March 28, 2024
Introducing Nonprofit Strategic Minis: Solving Real Challenges

Strategic planning is more than a document—it’s your nonprofit’s power tool to solve governance challenges, address staff issues, and overcome sticky long-term obstacles. If the[…]

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March 11, 2024
How to Stop Your Nonprofit Board from Micromanaging

A board member offers a suggestion. Then another. Before you know it, they’re directing staff, questioning decisions, and stepping into day-to-day operations. What started as[…]

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February 13, 2024
Strategic Planning for New Nonprofit CEOs: A Guide to Results

I despise waste. Whether it’s spoiled leftovers in the fridge or lights left on, it grates on me. It’s a trait I inherited, likely from[…]

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December 7, 2023
Nonprofit Strategic Planning 101: A Practical Guide for Leaders

Nonprofit Strategic Planning Guide: This guide simplifies nonprofit strategic planning. It’s designed to clear confusion and focus on what’s important.

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December 2, 2023
The Best Free Board Member Assessment Tools for Nonprofit CEOs

Whether you’re new to board member assessments or looking for a fresh approach, these free tools will help your nonprofit board stay aligned, accountable, and[…]

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November 22, 2023
Optimize Your Nonprofit Board Meetings: Make Them Effective & Efficient

Board meetings take time and resources. You recruit, update, prepare, attend, and follow up. Your board members devote half a day per meeting, including prep[…]

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August 20, 2023
Why Does Your Nonprofit Board Micromanage? Is it You?

Recently, as I waited with a nonprofit CEO of a social service agency for board members to join a virtual meeting, we quickly dove into[…]

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June 25, 2023
Quiz: Is Your Board Micromanaging? Find Out Now!

Effective governance is crucial for the success of any nonprofit. However, when a board begins to regularly micromanage, it can hinder the work of the[…]

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May 16, 2023
Is the Sky Really Falling? Overcoming Team Negativity

When the CEO announced that the construction was finished on time and on budget, the board launched into complaints instead of rejoicing. Working with a[…]

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April 12, 2023
Better Boards: The Magic of Ending Meetings with Peer Shoutouts

Most board meeting end “with a whimper.”* If you would like to end your meeting with a wow, instead of a whimper, ask everyone to[…]

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