Data suggests a key to help leaders communicate vision
Do yo ever feel like you're struggling to keep your board, staff, and donors on the same page? For those of us leading in the nonprofit sector, shouldn't communicating vision should be far easier than our for-profit colleagues? If you struggle too, you're not alone....
You are made of the right stuff
I love listening to public radio. Today, I caught the tail end of a history program called "Walter Edgar's Journal." The guest, Jack Warren, was talking about the amazing defeat of the British Navy at Sullivan's Island in the summer of 1776, just six days after the...
What can you put on autopilot?
Last week, I was speaking at a full day training for nonprofit leaders in Kansas City. In the course of the training, we got to thanking donors. Since the sector doesn't thank donors well. We mean well, but the thank you notes tend to not get done. So making simple...
What nonprofit leaders need to know about the next big gift
In our coaching work, we've received another wave of nonprofit leaders wanting the "next big gift." It's perfectly reasonable to expect results from the major gift officer or a development director you just hired. But one client had her executive director ask, "You've...
Focus on Q2 this #FollowUpFriday!
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 to...
Lonely at the top?
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 phrase,...
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What actually works in nonprofit leadership? [A study]
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 needs...
Leading with micro-changes
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 dust. The...
How do you know if you’re an effective leader? Look into their eyes
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...
