Why culture eats strategy for breakfast
Before you get your flip chart and markers out, give some thought to the critical role culture plays in helping your organization succeed.
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Kimberley
The secret to overcoming ego in leadership
What makes a leader? It’s not simply taking charge or making decisions—though that can often be how leadership presents.
Part 2: Why great nonprofit leaders leave
The uncertainty and messiness often inherent in the nonprofit sector have good leaders and candidates making different choices. Add to this the current trend of quiet quitting, and many wonder
Part 1: Why great nonprofit leaders leave
The sector press has been forecasting a leadership transition tsunami for some time as baby boomers step away from long-tenured leadership positions. But there’s more to the story than just age.
Are you a heat-seeking fault-finder?
Deadlines and disruption can put leaders in fix-it mode. This might work in the short-term—but what are the long-term effects on those you lead?
“Giving is predicted to be down 40% next year”
In times of uncertainty, it can be especially tough to make sense of data and we can lose sight of the end game. Here are three tips to help.
Leadership: Attitude or Aptitude?
Leadership is kinda like saying yes to the exit row on an airplane. Lots of legroom. But in an emergency—the responsibility is all too real.
Let go of socializing for scarcity
The scarcity mindset is pervasive in the nonprofit sector. Of course, not just the nonprofit sector falls prey to scarcity thinking. It’s all around us. But, it’s common across the sector
Leaders, is it lonely at the top?
Leadership is fuzzy. It can also be lonely. Have you considered the power of the power of the coaching circle?
4 tips to level up your fundraising mindset
Still trying to keep up with the metaphorical Jones’ when it comes to fundraising strategies? It’s time we ground ourselves in the “fund”amentals.
Hope may just be the discipline you need
Hope is not a strategy; it’s a discipline. And we can practice it every day. Use the “MVV” to ground yourself in what matters most.
Let your love flow: the secret to donor retention
People often ask me for fundraising tips to boost giving as if there is a magic formula. Well, there is! And it’s simpler than you think. The key? Love.
