Lead with Your Gut (and a Little Strategy)
How Values-Based Decision-Making Helps Nonprofit Leaders Stay Bold, Focused, and Effective Let’s be real: leading a nonprofit is not for the faint of heart. You’re constantly juggling mission, money, and
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Leading with Perspective and Rule #6: Don’t Take Yourself So [Dang] Seriously!
If you’ve ever tried to parallel park in front of an audience or explain TikTok to your board members, you know what it feels like to be under pressure. But
The Hidden Costs of ‘Nice’: How Nonprofit Culture Can Undermine Impact
We pride ourselves on creating compassionate, mission-driven workplaces in the nonprofit sector. But inside many organizations, an underlying issue lurks behind closed boardroom doors: our culture of “niceness.” And it
Transforming Talent into Triumph: Mastering Your First 90 Days as a Leader
There’s a particular moment in the leader’s journey that challenges just about everyone I’ve ever met, and it can occur again and again if we don’t recognize the moment for
Embrace AI to fuel nonprofit effectiveness
In a sector predicated on humanity, how can AI help your org level up? We’re getting curious about the potential of AI to support our collective mission to make here better.
Unlocking your team’s full potential
Imagine what your organization could accomplish if your team was collectively (and individually) doing their best work.
Big goals? Little by little becomes a lot!
The volume and speed of work can often lead well-intentioned nonprofit go-getters to burn bright and then burnout. But there’s a solution.
You have spinach in your teeth
Feedback is an act of generosity. Shift your mindset to that of a coach and support your fellow leaders generously this next year.
Hot take: decrease effort to increase impact
Sounds counterintuitive, right? But what if doing less actually enabled your team to do more.
Board chairs: passing the baton
Are you passing the proverbial baton to a new board chair at the end of the year? Defining (and nurturing) that relationship will be crucial.
Clowns, comedians and creative problem-solving
What do they all have in common? Improv + adaptability. Leaders with improv skills are getting standing ovations from their teams.
Creating a culture of coaching
Executive coaching is a powerful tool in a leader’s ongoing development. But a culture of coaching can be transformative across your organization.
