About Suzanne, Book Reviews, Collection of Articles, Personal, Social Impact Architects
One of the conversations I often have with students is about the difference between success and significance. Success is often individual and something you achieve alone. Significance is shared and always involves other people. Success asks: “What did I accomplish?”...
About Suzanne, Career Advice, Organizational Culture, Personal, Social Enterprise
As social entrepreneurs and nonprofit professionals, we are fortunate. We get to do work that matters. Work that serves people. Work that builds something bigger than ourselves. But this path is not easy. Impact takes endurance. As we enter the Lunar New Year and...
About Suzanne, Personal, Social Impact Architects, Social Movements
Like most Americans, I enjoy watching the NCAA’s Sweet Sixteen. I love a good underdog story – the kind where a team that was never expected to win comes together and defies the odds. It is why I have dedicated my life to the social sector: to shape systems so that...
About Suzanne, Career Advice, Organizational Assessments, Personal
My friends and family often ask, “How do you get so much done?” “Jedi mind tricks,” I quip. Lately I have noticed a flood of Fortune 500 CEOs sharing their “productivity tricks,” so my team decided we would share ours – with a Stars Wars twist – as this busy summer...
About Suzanne, Business Planning, COVID-19, Executive Coaching, Grow, Impact, Impact Measurement, Lead, Lean Start-Up, Organizational Assessments, Organizational Culture, Personal, Social Impact Architects, Strategic Planning
Fifteen years ago, I started Social Impact Architects with one disruptive goal: to reimagine nonprofit consulting. As every social entrepreneur does, I started with the problem. Based on my experience and research, I identified key issues in the nonprofit-consultant...
About Suzanne, COVID-19, Guest Blogs, Personal, Social Impact Architects
As we approach the Memorial Day holiday and as we all struggle with the weight of the issues surrounding us, I thought I’d take a break from my usual fare and share a Changemaker Top 10 Playlist, curated by four generations of my fellow Trendspotters and Changemakers...