by Marc A. Pitman | Dec 18, 2015 | Organizational Leadership, Personal Leadership
Today is the second to last #FollowUpFriday of 2015! And for many of us, it’s the last Follow Up Friday landing on a work day. So today, why not make one of your follow up actions today was reviewing the year, looking for: what went right, what you’d like...
by Marc A. Pitman | Dec 9, 2015 | Board Members, CEO/Executive Directors, Organizational Leadership, Uncategorized
Last week, executive coach John Fulwider gave a class for The Nonprofit Academy called Better Together. Based on his book with the same title, he was teaching how to build strong relationships between board chairs and nonprofit CEO’s. In the class, he said the...
by Marc A. Pitman | Nov 19, 2015 | Board Members, CEO/Executive Directors, Middle Managers, Organizational Leadership, Staff Relations, Volunteers
A post on our sister blog FundraisingCoach.com saying fundraising problems being leadership problems really hit a nerve. And it’s no wonder. We all know charities are facing increasing external pressures from the economy, government regulation, and the changing...
by Marc A. Pitman | Nov 6, 2015 | Personal Leadership, Staff Relations, Uncategorized, Volunteers
As leaders, we often have the vision to see glorious change. And we are often agile enough on our own to make the change. But as leaders, we’re not on it own. When we turn on a dime by making wholesale changes, we’re likely to leave team members in our...
by Marc A. Pitman | Nov 3, 2015 | Staff Relations, Volunteers
Today I met with a voice coach. I figured, I take my car in for regular maintenance, so as a speaker and coach, I should get a check up on my voice. One of the things he recommended was watching this TED talk with Benjamin Zander. I just love Benjamin Zander. His...