Just like at Disney, a strong workforce is key to long-term success for nonprofits. Here are some Disney leadership practices nonprofits can adopt.
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Tag: Nonprofit Leadership
Why Your Nonprofit Should Hire an Interim Leader After an Executive Director Departs
If your nonprofit finds itself without a leader and a succession plan, interim leadership might offer a temporary solution. Here’s how.
Read MoreThe Power of Collaboration and Consensus in Nonprofit Leadership
In nonprofit leadership, the synergy between collaboration and consensus is crucial for driving sustainable impact and success. Here’s why.
Read MoreWhat You Can Learn From the Spice Girls About Nonprofit Leadership Strategy
Since leading a nonprofit involves so many moving targets, it can be easy to forget to build the people around you. Remembering the lyrics from a Spice Girls song might help you with this essential-but-often-overlooked part of leadership.
Read MoreHow to Make Nonprofit Leadership Work for You
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.
Read MoreWhat Nonprofit Leaders Should Say to Employees to Help Them Grow
Leadership gets easier as you plan for the critical conversations you have daily. Having some phrases and questions ready will help you and your team move forward.
Read MoreThe Strength of Shared Power in Nonprofit Leadership
Co-leadership isn’t new. It is, however, a growing trend in the nonprofit world, where we continue to explore ways to share power and strengthen our organizations’ leadership and stability.
Read MoreThe Importance of Circular Management
When you think of management going forward, begin to think in terms of understanding circular management. Study the elements of top-down, bottom-up and sideways management.
Read MoreBook Review: The Surprising Gift of Doubt
“The Surprising Gift of Doubt,” written by Marc Pitman of Concord Leadership Group, is a book that’s not just about nonprofit leadership. It can be applied to leaders in any situation, especially if you, as a leader, need some re-grounding or refocus.
Read MoreHow Your Nonprofit Could Be as Big as Netflix
If you don’t know Netflix’s story, then I suggest you get the book, “No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention.” When I was a nonprofit leader, I took my organization from the kitchen table to one with more than $70 million in revenue. And I did it within five years.
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