This article is by Sean Kosofsky of Mind the Gap Consulting. While the nonprofit sector is incredibly diverse in how we operate, there is one key position nearly every staffed organization needs: the nonprofit Executive Director or CEO. Unfortunately, many...
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The Value of High-Impact Partnerships
In the nonprofit world, we talk a lot about partnerships. Funders want to know grantees are working together. Organizations want to avoid duplicating efforts. And leaders know that partnerships often make smart business sense. Unfortunately, too many partnerships fail...
How Stakeholder Engagement Drives Success
Not every stakeholder is easy to work with. Sometimes stakeholders challenge our ideas. They may point out flaws in planning and ask seemingly endless questions. It’s natural to wonder: Is stakeholder engagement worth it? The answer is a resounding yes. Let’s...
Ten Steps to Overcome Nonprofit Founder’s Syndrome
If you are in the nonprofit world, chances are you have been affected by Founder’s Syndrome.
What Does High-Functioning Leadership Look Like?
Often the idea of becoming a great leader—or helping other team members become great leaders—can feel out of reach. We’re all busy running from one project to the next, from Zoom call to Zoom call. Who has time to set aside several whole days for off-site leadership...
How Impactful Leaders Strengthen Organizations
Leadership development is a perennial topic in the nonprofit sector. How do we hone our own leadership skills? How do we cultivate leadership within our departments and organizations? How do we create a pipeline of future leaders? Our focus on leadership development...
Are You Hiring for Sustainability?
On the heels of the Great Resignation and Quiet Quitting, staff turnover and success are top of mind for many nonprofit leaders. And for good reason. Gallup research reveals that: The cost of replacing an individual employee can range from one-half to two times the...
Maintaining Organizational Culture in a Virtual Environment
If you’re an organizational leader, you’ve likely heard the quote: “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” But what happens when culture doesn’t exist in the traditional sense—between people gathering together—but rather across bits of data transmitted from laptops and...
How to Focus on Nonprofit Outcomes Not Hours
The workplace is changing. There’s remote work, hybrid work, and now four-day workweeks. As a nonprofit leader it can be challenging to weigh the changing needs of employees against an organization’s own goals. Which is why we want to talk about how to focus on...
Supporting Managers in Your Organization
According to an in-depth review by the BBC, managers are increasingly struggling in the workplace. The challenges of “middle management” have only been exacerbated by the pandemic and move to hybrid work. While we’ve written about keeping staff engaged, explicitly...
Three Habits of Great Leaders
Following up on our post about three signs of toxic leadership, we wanted to take a few moments to look at the flipside. What are the habits of great leaders? How do strong managers keep their teams inspired and engaged? And how can each of us become better leaders?...
Three Signs of Toxic Leadership
Between “quiet quitting,” recession worries, and the suddenly uncertain fates of major tech companies like Netflix, Meta, and Twitter—there’s more talk than ever before about management and toxic leadership styles. What makes a good manager? What are the key skills...
Quick Tips to Retain Quality Volunteers
Recently a program director reached out to Funding for Good to ask, “What can I give to our organization’s volunteers to encourage them to come back?” She was confused about why even the most promising volunteers tended to disengage after a few months. Desperate to...
Why Volunteers Stay
This article is by Val Parker of VP Solutions. Volunteers have lots of choices of where spend their most valuable possession…their time. With nearly 2 million nonprofits in the United States, the possibilities seem endless! Driven by passion, or peers, or a host of...
BURNOUT | How Nonprofits Can Avoid It
An overwhelming number of leadership studies indicate that 90% of nonprofit employees report that burnout contributed to a transition into another workplace.
Sexual Harassment is a Reality in Nonprofits
One might think any business would have policies that protect in place around harassment in general, but this is not the case.
Embezzlement-How to Avoid at your Nonprofit
No one wants to believe that someone in their circle could possibly steal from the mission.
The Gift of Leadership
How many times have we known a manager who was not an effective Leader?
8 Point Checklist for Effective Staff Transitions
Now it is time to explore eight ways that your organization should be prepared to navigate staff turnover once it has become a reality!
Tips for Smooth Staff Transitions
In the business world, staff transition is expected. However, many nonprofits find themselves floundering during these processes for these reasons.
Should You Start a Nonprofit?
Are you itching to start a nonprofit organization? What is your driving motivation to go the nonprofit route?