Fundraising Sustainability

A definition of sustainability from Merriam-Webster online is: able to be used without being completely used up or destroyed. The ultimate in sustainable income is a royalty or fee based income stream that “renews” monthly or regularly for a service or...

Communicate: Avoid Chaos

Clear communication re-enforces vision and gives stability to an organization. The key is to establish a core set of communicable measures, KPI’s that everyone is interested in and needing to get regular updates on. Then…update them regularly! It actually...

Organizational Culture IS Your Leadership Test

Do you measure your success as a leader on the temperature of the culture of your organization? You should. Mission and vision are accomplished through your team. They must largely like and respect you, and as importantly, they must like and respect each other. When I...

The Best Plans are Laid

To be clear, this post is for leaders of organizations or staff, not only for oneself. Talent and skill can allow people to succeed and profit on their own, but that doesn’t make you a great leader. It simple means you are successful. Why the caveat? Leaders...

Leading Through Structure

Micromanagement is the opposite of empowerment. One of the hardest things to do as a leader is to lead through structure because it requires true empowerment. It requires that the leader actually trust the direct report (who is most likely a leader within the...

The Terrible Bad

As a turn around artist of sorts, I actually find that skills in change management and reconciliation are of utmost importance to my company. Unfortunately, there are times when you hope for people. You counsel and wish for growth, for change, for hope, for a better...