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...
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...
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...