter Toolkit
This bundle brings together Meg McGilvra's complete approach to using AI intentionally: from the life scan that helps you identify what to hand off, to a step-by-step to help you build your own bot. (Yes, can do it!).
HeliaConnects Snapshot: CEO Compensation
A peer consultancy to help transform CEO Compensation from a static check-the-box exercise to dynamic performance driver.
Jess’s Interviewing Toolkit
Everything you need to stop hiring the wrong people — and start finding the ones who'll actually thrive.
An Interview Process Where Everyone Says YES
You Know Who You Need. Here's How to Actually Find Them.
Jess’s Honest Transitions Toolkit
Everything you need to navigate the hardest people conversations — from the moment you know it's time to the email that tells your team.
Team Reset Scripts
Language for the conversations you'll have before, during, and after resetting your team
Team Reset Pre-Meeting Guide
How to use pre-Reset Meeting 1:1s to design a better Reset and build team buy-in.
Team Reset Pre-Survey
How to identify the micro-frictions breaking your team — before you get everyone in a room.
HeliaConnects Snapshot: When data doesn’t tell the whole story
This snapshot gives targeted advice for how to support overwhelmed team members without sacrificing accountability.