by Emily J. Pitman | Jan 29, 2026 | Board Members, Organizational Leadership, Personal Leadership
Some of the hardest leadership moments come when you don’t have the authority to decide. You’re not the one running the meeting. You don’t get the final say. Your name isn’t on the door—or the org chart. And yet, you feel the weight of what’s happening. You notice...
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by Marc A. Pitman | Feb 26, 2020 | Board Members, CEO/Executive Directors, Organizational Leadership, Strategic Plan
This post is from Charles Weathers, the founder of The Weathers Group, a management consulting firm specializing in organization behavior and development. Charles has a wonderful gift to explain complex processes in terms you easily understand! You can learn more...
by Marc A. Pitman | Feb 26, 2018 | Board Members, CEO/Executive Directors, Organizational Leadership, Staff Relations, Team Building, Vision
A new study by the Hartsook Centre for Sustainable Philanthropy suggests nonprofits are completely unprepared to face looming leadership changes. The report seems to show that most nonprofits aren’t even trying. Researchers estimate that over 67 percent of current...
by Marc A. Pitman | Sep 21, 2017 | Board Members, CEO/Executive Directors
Speak to people skilled at nonprofit programs or marketing or fundraising and you’ll hear that they know what works because they constantly test. But promote those people to leadership, or elect them to a board of directors, and they get “risk...
by Jeb Banner | Aug 2, 2017 | Board Members, Guest Post, Organizational Leadership
Replacing an executive director is very hard to do. It can be traumatizing to the board, the staff and the community being served. But sometimes it needs to be done and doing it right is critical to the overall health of your organization. I write this post from the...
by Marc A. Pitman | Apr 18, 2017 | Board Members, CEO/Executive Directors, Strategic Plan, Vision
It seems that those of us attracted to nonprofit leadership are very good at “doing.” We see a need right in front of us and fill it. And fill it again. In fact, we get so good at seeing the need in front of us, that we forget to lift up our head. A view...
by Marc A. Pitman | Dec 13, 2016 | Board Members, Video
Do you wish your board members would like and share your nonprofit’s Facebook updates? Here’s a short video (only 25 seconds!) that will show them how to set your nonprofit’s page notifications first! An easy way for boards to help Facebook is...
by Marc A. Pitman | Jun 17, 2016 | Board Members, CEO/Executive Directors
This week, GivingUSA released their latest report on giving. As a nonprofit leader, it’s important that you understand these trends. At least, if donations are a key part of your revenue. Good news about giving As reported on the Fundraising Coach blog, giving...
by Marc A. Pitman | Mar 15, 2016 | Board Members, CEO/Executive Directors, Middle Managers, Organizational Leadership, Personal Leadership, Staff Relations, Strategic Plan, Team Building, Vision, Volunteers
Talk with a nonprofit leader for any amount of time and you will likely hear them say, “It feels like we are building the bridge as we are crossing it.” The latest data backs this sentiment. This is particularly troubling in the sector with the third...
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...
