Being a nonprofit CEO or executive director can be one of the most overwhelming positions. Not only do you have the normal audiences of staff and clients to serve, you have your board and even donors. Your plate is filled with tasks and to-do’s! Yet often, it...
Marc had the privilege of being a guest on Rob Harter’s Nonprofit Leadership Podcast. Some of Marc’s quotes from the conversation include: “When you start a nonprofit you give it up to the community and the board, and it’s no longer...
In our recent study of nonprofit leadership, nonprofit leaders told us that “creating a compelling vision” was one of their top three priorities. But 62% said they didn’t even know where to start in creating one. Are you one of the 62%? If so,...
Whether you are starting your fiscal year or not, you are half way through the calendar year. Halfway points are great times for leaders to pause. To review their goals. To measure progress and, possibly, map mid-course corrections. My friend Jon Swanson shared a...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
