Fast Company Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

From staff supporting my husband in those crucial first hours to my care team treating me as a personcalling me by name and letting me choose my meals for six weeksI felt seen, heard, and valued. It begs the question: Should empathy ever be put aside at work, or should we be doubling down on it? It was truly empathetic.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

With disruption happening all around us, were here to upscale your team and ensure that your organization is ready to thrive, improving operational efficiencies and positioning you for success. Set Clear Goals and Metrics : Define what success looks like in terms of member engagement, satisfaction, and retention.

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.orgSource

JUNE 25, 2023

Now that remote work makes a casual stroll through the cubicles challenging, I suggest an intentional approach. Make time to audit the impact working from home is having on your organization. The desire to be fully aware of the strengths and weaknesses of your team drives this type of evaluation.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

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. When leaders work at cross-purposes with other leaders, it signals to those they lead to put their own agendas first.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 14, 2024

If I asked you to describe the work styles of the colleagues on your team, could you tell me how each one prefers to solve problems? We were working on a system selection and installation with a recently promoted IT manager. In her previous role, Sue had limited interaction with other teams in the organization.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 13, 2025

Extreme Teams is a fascinating book by Robert Bruce Shaw , where he takes you inside top companies and examines not just great teams (your more conventional teams), but extreme teams. According to Shaw, extreme teams : View work as a calling even an obsession. What specific results do you want/need to see?

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Outdated technology can frustrate both your team and your members, hindering engagement and growth. Our team specializes in streamlining systems to improve efficiency, enabling seamless member interactions and operational workflows. Our training programs ensure your team is confident in using data to make strategic decisions.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Use Ability To Tame the Unknown To say that predicting the future of work will be challenging is a gross understatement. To keep pace with the speed of business, teams need to reinvent themselves along with innovation and technology. Opportunities must be a two-way street that advances both individual and organizational goals.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 2, 2024

You thought your team would be excited, or at least pleased. Some employees have invented tortuous workarounds to keep using their new toys to continue working in the same old way. Support Adaptation Emotional intelligence offers a path to support teams and helps them acquire the skills to become digitally proficient.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Over a lifetime, we spend approximately 90,000 hours working. Maybe one reason people aren’t happy at work is because they don’t expect to find happiness there. When I Googled “How to create joy at work” these are a few of the best ideas I found. There’s a reason they call it work. Let’s make joy a priority.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

Do you feel stuck navigating office politics, micromanagement, or being overlooked at work? Its about taking control of your own work experience. Were working in a world of hybrid teams, instant messaging, and four generations collaborating side by side. to How can I partner with my boss to achieve my goals and theirs?

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Many of us want to get promoted at work, but dont often stop to consider what that means. Moving into the executive ranks often means leading the very people you once worked alongside. In those cases, Id wait to ensure that this high performer is making an effort to work on leadership quality, including their peer relationships.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

In an era of rapid change, when teams look to leaders for stability and direction, trust is the invisible currency that fuels organizational success. Ive conducted some myself, including work on how trust is essential for leaders in cross-cultural business environments. Here are a few insights: Empower your team.

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Candid

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The way we work is rapidly evolving amid societal and industry changes in a post-pandemic world. One shift I’m seeing is the rise of those I call the “Autonomists”—highly skilled professionals who are opting out of traditional employment structures in favor of independent, project-based work.

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.orgSource

JULY 25, 2023

I would ask you about your products or services, your target market, your competitive landscape, and your goals for the future. But I also believe that marketing teams should embrace AI and discover new ways to use it to improve our profession. AI will be part of their early work experience.

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Association Analytics

JANUARY 7, 2025

The Past Is Not Always Prologue On its face, it can make a lot of sense to look at what has worked, and continue doing that. What worked last year will likely be relevant to the interests of your members next year. Data can tell you what works much more than just the whims and musings of a longtime executive or board member.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 8, 2025

Its your roadmap to streamline and integrate your operations, stay organized and reach your goals. Step two: Set goals, deadlines, and assign owners If you want to meet your goals, you need to specify the individual, team, or department in charge of working toward that goal. The best goals are SMART goals.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 30, 2024

Remote work was the pandemic’s big gift to employees. walk, remote work came with some not-so-fun trade-offs. walk, remote work came with some not-so-fun trade-offs. Motivation— supports developing strategy, setting goals, and staying focused. 78% would work longer hours for a more empathetic company.

