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Bringing Outside Ideas In: The Value of External Partners
Through my work helping organizations build effective external networks, I've identified four key types of partners that create different kinds of value for social impact [...]
Organizational Culture Isn’t Optional, It’s Your Engine for Resilience
Organizational culture strategy is often overlooked during budget cuts, but it’s one of the most critical drivers of resilience, engagement, and long-term impact. When budgets [...]
How to Overcome Resistance to Change
After decades of consulting on organizational change, I've learned that resistance to change is rarely random or purely emotional. It tends to organize around: shared [...]
Using a Theory of Change Framework to Make Hard Decisions
Many mission-driven organizations are facing an uncomfortable reality: they have more programs than resources to support them. Strategic plans often outline ambitious goals, but when [...]
Org Charts Don’t Equal Influence at Work
Your organizational chart likely shows clear lines of authority flowing down from the CEO. But what many leaders don’t realize is that influence at work [...]
How to Write a Mission Statement — and How to Know When It’s Time to Update It
Mission and vision statements sit at the top of an organization’s strategic pyramid. They define: why an organization exists how it seeks to change the [...]
Changing Organizational Culture: A Case Study
After two decades of consulting with organizations on cultural transformation, I've learned that culture lives in the daily interactions and informal networks that connect people [...]
Leadership Training Topics for Values-Based Organizations
The leadership landscape has fundamentally shifted. Between technological disruption, economic volatility, and an increasingly multicultural workforce, leaders face pressure from every direction. This complexity is [...]
The Importance of mid-level management
In every organization, mid-level management plays a crucial—yet often underappreciated—role in shaping culture, implementing strategy, and driving performance. While senior leaders set the vision and [...]
Escaping the Alphabet Soup of Strategic Planning
If you’ve been part of a strategic planning process that felt like swimming in alphabet soup from the SWOT, SPOT, SOAR, and OKRs, you’re not [...]
Looking Beyond The Job Description: Hiring Best Practices
When a role opens up, it’s tempting to dust off the old job description, repost the same job ad, and search for someone who mirrors [...]
How to Spot Informal Leaders in Your Organization
Informal leaders are individuals who significantly influence their colleagues' thoughts, behaviors, and actions. Though they lack formal authority, they occupy crucial positions in organization often [...]