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Weekly inspiration for building your nonprofit leadership skills.

Coping with Stress at Year-end

This has been the most stressful year for nonprofits since the Covid crisis. The current social and political environment makes burnout more of a concern than perhaps ever before. Everyone is searchin

A Humble Approach to Giving

Next Thursday we will celebrate Thanksgiving in the United States, and it prompts me to think more about giving. I’ve been deeply engaged in philanthropy for more than three decades. Friends and colle

Hiring and the Two Negatives

Last week I talked about how important it is to hire excellent people, people who can own their work, both its successes and failures. I’ve got a tip about how to make great hires. In addition to the

Hire Excellent People

An exceptional culture will always attract great employees. When I was getting my MBA at Cornell, business schools were not paying that much attention to the techniques of effective hiring. Fortunatel

CEOs at For-Profits and CEOs at Nonprofits

It’s unfortunate that sometimes impatient business people get involved with nonprofits and immediately bark out a list of ways nonprofits need to be “run more like a business.” I have too much respect

Hubs and Spokes

I’ve been thinking a lot about the challenges of decentralized decision-making. Here’s one aspect. Most start-up organizations, including new nonprofits, resemble a wheel with a hub (the founders and

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