“Leadership” – Articles
What Will 2017 Hold for Your Nonprofit?
A New Year, New Leadership, a New Nonprofit Landscape... Change is in the air, no doubt about it. Many nonprofit leaders and boards are concerned right now as they try to figure out what their new operating environment will look like next year and beyond. After eight...
7 Ways to Engage Millennials in Your Nonprofit
Everywhere I go, I hear nonprofit leaders and board members talk about the same challenge -- Millennials. How do you attract, engage, and leverage this group of individuals in their organization. There seems to be a strong sense of urgency to connect with as many of...
12 Biggest Board Meeting Myths – Exposed
How to Make Your Board Meetings... BETTER. Sometimes, being a leader feels like you are out in front of a marching band, with everyone smiling and marching closely behind you, in lock step to your tempo. One tight team all in sync. It is a beautiful thing. But other...
Is Your Board a Little Too Close for Comfort?
Most nonprofit board of directors fall into two categories — Governance boards and Working boards. Both have important responsibilities. Either can be necessary at times. They can each can be the perfect board for a nonprofit, based on the agency’s characteristics,...
Is Your Board Going Bad? 8 Things You Need to Know…
You're likely a nonprofit leader, an executive director, maybe a board chair. At minimum, you're probably on the board. You've helped to lead your agency for a long time and things have gone well, other than the periodic crisis you've had to manage through. All of...
The 1 Thing That Will Have the Biggest Impact on Your Non-Profit Leadership
Is there a secret to successful non-profit leadership? If you're leading at a non-profit then your world is filled with a never-ending stream of new challenges. Whether you’re a new leader just stepping in, a seasoned pro, or somewhere in between, there is one thing...
4 Key Areas That Can Kill Productivity in a Non-profit
Declining productivity can suck the life out of a non-profit... and a non-profit leader. Feeling overwhelmed? Way too much to do and no where near enough time? Never-ending to-do list? Sometimes I think when it comes to productivity, we can be our own worst enemies....
Are You Making The Right Impact?
6 Questions to tell if your agency is on the right track. Leaders of just about every type of organization--church, nonprofit, or business--say they are client-centered and offer services tailored to their clients' needs. And, most of the time, they do. But, have you...
10 Ways to Have Better Board Meetings
Anyone who has served on a nonprofit board, will know this feeling all too well. We’ve all been there… suffering through a board meeting that makes a root canal seem like a night on the town. Whatever the reason, too many board meetings feel like a waste of time with...
15 Simple Ways to Use Your Board For Marketing
Nonprofit marketing can be challenging at best. If you’re like most agencies, you're constantly on the look out for new ways to share your mission, more effective ways to build awareness, and new cost-effective avenues to get more people to help your cause. While...
Should You Start a Nonprofit?
The Critical Things You Need to Know to Make a Better Decision Should You Start a Nonprofit? According to the 2016 Nonprofit Trends Report nonprofit growth is climbing at a staggering rate. Some of these new organizations fill much-needed gaps in services, but others...
Is Rising Employee Turnover Hurting Your Nonprofit?
7 Ways To Help Reduce Nonprofit Employee Turnover In compiling the 2016 Nonprofit Trends Report, we discovered hiring at US nonprofits is at an all time high. Great news for all those needing a job with more purpose. But our data uncovered another trend and it’s...
The 25% Solution: How to Work Smarter as a Nonprofit Leader
Executive Director. CEO. Board Chair. No matter the title, if you're in a position of leadership in a nonprofit, your real job (no matter the size of the organization) is Master Plate Spinner. Is balance in nonprofit leadership even possible? I think we...
Is Your Board Missing The Most Valuable Ingredient?
Board development is critical for building (and maintaining) a high-functioning board. Year after year, best-in-class nonprofit organizations have an amazing impact in their communities. Their boards have directors who understand the agency’s mission, are fully...
Are You Leading For the Future?
5 Powerful Questions for Nonprofit Leaders As an executive director, I suspect you often feel like you are caught up in a virtual whirlwind. From the time you walk into the office until the time you go home at night people are tugging at your sleeve looking for “just...
Are There Too Many Nonprofits?
Nonprofit Growth Rates Are at a 5 Year High New nonprofits are being started today in waves not seen since 2010. In fact, at the current pace, there will be over 1.6 million registered nonprofits in the U.S. by end of 2016, and as many as 2.25 million nonprofits...
Is Your Nonprofit Future-Proof?
Discover the 25 Critical Factors that will help ensure your long-term success. Serving others through nonprofit work often involves helping people in immediate need, but that doesn’t mean leaders can ignore the future. In fact, focusing on today only, can be a huge...
The Kickoff: 20 Steps to a Better 1st Board Meeting
How can you make the first board meeting of the year effective, engaging, and use it to set the stage for a great year? In a recent article we discussed expectations for your new board. If you missed that post, you can check it out here. It will set the stage for...
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