The Emotional Lifecyle of Nonprofit Leaders and Their Teams
The concept that organizations progress through fairly predictable stages of growth and decline is generally understood and accepted.
Maximizing Fundraising Potential: Working With a Grant Writer
Benefits of working with a contracted grant writer...
Women's Equality Day and the Nonprofit Sector
Women’s Equality Day marks the certification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution which granted women the right to vote - white women. Pointing out the irony implicit in the name given to this day isn’t perhaps necessary - but it is important.
Register for Board Member Bootcamp!
Board members are a critical (and necessary) component of a nonprofit organization. Board members are crucial volunteers who share important responsibilities.
The ED Job Is Impossible!
We might sound like a broken record, we’ve written about this many times, but the narrative hasn’t changed. Then we came across this brilliant article!
Building Trust: Key Strategies for a Cohesive and Effective Board of Directors
In our experience, many boards (possibly most) have members who don't know each other well. Why? There seem to be many reasons.
Strategy is Not a Goal it is a Direction
Peter Drucker once said “Strategy is not a goal, it is a direction, a blueprint for putting the pieces together and building. It must have continuous feedback to translate real-time results into refinements and changes as appropriate.”
When Boards are Toxic
All doctors take an oath (the Hippocratic Oath) to “do no harm”. This is obviously important for professionals who hold lives in their hands. However, it's a good rule of thumb for all professionals wouldn’t you agree?
Lessons in Leadership from the LGBTQ+ Community
It’s Pride Month! It celebrates the long road that LGBTQ+ advocates and other community leaders have traveled to achieve equality.
LEADERSHIP ENVY
Our first blog this month, Developing Your Leadership Style, provided an activity to help you identify your leadership strengths. In this blog, we suggested that personal reflection on your leadership strengths and aspirations is as important as consulting external leadership resources.