Do you ever wake up feeling out of sorts? Unexplained aches and pains. Just feeling a little off. It’s not awful, but it is distracting and annoying. It might keep …
Stay Strong: Six Workouts to Boost Organizational Fitness
Organizational fitness keeps your organization or agency strong and healthy to actively manage or recover from extraordinary challenges.
The Rise of Shared Leadership
Succession planning is everywhere. Conference sessions, webinars, and articles on the topic abound. Given the number of executive directors and CEOs who are retiring, that’s a good thing. But, many …
Implementation and the Practice of Leadership
I’ve been doing this work for more than 23 years with over 750 clients. Guess how many times I’ve been asked some variation of: How do we know this plan …
Inclusivity in Organizations
Imagine an organization with 35 staff spread across 5 states. As part of their internal discussions on issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), they decide to adopt a …
3 Things I Learned at the Women in Conservation Leadership Summit
Last week, I had the exciting opportunity to participate in the Women in Conservation Leadership Summit hosted by the National Wildlife Federation. More than 300 women from 100 organizations, government …
Be a Nonprofit CEO: A Call to Action
“Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away! You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself …
3 Ways to Prepare Your Board for Planning
A new client asked me a great question the other day: What can my board do now to get the most out of our strategic planning process next year? Our …
To Vision or Not to Vision
To vision or not to vision. That is the question. Recently, a friend who works for a large nonprofit shared his plans to take the staff through a visioning process. …
The Future of Nonprofits
I have been spending a lot of time lately reading about B corps (certified benefit corporations), social enterprise, and social entrepreneurship and thinking about the impacts these new types of …
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