.orgSource

MARCH 18, 2025

While the governance landscape has evolved, the strategies and leadership insights shared here remain timeless. The board knew change was needed long before he joined, but the scope felt overwhelming. Staff were expected to practice the same transparency with leadership and committee members.

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.orgSource

APRIL 1, 2025

The rapid pace of digital transformation, changing member expectations, and economic uncertainty require associations to rethink their business models and adapt to new realities. Foster an Agile Leadership and Governance Model What We Learned Many associations struggle with slow decision-making and rigid governance structures.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

National Leadership Day, which takes place every Feb. 20 , offers a chance to reflect on what truly defines leadership not just strategy or decision-making, but the ability to build trust. So this National Leadership Day is a good time to reflect: How do you build trust in your leadership?

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 25, 2022

In this edition, we discuss leadership and what nonprofit leaders need to know about leading their organizations in the digital age. What are the new rules of leadership? How has it changed? And what will it take to drive your nonprofit to success in 2022 and beyond?

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 14, 2025

Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with executives and entrepreneurs, and from the pages of Inc. I share his words in part because of the depth of his experience and his extensive body of work , including True North , Authentic Leadership , and 7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 4, 2024

You have fewer silos (naturally), allowing for easier organization-wide sharing and access to senior leadership. The short answer: change management. What Is Change Management? Put simply, change management is making sure that the human element is always in the picture as new initiatives are put into play.

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.orgSource

MAY 28, 2024

Sue’s deep experience with boards and leadership makes her the perfect resource for a conversation about coaching new and more seasoned directors. Leadership training helps directors to learn and practice the skills needed to navigate the complexities of board service. ASAPS had a leadership training program.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 12, 2024

As their list of frustrations grew and their unfulfilled hopes piled up, they asked me if I thought it was time to change to another donor CRM. Change management: How does your team respond to change ? Changing systems without careful reflection is a recipe for future data frustration. What about reports?

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.orgSource

APRIL 22, 2025

Engagement drops, relevance wanes, and by the time leadership realizes whats happening, the gap feels too wide to cross. That shift starts with leadership. Its leadership that dares to challenge the status quo. Its teams that embrace change instead of fearing it. Its not perfectionits persistence.

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

I cant think of a term more widely used in the professional world than leadership. Throughout my life, from teenage years to now, my career has been filled with leadership training programs: Teen leadership, student leadership, emerging leadership, and executive leadership. Its an idyllic view of leadership.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 16, 2023

By Brian Greenwald is a Brand Leadership expert and nonprofit superfan who helps extraordinary organizations transform from commoditized brands to human-centered, character-based Benevolent Business brands. Brian serves as the Founder of BPOZ Brand Leadership and is a Founding Partner of Curious Collaborations. Clear as mud?

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 7, 2025

At a time of a leadership transition, planned or unplanned, more and more organizations are using interim leaders (aka interims) to help the board address organizational challenges, large and small, that may have existed during the tenure of the previous leader. Plus, the interims role was malleable and aligned with the boards objectives.

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Leadership Nonprofit Search Culture 73

Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Often the process takes great amounts of time, energy, and money, it strains relationships, and, in the end, doesn’t really strengthen the organization and nothing really changes. We often started our working sessions with leadership and teaming exercises and discussions, and we then put those learnings into practice throughout the process.

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sgEngage

MARCH 3, 2025

While backend investments may not grab headlines or appear flashy, they are essential for ensuring the organization can quickly adapt to changing circumstances. Be Prepared for Change with the Right Technology Investing in technology can be daunting, but it is often necessary for an organization’s growth and expansion.

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.orgSource

MAY 14, 2024

At.orgCommunity’s March 13 Leadership ColLAB, the group discussed how to use technology to put HEART into our relationships with our members, staff, and constituents. The Heartfelt Journey HEART supported my personal journey through change, and it can also help organizations manage and succeed in unpredictable digital markets.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

In Managing Up , human behavior professor and executive coach Melody Wilding reveals how to subtly teach those above you to respect your ideaswithout needing a title change. Turning yourself into a professional yes-person may have been enough to get ahead 10 or 20 years ago, but things have changed. Build trust with leadership!

