About Suzanne, Career Advice, Organizational Culture, Personal, Social Enterprise
As social entrepreneurs, we are lucky. We live each day knowing that we are making a difference in the lives of others. It is a blessing, but it isn’t always easy. Now we have a new generation of millennial social entrepreneurs starting out – inspired by hundreds of...
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...
Grow, Lead, Organizational Assessments, Organizational Culture
When I was growing up in rural Texas, my favorite tree was a tall willow in the backyard. I loved to climb it and spend hours reading in its branches. But, I also loved to watch it sway in the wind, especially during a wild Texas thunderstorm. It never mattered how...
Executive Coaching, Grow, Lead, Organizational Assessments, Organizational Culture, Social Impact Architects
Have you ever been to a coalition or staff meeting where a newcomer asks a pointed question to the leader of the group, and everyone around the newcomer cringes while s/he stands oblivious to the battle s/he just instigated? Being an outsider or a newcomer to a group...
Impact Measurement, Issue Based Blogs, Organizational Assessments, Organizational Culture, Social Impact Architects, Social Movements, System Change
This week, the country honored the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., an American Baptist minister and activist who embodied the Civil Rights movement until his assassination in 1968. In honor of his great legacy advocating for social justice, this is the perfect time...
Grow, Impact, Impact Measurement, Lean Start-Up, Organizational Assessments, Organizational Culture, Social Impact Architects
Food critics and bloggers are constantly rating what is in and what is out. (In case you are wondering, sour is in, bitter is out.) The social sector is having the same discussion – trends show that innovation is out and impact is in. While this dichotomy brings...
