by Concord Leadership Group Contributor | Dec 23, 2025 | Guest Post, Organizational Leadership, Strategic Plan, Team Building
In the complex ecosystem of modern healthcare, clinical teams, administrators, and payers must work together for success. Collaboration is essential to achieve positive patient outcomes and financial sustainability. However, gaps often exist between these teams,...
by Emily J. Pitman | Jun 4, 2025 | Coach Certification, Coaching, Hardwiring, Team Building
Not many people know that I spent the better part of a year working with my Dad who was a General Contractor. There is a whole BIG story about how that came about, but it remains one of the jobs I am most proud of. We climbed under sheds, onto roofs, and because of a...
by Marc A. Pitman | Dec 7, 2021 | CEO/Executive Directors, Organizational Leadership, Staff Relations, Team Building
In the best of times, leadership is challenging. In these times, the challenges seem to have exponentially increased! It’s increasingly hard to make plans based on a high level of certainty. Planning can seem like a series of fits and starts. Fits and starts...
by Marc A. Pitman | May 22, 2020 | Hardwiring, Personal Leadership, Team Building
If you are in Fargo area yesterday, you might have heard our CEO Marc A. Pitman on KFGO’s The Drive. He got to talk with host Dan Michaels about why everyone else is getting on our nerves. Using Karen Horney’s simplified model of three instinctual stances,...
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 | 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 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 | Oct 1, 2015 | Staff Relations, Team Building, Volunteers
In a recent blog post, Michael Hyatt says the one key ingredient in a team worth working for is infectious enthusiasm. He says that people with infectious enthusiasm: helps authentically motivate everyone around them find solutions for even seemingly insurmountable...
