Last week I gave the students in my graduate Nonprofit Strategy course their midterm in which I asked them to invent their own strategic planning process. After studying various approaches all semester, I thought it would be interesting to see what they would come up with. With that in mind, I thought I would create something a bit different than my Mission Impact approach – … [Read more...] about A New Strategy Approach
Developing Your Talent Pipeline
As the unemployment rate remains incredibly low and Baby Boomers retire, managing a plan for future leaders in your organization requires diligent effort. If you don’t have a plan, make one ASAP and keep these things in mind:# *As you work to identify high potentials, keep in mind that today’s high performers are not necessarily tomorrow’s. *Consider the most important … [Read more...] about Developing Your Talent Pipeline
Confronting Unethical Behavior
What do you do when you encounter unethical behavior in your workplace? Ethics expert and Giving Voice to Values author, Mary Gentile, offers these suggestions in a Harvard Business Review* article: *Treat the Conflict as a Business Matter. Craft a carefully prepared, persuasive business argument – supported by facts. This is much better than giving a little … [Read more...] about Confronting Unethical Behavior
Have a Mindful Day
Would you like to make better decisions? Have healthier relationships with co-workers, family, and friends? Lower your stress and blood pressure? Remain more focused in this very distracting world we navigate each day? If you answered “yes” to any of these, then I encourage you to check out Laurie Cameron’s book, The Mindful Day. Laurie is a former consultant … [Read more...] about Have a Mindful Day
Let’s Check Our Egos at the Door
If you have a position of leadership, you probably have a strong ego. That’s not a bad thing. In fact, it can be a very good thing. Leaders are often the lightening rod for criticism of an organization. If something goes wrong, the leader takes the heat for it. Leaders need strong egos to weather these storms. When I think of the difficulty of some leadership roles I … [Read more...] about Let’s Check Our Egos at the Door