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Work Change Influence Conversation 95

.orgSource

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Focus on Agility : In a rapidly changing environment, a rigid strategy can hinder growth. Regular training keeps your team adaptable and prepared for change. Promote a Growth Mindset : Encourage staff to embrace change, experiment with new ideas, and learn from both successes and failures.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

At the moment, confidence in leadership is at an all time low, according to the 2024 Leadership Confidence Index. But in my experience working with senior executives as an executive coach and organization design consultant, bad leadership is often manufactured by an organization designed, albeit unintentionally, to produce bad leaders.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 21, 2025

Steps to Define Your Vision and Goals: Engage Stakeholders: Involve leadership, staff, and members in developing your vision. Adapt to Change: Stay responsive to shifts in member expectations, industry trends, and technological advancements. A shared vision ensures alignment and buy-in across the organization.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 23, 2024

Communication and Leadership Skills Development with LMS Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems Effective Communication Training (ECT) is an approach focused on improving an individual’s ability to convey and understand information from others.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 14, 2025

Over time, it takes a toll on confidence , clarity, and leadership presence. Change what you can, advocate when you need to, and know when its time to take your brilliance somewhere its truly valued. The bottom line Being interrupted or talked over in meetings isnt just annoyingits a leadership issue. Start with awareness.

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2025

The Greek philosopher Heraclitus is credited with saying, The only constant in life is change. As leaders in nonprofit finance, it’s our job to be prepared for the inevitability of change. How do we prepare for change? How do you communicate the change in your plans, your budget? Why Do Nonprofit Budgets Change?

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2024

In September 2024, Candid and ABFE published two fact sheets about Black nonprofit leadership : Key Facts about Nonprofits with Majority Black Leadership and Key Facts about Nonprofits with Black CEOs. Invest in early to mid-career staff: Create leadership development programs for staff other than the executive staff.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

In those cases, Id wait to ensure that this high performer is making an effort to work on leadership quality, including their peer relationships. Leadership requires a new skill set and, just as importantly,the respect and trust of your peers. Leadership starts with accountability. Maybe theres something I can do to change it.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Join us for this webinar as we delve deep into equipping nonprofit professionals and fundraisers with the strategies and tools they need for transformative leadership. This session is designed to elevate your leadership capabilities to stay ahead of the curve and lead your nonprofit to new heights.

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Candid

JANUARY 8, 2025

We must teach them the bigger picture of global issues and prepare them to use their future thought leadership and resources to participate in global change making. There are great organizations already doing the work of cultivating and promoting leadership among girls around the world, such as GirlUp and Shes the First.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

A lot has changed in the past two years. To keep up with all changes and challenges nonprofit fundraisers and executives may encounter each year, NonProfit PRO compiles nonprofit trends each year to learn predictions on emerging fundraising and leadership tactics for the year ahead.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 21, 2023

leadership is how we christened the skill set we identified for success in digital markets. When we began that project in 2017, we knew business was changing quickly. The leadership qualities we identified hold. Give your leadership skills a twist. Association 4.0 We don’t have to rename our playbook Association 5.0

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Leadership Skills Associations Digital 170

NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Your leadership is essential and your impact is changing lives. Nonprofit COOs are the operational glue that hold our teams together. You foster collaboration, implement robust systems, and ensure regulatory compliance. Yet, many COOs are underutilizing a powerful resource – the nonprofit team at Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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Nonprofit Collaboration Leadership Amazon 130

.orgSource

JULY 10, 2023

We thought we could help our colleagues prepare for that disruption by gathering advice from people who greet change as an unexpected advantage. Their advice about strategy, leadership, and digital business is still ahead of its time. And, the Transformational Strategies offer guidance to create the change needed for growth.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 27, 2025

Regenerative leadership can be an effective antidote to AI doomerism in the office, says this management expert. We live in an era of rapid technological change, where the rise of AI presents both opportunities and risks. While AI can drive efficiency and innovation, it also increases the temptation

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Candid

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Beyond representation: A commitment to DEI brings in new voices and perspectives The Ford Foundation’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion starts at the top, with our leadership: our executive team, our board of trustees, and our program officers, who decide where our funding goes.

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Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

We’ve watched over the last four-plus years as the makeup of the industry has shifted dramatically, the needs of members have changed, and even how they get reached is different than it ever was. How will that change next year, or in five years? Use A-B testing to see how different groups respond to messaging around it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

This platform is ideal for demonstrating thought leadership and building credibility around the nonprofit’s cause. This community, in turn, amplifies the organization’s mission, helps raise awareness, and increases overall impact—leading to lasting change and a more engaged base of supporters.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 1, 2025

These encounters crystallized something I’ve observed repeatedly in my decades of executive coaching: A damaging leadership blind spot is the simple inability to stop talking. Others feel intense pressure to appear intelligent and in control, especially those promoted based on technical prowess rather than leadership ability.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In reality, external factors such as changes in the economy, donor expectations, and leadership, have a much more significant impact on a nonprofit's future performance. Many nonprofits make a serious error in thinking that the annual reporting of how the sector’s doing is predictive of the future.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 6, 2025

In our conversation with Satonya, she shared these five tips for leading with courage as the philanthropic industry continues to change. Believe That You Can Everyone at your organization has the power to lead change, no matter what seat they are in. But first, you have to see yourself as a change maker and a leader of change.

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