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Weekly inspiration for building your nonprofit leadership skills.

Participating on Nonprofit Boards

The other day I heard from the president of a local nonprofit. She shared with me what she has found are the keys to being a successful contributor to a nonprofit board. Here is her list: Always be on

Treating People With Respect

Respect and trust your people This is the foundation of all good management. Without it, you will never be a successful manager. A key element of respect is modeling every behavior you expect in your

The “Let’s Do” Attitude

When your primary focus is just on solving problems, it shapes your attitude toward new ideas and how to put them to work. You want to go beyond pondering a problem to imagining the solution. It’s not

Face the Elevator Door

Change is the medium of opportunity. At Applied Materials, my team came up with a concept we called “facing the elevator door,” as a way of thinking about opportunity. With shifting economic cycles, t

The Larger Goal of Doing Good

Success and financial independence are tremendous motivators in life. But as we celebrate the holidays, I like to remind my friends and colleagues that you can do well and at the same time pursue the

Where Strategy Meets Action

Implementation is partly about an attitude: Just do it. It’s when strategy meets a bias toward action and thoughtful completion. People tend to get comfortable with process and reports. The great valu

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