In her book, The Strategist, Cynthia A. Montgomery identifies four basic questions leaders must ask as they engage in the process of strategic thinking and development: 1. What does my organization bring to the world? 2. Does that difference matter? 3. Is something about it scarce and
Read more →Dan was my first boss as a newly minted college graduate. He invited me to work with him in a nonprofit organization that he and a group of friends started several years earlier. Dan was the Executive Director of Society’s Assets, Inc. While I only worked with
Read more →The core question that faces the leaders of all nonprofit organizations is this: What is more important — Mission or Performance? This seems like a simple question. However, when you begin to seek the answer, you realize that this is a complex question. No matter choice you
Read more →It is the responsibility of the leader to define reality. — Max De Pree When I first came across this statement in Max De Pree’s book Leadership as an Art, I thought he was speaking to the CEO and reminding him or her that to lead is
Read more →Why is Governance Partnership important to nonprofit organizations? Why is Governance Partnership important to Boards of Directors, Board Chairs, and Chief Executives? Here is my answer to these questions. It is important because nonprofit organizations and its leaders are concerned about making sure that the mission will
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