Strategic Thinking is the New Black
For Professionals Looking to Grow - Part 1 of 2 “When asked to select the leadership behaviors most critical to their organizations’ future success, executives chose strategic 97% of the time…A strategic approach to leadership was, on average, 10 times more important to
Hello From the Other Side-Going Forward When There’s No Going Back How Frontline Nonprofits Reflect and Rebuild
Someday, things will get back to normal. This was the mantra that buoyed many worthy organizations throughout the pandemic. With staff and leadership bone tired, emotionally spent, and yearning for normalcy, frontline nonprofits of all sizes and stripes are coming to grips
Not So Fast: Keep Chairs and Committees for Virtual Programs
It’s September in the nonprofit universe--the time when many nonprofit organizations kick-off a slate of programming to showcase the importance of their mission, and educate and engage their community. Now that everything is remote, likely for the year, this may have
Don’t Go It Alone–Lean On Your Leadership
Now that we’re settling in to business in the time of Covid, organizations are reinventing their programming. They’re focused on being safely accessible, and rethinking ways to communicate their missions without in-person events. I see teams of talented professionals spending
Net Casting for the Networking Challenged
In the organizational consulting field, ongoing professional development is a non-negotiable—it’s that important. I read/listen to experts in my field to acquire new ideas, perspectives, skills and techniques. Across the board, top experts assert that constant professional networking is essential
What’s the Buzz on Fundraising Now?
Buzz, buzz, buzz… What’s that sound? In one ear, it’s the sound of those Japanese Murder Hornets. In the other ear, it’s the sound of the country reopening for business. And non-profits need to get onboard with that latter buzz. The first
How’s My Outfit?
Do these colors work for me? Is my jacket hanging right? Are these pants flattering? This is a thought process I went through every single day — until the global pandemic hit, and I stopped wearing work pants. And that’s when
Derailed by Covid? Probably. Time to Lay New Tracks for Strategy and Stewardship
Every article I’ve read over the past month starts with these four words: “In these unprecedented times…” Sound familiar? And chances are that you, like me, felt the surge, then decline, of adrenaline levels as we shifted work online, saw our colleagues
Can you hear me now? Board meetings and phoning it in.
I recently attended a conference for nonprofit professionals, and this caught my eye: How to Engage & Maximize Your Nonprofit Board featuring social enterprise and start-up investor, Chris Himes. I popped in to hear what one high-level angel investor had
Program and development: how and why to build the bridge. Now.
When I get acquainted with a nonprofit, the divide (more like crevasse!) between the organization’s development side and programming side is something I can usually count on. From an operational perspective, this divide makes no sense at all: programs cannot