Executive Coaching, Grow, Lead, Organizational Assessments, Organizational Culture, Social Impact Architects
Have you ever been to a coalition or staff meeting where a newcomer asked a pointed question to the leader of the group, and everyone around the newcomer cringed while s/he was oblivious to the battle just instigated? Being an outsider or a newcomer to a group can be... 
COVID-19, Executive Coaching, Organizational Culture, Social Impact Architects, Strategic Planning
I think I speak for all of us when I say that this year has presented some unexpected challenges. As the dedicated social sector leaders we are, we keep facing those challenges head-on, but some of us are beginning to experience something deeper than exhaustion.I come... 
COVID-19, Executive Coaching, Growth/Scaling Plans, Lead, Organizational Culture, Social Impact Architects
In my “entrepreneurial culture” workshops at Duke and other places across the country, we always talk about one key concept – employee ownership. If you want your nonprofit to go to the next level, employee ownership is key to unlocking this success. Ownership doesn’t... 
Communicate, COVID-19, Executive Coaching, Marketing & Communication, Organizational Culture, Social Impact Architects, System Change
We have been thrust into the deep end of an ocean of online meetings without any lessons. And, we are feeling the pain (as well as the promise). In fact, I had a CEO recently request a blog on “online etiquette.” I laughed, she laughed, and then I realized she was... 
Collaborate, Collection of Articles, COVID-19, Executive Coaching, Issue Based Blogs, Social Impact Architects, System Change
We have two types of clients right now. Frontline superheroes who are barely making it – those in healthcare and those who are ensuring that basic needs are met. I check on them daily and pray for them nightly.But, many of our clients are quarantined and are settling... 
Executive Coaching, Lead, Organizational Assessments, Organizational Culture
In 2002, I attended the Drucker Institute’s annual conference. Based on an impromptu speech I gave during one of the workshops, I was selected to meet with Peter Drucker himself. He was a legend, and I never expected to have a real audience with him. I was content... 