Culture

A Values-Based Culture

The role of leadership is to build a strong organizational culture based on a nonprofit’s mission, vision, and values. An exceptional culture will attract great employees and volunteers, board members

Some Thoughts on Decision-Making

A strong leader delegates decision-making authority for a project to the lowest practicable level within an organization. This is the value of hierarchy and decentralized decision-making. You set the

Manage Your Shortcomings

It’s human nature to focus on what we do well and then to ignore or postpone working on what does not come as naturally. A good manager must fight that instinct, understand what key leadership or mana

Create Accountability, Not Victims

As individuals and organizations transition to a New Normal, many of us are wondering what our culture will be or what it should be. Effective decision making is core for every organization. Throughou

Focus Rest & Refresh

This will be my final newsletter for the year. And what a year it has been! Covid has dominated our lives for all but a few weeks in 2020. Concurrently we’ve faced major economic and racial justice is

Giving Thanks

This is surely the most challenging year that nonprofits have faced in a generation, forced to struggle with the chaos of Covid-19 during a time of great political turmoil. But in the midst of these m