Advocacy/Policy Change, Business Planning, Growth/Scaling Plans, Social Impact Architects
This week, Jews the world over will celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, which begins at sundown on Sept. 11. Observers of the holiday participate in a tradition of eating apples dipped in honey and wish each other not just a happy, but a sweet new year....
Collaborate, Grow, Guest Blogs, Organizational Assessments
Performance review season can feel like déjà vu: Change the dates on last year’s form and try to remember what happened over the past 12 months. But if an employee hears something for the first time during a performance review, the process has already failed. A good...
Business Planning, Business Planning, Grow, Growth/Scaling Plans, Organizational Assessments, Social Enterprise, Social Impact Architects
One of my favorite cartoons is from Tom Fishburne’s “Brand Camp.” It does a great job of illustrating the inner monologue we all have when considering a new venture. I often tell my students that successful entrepreneurship is half about skill (what you know and do)...
Business Planning, Collaborate, Grow, Growth/Scaling Plans, Organizational Assessments, Social Impact Architects
Should nonprofits act more like businesses? To be sure, nonprofits can learn a great deal from business. Like any business today, we need to use data, invest in talent, understand the full cost of our work to build strong, sustainable organizations. A compelling...
About Suzanne, Collaborate, Communicate, Grow, Impact, Lead, Social Impact Architects
This year marks a personal milestone for me: 30 years working in the social sector. Three decades of learning from nonprofit leaders, students, board members, volunteers and communities have shaped how I think about what it takes to build organizations that last. And...
Business Planning, Grow, Social Enterprise, Social Impact Architects, System Change
I still remember the day I learned one of the most important lessons about competition from an unlikely source: Dave Thomas, the founder of Wendy’s. One of my professors at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business told our class the legendary story. During a campus...
