Business Planning, Organizational Assessments, Program Development, Social Impact Architects
When I visited South Africa, Kruger National Park had an exploding elephant population. They had to move many of elephants to a nearby wildlife refuge, but they only had equipment to move the smaller ones – the females and the young. They couldn’t move the adult males...
Grow, Growth/Scaling Plans, Lead, Lean Start-Up, Organizational Assessments, Organizational Culture, Social Enterprise, Social Impact Architects
While social entrepreneurship steals all the headlines, social intrapreneurship is a movement that is building momentum and for good reason. Today, we’re revisiting one of our most popular posts on the benefits of social intrapreneurship AND, in my personal...
Executive Coaching, Lead, Organizational Assessments, Organizational Culture
I have been thinking a lot lately about the factors that help those of us in the social sector overcome the obstacles that inevitably confront us on our path toward positive change. Some of the greatest lessons I have read on the subject have come from Rising Strong,...
Business Planning, Business Planning, Grow, Organizational Assessments, Organizational Culture, Strategic Planning
We are always on the lookout for trends, especially positive trends from the for-profit space to incorporate into nonprofit settings. Recently, we have heard a lot about great corporate cultures like those of Zappos and technology companies. When we dissect what makes...
Advocacy/Policy Change, Organizational Assessments, Organizational Culture, Social Impact Architects
This week, many of us are celebrating the religious holidays of Easter and Passover. We have also witnessed the heartbreaking fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral. In this time of change, it reminds me of one of my favorite parables – Moishe and the Pope. Over a century...
Board Development, Grow, Human Resources, Organizational Assessments, Social Impact Architects, Social Movements, Storytelling
This week, we embrace wishes for good luck as we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Those of us who work in the nonprofit sector feel lucky beyond St. Patrick’s Day because of the many intangible rewards that come with our line of work. But, we also know, as the Roman...
