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Introducing The Ripple Effect: A conversation with Dr. Elizabeth Scott
https://youtu.be/zlavQZK_t28 Swafia:Â Hello, excited to be here today with my colleague and friend and CEO of Brighter Strategies, Liz Scott, talking about her book, The Ripple [...]
Merging Nonprofits: Are You Doing It For The Right Reasons?
Reorganizations and mergers seem to be very popular right now in the nonprofit sector. Every week, I hear about another organization contemplating a merger or [...]
How to Approach a Leadership Transition
Leadership transitions are among the highest-stakes moments for any organization. Get them wrong, and you risk losing institutional knowledge, destabilizing culture, and derailing strategic momentum. [...]
Social Capital: The Only Leadership Currency That Really Matters
I’ve spent nearly two decades consulting with nonprofits and associations, and I’ve seen nonprofit leaders obsess over strategic plans, financial models, and org charts. I’ve [...]
Why Organizational Assessments Allow Leaders to Make Smarter Decisions
Most leaders would never make a major financial decision without data. They review budgets, revenue forecasts, market conditions, and operational reports before deciding where to [...]
Coaching Skills for Leaders: How Great Managers Help Their Teams Grow
Many people assume leadership is about making decisions, solving problems, and holding people accountable. While those responsibilities matter, the most effective leaders understand that their [...]
Employee Burnout Is Real: And It’s Reshaping Workplace Culture
https://youtu.be/fktV18KrbZ4 Employee burnout isn't just a buzzword. It's the default state for a growing share of the workforce. Employees are running on empty, and the [...]
Moving Slow to Move Fast: Avoid these Strategic Planning Mistakes
Why moving slow at first is essential to avoiding strategic planning mistakes and achieving your goals faster in the end. Have you been through a [...]
Juneteenth, Psychological Safety, and the Work of Cultural Intelligence
On June 19, 1865, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation, enslaved Black Americans in Galveston, Texas, finally received word that they were [...]
First-Time Manager? How to Make the Shift from Subject Matter Expert to Leader
Many first-time managers assume leadership is simply doing more of what made them successful in the first place. In reality, the opposite is often true. [...]
Why Organizations Need Ecosystems: A Real-World Example
There's an African proverb that tells us "it takes a village to raise a child." Through my consulting work, I've observed a parallel truth: it [...]
Servant Leadership: Why Leading Through Service Matters More Than Ever
Leadership is often associated with authority, decisiveness, and power. But service leadership, more commonly known as servant leadership, challenges that traditional approach by redefining what [...]