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August 5, 2019

Only you can prevent nonprofit fires! When you became a nonprofit leader, who knew that so much of your work would involve putting out fires?[…]

August 1, 2019

Planned Giving: The Most Important Activity You Never Do

Here’s something I noticed working with consulting, coaching, and mentoring clients and talking to hundreds of nonprofit leaders. You rarely get to your most important[…]

July 25, 2019

The Most Destructive Phrase Nonprofit Leaders Use

Words matter. Is it possible the phrases you use hold you back? Imagine how different it would feel never to utter these destructive relationship words[…]

July 22, 2019

Language Rocks: Harnessing Your Power with Words

We speak, on average, 7,000 words per day. With this much use, we shouldn’t need more practice. We do. Effective nonprofit leaders grow their language[…]

July 18, 2019

How to Avoid Common Delegating Errors at Your Nonprofit

Imagine you get really, really good at delegating at your nonprofit. You grow a community of support. You accomplish your goals. You have a life.[…]

July 8, 2019

Who Wants to Be a Partner? 25 First Moves

Are you looking for a place to begin? You plan to partner with another nonprofit, government agency, or for-profit company. Here are 25 first mini-projects[…]

July 8, 2019

Your Nonprofit Strategy: How to Cook Up a Success

It’s summer, so fire up your barbecue. Whether you cook steak, chicken, or tofu, there’s a thin line between raw, outstanding, and charred. Likewise, when[…]

July 4, 2019

Does Your Budget Support Growth, Maintenance or Decay?

Many of you will begin a new fiscal year shortly. Next year, does your new budget project growth, maintenance, or decay? Follow this link for[…]

June 27, 2019

Dealing with Staff Pushback

Nothing is quite so tiresome as carrying other people’s backpacks, especially when they can carry them. It’s worse when it’s your staff and you face[…]

June 24, 2019

Transforming Staff Pushback into Forward Momentum

You’ve designed a new initiative. The initiative will rocket you from the doldrums to your vision. Yet, staff resists the change. They’re not holding a[…]

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