Tools
Toolkit Cultivating Culture Toolkit
You will never change an organization's culture just by telling employees that the culture needs to change. You must take deliberate action to create and nurture the culture you want.
Toolkit Respect and Trust Your People Toolkit
To successfully lead a nonprofit you must cultivate a culture of trust and respect. Trust is born of respect, and it is the foundation of all good management.
Toolkit Bad News is Good News Toolkit
Always listen for and seek out signs of trouble. Use porpoising to gather information at all levels of your organization. Bad news is good news if you do something about it.
Toolkit Develop Court Sense Toolkit
In the nonprofit sector, court sense means understanding the environment that impacts your organization. Look up, look forward, and look around to anticipate problems and adjust your strategy.
Toolkit The Whole Job Toolkit
Your nonprofit has specific functions and processes, as well as regulations it must follow. A weakness in any operational area can negate successes in others.
Toolkit Prioritize and Focus Toolkit
Nonprofit boards and staff teams must prioritize and focus on the most important decisions and tasks. Taking time to plan creates a useful rhythm and routine.
Toolkit Book It and Ship It Toolkit
Planning is essential, but success comes from implementation. Book It and Ship It means making a decision, putting it in motion, and managing the consequences.
Toolkit Who's Got the Monkey? Toolkit
To create a culture of accountability, reinforce individual ownership of problems. Make sure responsibility stays clear and always ask who's got the monkey.