by Tom Okarma | Apr 15, 2010 | Blog, Leadership
Is your organization dependent on certain specialist skills to succeed? Are you vulnerable if certain key performers left your organization? We were highly dependent on several pools of specialty skills and knowledge in our organization. Losing those key performers...
by Tom Okarma | Mar 15, 2010 | Blog, Board Development, Governance, Leadership, Strategic Planning
Having a clear mission, vision, and values (MVV) statement, one the entire leadership team helped create, fully understands, and commits to follow, is a terrific tool. It not only provides a motivational and rallying point for employees and volunteers, it also...
by Tom Okarma | Mar 1, 2010 | Blog, Board Development, Leadership, Strategic Planning
One thing about a nonprofit’s financials is that revenue projections can be a bit “iffy”, while projected expenses always seem to roll in just as planned. Aggressive revenue projections are not necessarily bad, but unless someone owns the fund raising function-and...
by Tom Okarma | Dec 1, 2009 | Blog, Leadership
Have you ever felt your organization was not humming along as well as it could? Have you ever wondered if the organization was operating at peak efficiency? Do you suspect your departments are individual silos, resulting in missed opportunities to collaborate and add...
