by Concord Leadership Group Contributor | Jun 16, 2025 | Guest Post, Organizational Leadership, Strategic Plan
Many small businesses struggle to navigate the peaks and valleys in demand for their products and services throughout the year. Allocating staff during peak times can feel chaotic and overwhelming, while stretching your cash reserves during lulls in business requires...
by Concord Leadership Group Contributor | Apr 3, 2025 | Guest Post, Organizational Leadership, Strategic Plan
Small businesses have to work harder out of the gate to earn customers’ trust. After all, with limited sales and brand presence, many consumers may be understandably wary of your business. To mitigate their caution and encourage them to visit your business frequently,...
by Marc A. Pitman | Jul 1, 2020 | CEO/Executive Directors, Guest Post, Strategic Plan
Susan Detwiler is the President of The Detwiler Group and an expert at helping organizational leaders craft actionable strategic plans in line with their vision, mission and values. In this post, she shares what she’s learned about helping organizations during...
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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 | 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 CLG Admin | Jun 30, 2016 | CEO/Executive Directors, Strategic Plan, Video
Does it ever feel like your board or staff walks into a meeting full of purpose and passion but reading from different sheets of music? In this video, Marc shares insights into strategic planning from watching his children’s school orchestra conductor. What do...
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 | 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,...
