by Tom Okarma | Oct 28, 2015 | Blog, Leadership
No doubt about it, the Millennials are coming — in fact, they are already here… and they’re having a significant impact in both the business and nonprofit worlds. We Baby Boomer leaders can live in denial for a while if we wish, but the smart “play” would be to reach...
by Tom Okarma | Oct 17, 2015 | Blog, Leadership
The 7 Characteristics That Give Women a Distinct Advantage After many years of serving in various leadership positions and with both women and men reporting to me, and even more years observing other leaders, I firmly believe that women, by a fairly wide margin, can...
by Tom Okarma | Sep 14, 2015 | Blog, Board Development
In 2013 alone there were more than 2.5 million nonprofit [501(c)(3)] started in the U.S. According to the SBA, nearly 50% of all businesses started — including nonprofit agencies — will fail within their first 5 years. It’s no secret nonprofit agencies work very hard...
by Tom Okarma | Sep 2, 2015 | Blog, Leadership
Officially live only a few weeks, the Leadership Edge Quiz has already garnered a surprising amount of attention. But what was even more surprising — and we’ve double-checked the numbers — was some of the preliminary findings so far. Our data revealed — over 70% of...
by Tom Okarma | Jun 2, 2015 | Blog, Leadership
Leaders deal with problems all the time. That’s why we get the big bucks, right? Every so often though, we’ll face a very challenging, complicated, and maybe a “touchy” problem. You know, the ones that eat away at you and consume your energy,...
