by CLG Admin | Jun 28, 2016 | CEO/Executive Directors, CLG News
Jo Miller of SmartEGrants interviewed CLG founder Marc A. Pitman today. In the interview, she got him to share Why he created the Concord Leadership Group His passion for nonprofit leaders Why he favors coaching to consulting How to lead collaboratively without losing...
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 | May 3, 2016 | CEO/Executive Directors, Organizational Leadership
Last month, I was able to sit down and talk with Shelley Milne for her Nonprofit Strategic Success Summit. Shelly is generously letting me share that interview here. If you want to see all three days of talks, check it out at...
by Marc A. Pitman | Apr 29, 2016 | CEO/Executive Directors, Strategic Plan
When we set out to study leadership in the nonprofit sector, we didn’t go into the study with preconceived notions of what the results might be. We actually were hoping that the data would show leadership in nonprofits is stronger than the anecdotes we keep...
by Marc A. Pitman | Apr 15, 2016 | CEO/Executive Directors, Team Building
Over in the Forbes article “Half Of Nonprofits Are Setup To Fail – How About Your Favorite?,” Ian Altman featured the Nonprofit Sector Leadership Report and talked about the impact of poor leadership on millennials. While the study indicates that...
by Marc A. Pitman | Mar 23, 2016 | CEO/Executive Directors, Success Stories
The Chronicle of Philanthropy broke the story about the nonprofit leadership report in their article “Many Nonprofits Lack Necessities of Sound Leadership, Report Says.” In the article, they report success stories from two survey responders. Two nonprofit...
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 | Mar 10, 2016 | CEO/Executive Directors, Strategic Plan, 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,...
by Marc A. Pitman | Mar 4, 2016 | CEO/Executive Directors, Organizational Leadership, Personal Leadership
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,...
by Marc A. Pitman | Feb 25, 2016 | CEO/Executive Directors
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...
