by Tom Okarma | Aug 21, 2018 | Blog, Board Development, Leadership
Why Isn’t My Board Better? Keeping up with the Jones’ is about as American as Apple Pie and baseball. I sense it is alive and well in the nonprofit world, too. Specifically, I hear nonprofit leaders often whispering, “Why isn’t my board better?” “Why can’t we...
by Tom Okarma | Jul 26, 2018 | Blog, Board Development, Leadership, Nonprofit Data
As a nonprofit leader, your attention is drawn in many different directions in the course of a week, sometimes, all at once. You are responsible to look into the future to ensure the agency is headed in the right direction. You also need to look internally to...
by Tom Okarma | Jul 19, 2018 | Blog, Leadership
There Is No One Right Way To Lead Leaders come in all shapes and sizes. Understanding your leadership style is a crucial step in empowering your agency to succeed. There are leadership styles that fit much better in some circumstances than others. Sometimes, an...
by Tom Okarma | Jul 12, 2018 | Blog, Leadership
Recognize The True Representatives Of Your Nonprofit Believe it or not – you are very likely overlooking and underutilizing the most valuable off-balance sheet asset in your agency. I am talking about the face of your organization, those who actually do much of...
by Tom Okarma | Jun 7, 2018 | Blog, Board Development, Leadership
The Hardest Question Every Executive Director Must Answer At some level, every executive director’s job is similar to other directors in the community. Each leads the organization, raises funds, recruits, ensures clients are being served well, all while serving as the...
by Tom Okarma | May 31, 2018 | Blog, Board Development, Featured, Leadership, Productivity
Guard Your Calendar Wisely Your role as an executive director is much more than a 9-5 job. You may have breakfast meetings, dinner meetings and late evening meetings. Sometimes, your Saturdays turn into full work days, too. During the day you are meeting with donors,...
