Implementation

Reduce Stress by Focusing on Top Priorities

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

Coping with Stress at Year-end

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

Hiring and the Two Negatives

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

CEOs at For-Profits and CEOs at Nonprofits

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

Hubs and Spokes

I’ve been thinking a lot about the challenges of decentralized decision-making. Here’s one aspect. Most start-up organizations, including new nonprofits, resemble a wheel with a hub (the founders and

Who's Got the Monkey?

Last week I considered the difference between an organizational culture characterized by accountability, versus one characterized by a victim mindset. In an accountable culture, employees are comforta