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Association TV

JULY 29, 2022

But today, many people think of a great workplace as not even one specific place at all, with many employers opting for a permanent remote work setup after a trial proved prosperous during the pandemic. Do you have a culture club that organizes team-building activities and social events? Work-life balance.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 2, 2024

7 Must-Have Members of Your Nonprofit’s Fundraising Team With a dedicated nonprofit fundraising team, you’ll execute more effective strategies, plan impactful events, and attain more funding for your mission. That’s where this guide comes in—we’ll discuss the must-have members of your nonprofit’s fundraising team.

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Association Analytics

MARCH 16, 2023

Strategic Alignment The easiest first step is to review the overarching goals and success factors from your strategic plan. Understand what key performance indicators (KPIs) are involved in determining if your organization is on track to meet your goals. Are the goals measurable or are they “feeling” focused?

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

But if March 7 is the only time leaders express appreciation to their teams, theyre missing the mark. Some organizations are quietly deprioritizing diversity programs, while others, like Meta , have made highly visible cuts to their DEI teams. How employees work is just as important as what they achieve.

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Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Strategic planning is daunting Many nonprofits begin strategic planning work with trepidation and possibly even scar tissue from prior efforts. In the end, we believe this expansive process worked well. Set co-equal goals The essential first step is to intentionally set co-equal goals. Build teams and leaders.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2025

The development team wants to start an annual trivia night. The program team wants to establish a summer camp. Even your IT team suggested selling the research tool they built to other organizations. Ask the finance team. This alignment prevents mission creep and maintains the integrity of your nonprofit’s goals.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

The agent is being rolled out to all Otter users and is currently compatible with Zoom, with support for Microsoft Teams and Google Meet expected in the coming weeks. Otter, which recently announced it has reached $100 million in annual recurring revenue, is also rolling out other AI agents aimed at supporting sales teams.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Suddenly, digital transformation wasn’t just an aspirational goal; it was a mission-critical investment. Did you complete all your ambitious digitalization goals? Perhaps you’re already having conversations with your team about how you can begin on the path to digital transformation. And they needed to do it right away.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Here at Bloomerang Volunteer , we’ve had the privilege of working with dozens of nonprofits during their event planning processes. 1) Set Your Goals. First, you need to determine your key goals for the event and include them in your checklist. Party, dinner, casual get-together, conference ) What is our goal for the event?

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

We’re one of the very few places that really show that our goal is to help children and adolescents and young adults to get back to normal life and get rid of the pain, Friedrichsdorf says. Natural-looking materials, abundant daylight, and spacious common areas are intended to exude calm. It feels very cohesive.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2021

You’ll need to understand both elements and how they work together, for a successful end product. Additionally, you might face the prospect of rallying stakeholders and staff towards a common vision, goal, and outcome. Confidence to initiate engagement with your staff and stakeholders and define roles and goals.

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Allegiance Group

JANUARY 8, 2025

Their goals were to identify and refine more strategic new donor journeys to drive stronger retention, earlier upgrades, and increase the number of donors giving $1k+ annually. If the team at Intermountain could understand the path, they would be in a better position to make it smoother and more rewarding.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2025

Planning a strategic session for your nonprofit can be one of the most impactful moments of the yeara chance to reset, strategize, and inspire your team. Rushed pre-work : High-quality planning sessions start with pre-work that takes time to create and time to complete. Test technology and AV setups to avoid day-of disruptions.

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Association Analytics

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Building a precise plan is vital, building toward a goal is a must. Find some other people you work with and kind of build a small team within your organization.” .” But sometimes, it’s more an excuse. The key is to build internal momentum by finding allies within your organization.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Though recommendations from third parties may help you narrow down the wide selection of nonprofit CRMs available, only you and your team know what’s best for your organization. To find it, keep your unique goals in mind as you explore this guide to determine what’s possible. Which tasks are slowing your team down the most?

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 20, 2022

At a recent strategic planning session, I was working with a nonprofit to create organizational values. As my team introduced the activity, a board member spoke up and said, “We’d like to focus on strategies and goals. Why should we take the time to focus on organizational values?”.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 20, 2024

As the senior manager of digital and data at the Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation , Im always looking for new ways to eliminate friction between our organizations mission to prevent osteoporosis and my teams ability to realize it. times more likely to hit their mission goals compared to peers with low digital maturity.

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The MatrixFiles

JANUARY 2, 2024

AND not making any progress on your goals and resolutions early in the year could set you up for another year of regrets. Pick 1 or 2 Regrets to Focus on in 2024 Start by picking just one of your regrets, or maybe even 2, and turn them into goals. Set aside 1 hour per week to do this work. So how and where do you start?

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 12, 2024

If, like my client, youre asking if its time to change your fundraising CRM , the starting point is understanding your current situation (your team, your data, and your needs) as well as your goals for the future. Training: What is the current skillset of your team and what is their capacity for adding new skills?

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