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. In these cases, the board chair most often becomes the de facto ED at some point.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 1, 2025

Sadly thats the job, which is why protecting yourself and your leadership team from it can be so useful. Far too many of us spend time with people coming up saying things arent going well. Even if they are. So it can sometimes feel like theres no good news, or that its only ever a problem.

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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

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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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

This is why open, ongoing conversations between leadership and employees are essential. Some individuals thrive on new challenges and leadership opportunities, while others value better work-life balance, financial recognition, or deeper involvement in projects they truly care about. Motivation isn’t one-size-fits-all.

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 25, 2022

Four remarkable leaders, whose life experiences give them inspiration and strength, share their personal stories and reflect on their leadership journeys in conversations with Fred Ali, the retired President and CEO of the Weingart Foundation, and a former nonprofit leader.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 14, 2025

Over time, it takes a toll on confidence , clarity, and leadership presence. The bottom line Being interrupted or talked over in meetings isnt just annoyingits a leadership issue. And remember: owning your voice is one of the most powerful leadership tools you have. Its frustratingbut even more so when its subtle.

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Nine organizations have joined together to pledge $5 billion over the next 10 years to help address three of the planet’s most life-threatening crises: the climate, extinction and health crises — with an emphasis on the role of nature and the leadership of Indigenous people in solving them.

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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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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

Leadership norms are causing employees to disconnect, says Sawyer. Reset Priorities Third, leaders need to recognize that work supports life instead of thinking you must fit your life around work. That means that the people that you work with most frequently tend to be really important, specifically leaders.

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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. Have you been overly competitive?Dismissive

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 8, 2025

Although the definition is a little loose , “middle age” is the name we give to the period of life before we decide someone is officially old. There are several excellent reasons to want to reconsider goals for your life somewhere in this period of life. Often, you choose a career path based on your values.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Recently, we have been exploring a fascinating topic that is not only close to our hearts, but very timely due to burnout in the nonprofit sector – empathetic leadership. Empathetic leadership, to us, is about seeing through the eyes of others. Now, you might be wondering, “how do we practice empathy in our leadership styles?”

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Each year, after reading and reviewing dozens of new leadership books, I select my pick for the year's best new leadership book. For 2023, after reading nearly 40 leadership books, my pick for this year’s best new leadership book is When Everyone Leads. Leadership is interactive, risky, and experimental.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2019

By Alec Green , Chief Marketing Evangelist at NonprofitReady.org , an online hub of 400+ free online courses in topics ranging from fundraising to grant writing, leadership to program management. This guide includes real-life scenarios from actual nonprofits and tactical pointers to help you create a successful fundraising program.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 17, 2024

In his new book , Crossing the Desert: The Power Of Embracing Life's Difficult Journeys , Zamani tells his harrowing journey and gives readers an intimate look at how the paths we choose, the values we embrace, and the systems we decide to participate in (or not) can make or break us, not only financially, but spiritually.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

Growing a nonprofit takes more than just passion: you also need creativity, persistence, and a handful of nonprofit leadership skills to guide your organization through the growth years and fulfill your mission. Without good leadership, everything falls apart. Without leadership, a small nonprofit may never reach its full potential.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 17, 2021

I hope the season brings holiday magic and a break from your professional responsibilities to enjoy other activities that enrich your life. Thanks and best wishes to our friends and clients. Taking time to recharge is a gift to yourself that makes a difference for everyone. Rest is a leader’s best friend. It feeds creativity, […].

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with executives and entrepreneurs, and from the pages of Inc. They want to feel connected to their leadership and understand the values and the objectives of the company. Hello and welcome to Modern CEO! and Fast Company.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

As the creator of the iconic “Corner Office” column in the New York Times , Bryant has spoken with more than a thousand leaders over the years about the challenges and nuances of leadership. He adds that the book is useful to everyone who is interested in leadership, regardless of where they are in their career.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

It becomes a decision of, do I continue to work in this job or this industry that I don’t love, or that I feel is having a negative impact on my life and my mental health, for something that could be better, even though the pay is not there?

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Ours will be the sector that re-establishes empathy and assumes a leadership role as a force for social cohesion. The future is not about a return to the past; its about building a new kind of engagement, where philanthropy breathes life back into compassion and commands meaningful change. Yet, philanthropy endures.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 1, 2025

Leadership today isnt just about managing teams and making strategic calls; its about navigating an endless stream of meetings, emails, and expectations. When they create space to think, they move from reactive firefighting to intentional, high-impact leadership.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In addition to Laurie Sudbrink 's, Leading With GRIT , being a great book for leaders, it's packed with powerful leadership and life quotes.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The manual compiling of data, lists, and reports was not professionally challenging, and we longed for better work-life balance. The entire staff and leadership worked very hard to create agility so that the “after hours three” no longer exists in those walls. Though we loved our association, we wanted to quit at times.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Understanding the challenges BIPOC leadership face in the nonprofit sector One of the primary challenges BIPOC leaders face is limited access to funding.As For example, the National Council of Nonprofits offers a range of resources, including information on board diversity and inclusion , as well as leadership development programs.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

More than a third of managers reported feeling like they were not sufficiently prepared to handle the people management and leadership aspect of their jobs, and that their company had not given them the tools they needed to perform.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 18, 2025

Curiosity isnt just a good personality trait or an indulgenceits a leadership superpower. Yet, despite its transformative potential, it remains one of the most undervalued tools in leadership today. Curiosity-driven leadership requires psychological safety. Shift from tactical fixes to expansive, open-ended questions.

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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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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Today's life quotes to guide you as we near the start of a new year: “ Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go. This year, make a resolution to be yourself " - Unknown “ The bad news is time flies.

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Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Perhaps this stems from a firsthand experience, or a close relative or friend whose life has been touched by same. Of course, qualities such as financial expertise, legal knowledge, and leadership are all welcomed and useful additions; however they are not in place of the most important quality — caring. Will they be involved?

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 1, 2025

In the workplace, they are driving the conversation around social justice, mental health, and work-life balance. Arthur Brooks shares, Every year I teach Harvard MBA students about happiness and its unique relationship to leadership. Imagine a world where earning a living did not come at the cost of living a meaningful life.

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The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Goodwill’s leadership estimates that more than 52 million serviceable items wound up in its stores, as opposed to dumps. Every purchase on ShopGoodwill.com directly contributes to Goodwill’s life-changing workforce development and job placement programs. That last comment reflects an important aspect of Shopgoodwill.com’s mission.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

Or you might say, I admire the leadership of this company. It could be the leadership role you have been searching for, or the fact that it will draw on your expertise in AI. You might say, I appreciate the way employees are encouraged to collaborate. Or I value your hybrid work policy. It makes sense and its what I am used to.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Treat communications from staff with the same priority you would give to a meeting or a critical task in your own professional life. However, leadership is not just about grand gestures or high-level decision-making; it’s about the small, day-to-day actions that signal to staff that the work of the organization matters—and that they matter.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 12, 2025

And although the book focuses on leadership at work, each of us is a complete individual, not a sum of separate, isolated parts. As such, the process presented in the book applies to all areas of your life, shares the author. She further explains that becoming a human leader is a journey, not a destination.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

If leadership lacks alignment in the new strategic actions, expectations will rise while clarity drops, creating stress and conflict. Strategies such as clear communication channels, anonymous feedback mechanisms and inclusive leadership training help create psychological safety.

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