Executive Issues

5 Tips Development Directors Should Use for Success
February 9, 2023 at 11:13 am

Between the Great Resignation and many people reconsidering their career goals, your team members may be re-evaluating their commitment to your workplace. You can solidify priorities today to set you and your team up for a successful 2023, and, importantly, retain your best people.

10 Ways to Keep Board Members Out of Nonprofit Operations
February 8, 2023 at 12:15 pm

When a nonprofit is young, it may have few to no full-time employees. In that case, the board may have to be involved in operations. However, that’s not ideal as the organization grows. Here are 10 ways to ensure that your board is properly educated and empowered in its role and that it stays out of daily operations.

Bad at Relationships? Five Moves to Ensure Success
February 8, 2023 at 11:57 am

Whether you are a CEO trying to form a partnership with a board chair, a development director trying to work more closely with the marketing director or a major gifts officer trying to build a relationship with a donor, the relationship is everything. But for some of us, it’s hard.

4 Tips for Stress-Free Strategic Planning for Your Nonprofit
February 2, 2023 at 11:14 am

Because nonprofit leaders have a lot to manage, strategic planning often drops down on the priority list for nonprofits, but it doesn’t have to be this way. Here are four practical tips that will make your planning less stressful while also strengthening your leadership.

How to Make Nonprofit Leadership Work for You
February 1, 2023 at 12:48 pm

Leadership isn't easy. Today's nonprofit leaders are accountable for their teams and their organization. But, because of our fast-moving digital world, working as an organization requires new thinking, habits, and fresh minds at all levels.

10 Ways to Raise More Money in 2023
January 30, 2023 at 11:54 am

I want to share 10 pragmatic ways that nonprofit leaders can more effectively ask for and secure gifts that will fuel their missions.