Getting employees to do the work you require of them can sometimes feel like pulling teeth or babysitting. Neither of which are the professions you signed up for as a leader. It can be frustrating and exhausting to remind, urge,...
Want to learn more on this topic? We partnered with the author for a free webinar. Click here to watch the recording. When we think about self care, we focus far too often on things like having massages, going to yoga,...
When recruiting chief executives for not-for-profit organizations, I pose one key question to each candidate: Are you truly passionate and committed to the organization’s mission and its work? This is fundamental. As a not-for-profit CEO, you will be eating and...
In an attempt to move beyond the caricature of the founder who won’t let go of the organization they started, even to the detriment of the organization itself, we looked at what was behind Founders’ Syndome in a recent article...
Few figures are more caricatured in the nonprofit world than the founder who won’t let go of the organization they started, even to the detriment of the organization itself. While this is a very real experience in many organizations, it...
This is the first of a six-part series exploring the ‘why’ and the ‘how’ of inspiring leadership in the nonprofit sector. Read the other articles here: Inspiring Leadership: Focus on the big picture Inspiring Leadership: Be brave Inspiring Leadership: Listen...
A line in the classic film A Princess Bride has the villain beg off watching his assistant work, explaining, “'I’ve got my country's five hundredth anniversary to plan, my wedding to arrange, my wife to murder, and Guilder to frame...
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The novel Anna Karenina begins with a truth that we might adapt for workplace teams: “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” “On dysfunctional teams, relationships get in the way of work getting...
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