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 →I was asked recently by an Executive Director of another nonprofit organization what I thought was the key to strategic planning in nonprofit organizations? He was visiting ChildServe to learn about how we have used strategic planning to systematically expand the impact of the mission between 1992
Read more →Here are five tips for nonprofit board and organizational leaders who want to ensure their organization continues to be relevant and sustainable in the future. 1. Strategic planning is partnership. All organizational stakeholders must be included in the strategic conversation. Involvement creates ownership and trust which are
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 →The first phase in the development of any strategic plan is all about the gathering information and good intelligence. There are two key things that you need to think about as you design this first phase: 1. Who do you want to talk to and where are
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