Weekly inspiration for building your nonprofit leadership skills.
I want to continue this week to talk about coping with stress at nonprofits. There are few things more stressful than having a dozen to-dos on your desk, and three staff members outside your door look
READ MORE »This has been the most stressful year for nonprofits since the Covid crisis. The current social and political environment makes burnout more of a concern than perhaps ever before. Everyone is searchin
READ MORE »Next Thursday we will celebrate Thanksgiving in the United States, and it prompts me to think more about giving. I’ve been deeply engaged in philanthropy for more than three decades. Friends and colle
READ MORE »Last week I talked about how important it is to hire excellent people, people who can own their work, both its successes and failures. I’ve got a tip about how to make great hires. In addition to the
READ MORE »An exceptional culture will always attract great employees. When I was getting my MBA at Cornell, business schools were not paying that much attention to the techniques of effective hiring. Fortunatel
READ MORE »It’s unfortunate that sometimes impatient business people get involved with nonprofits and immediately bark out a list of ways nonprofits need to be “run more like a business.” I have too much respect
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