If you’re old enough to know what the title references, great.  If not and you'd like a nice diversion, check out this comedy routine, Abbott & Costello Who's On First. The reference for this [...]

Great talent and skills are always hot commodities and even more so during the “Great Resignation”.  This is a time when individuals who feel underappreciated are reevaluating priorities and deciding their future. Despite this, it’s [...]

A colleague from a funding organization shared a serious problem they were trying to solve.  They had a grantee who was in its second year and not really gaining traction with their project.  The grantee [...]

We can all agree that an effective leader never stops learning.  In fact, when learning stops stagnation begins and that’s not good for the leader or for their organization. But just how effective is your [...]

Are your board members truly energized in the work of your organization? If your non-profit is like most, the answer is "yes" and "no." You're doing well if this describes half of your board members. [...]

Let me share two totally different situations of two new executive directors taking over leadership of two different nonprofits.  In each case the organizations were functioning without glaring problems, although both were suffering somewhat from [...]

Board members have a lot of responsibility to the organization they represent, to the community for which they are stewards of the nonprofit’s resources, and also to the organization’s CEO.  The CEO’s success is tied [...]

How many of your board votes are unanimous?  If it’s all votes, then you may have a problem.  A problem with everyone agreeing?  Yes – if all board members agree on every single thing, then [...]

As part of the independent sector, we continuously work to increase our impact in the focus areas of our missions. We think creatively, plan scrupulously, collaborate where possible, and work hard at maximizing resources we [...]

While teaching a university course on nonprofit leadership, we were addressing the importance of return on investment (ROI) for nonprofits. That is, how funders who make large donations (investments) in a nonprofit expect measurements that [...]