COVID-19, Employee Engagement, 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...
COVID-19, Lead, Organizational Assessments, Organizational Culture, Social Impact Architects, System Change
If remote work is the future of work, how do you stack up? I have been working with a virtual team since I founded Social Impact Architects 11 years ago. It isn’t easy, but like anything new, it can be rewarding – both for leaders and employees – if you have the...
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...
Advocacy/Policy Change, Collaborate, Communicate, COVID-19, Grow, Marketing & Communication, Organizational Assessments, Organizational Culture, Social Impact Architects, Social Movements, Storytelling
Volunteers are the lifeblood of the social sector – this is why we celebrate them this time every year. This week is National Volunteer Week and when issuing the national proclamation, the president said, “We have never needed the volunteerism of America more than we...
Advocacy/Policy Change, Guest Blogs, Organizational Assessments, Organizational Culture, Social Impact Architects, Strategic Planning
We have achieved a landmark shift in our culture – corporations are joining nonprofits in the effort to create positive social change. What started with conscious capitalism and Benefit Corporations has now rippled into full-blown philanthropic efforts by Fortune 500...
Business Planning, Grow, Growth/Scaling Plans, Impact, Impact Measurement, Organizational Culture
Innovation researchers have conclusively proven what I have seen over a lifetime as an entrepreneur – in every innovative effort, there comes an innovation chokepoint. It’s at this moment when fatigue can set in. When critics are often the loudest. When the idea alone...