Hugh Ballou – Leadership is Transformation of Self First
Examine the word transform. It does not merely mean change, or we would use that word. It is a verb with an expanded vision and is much more transcendent. It implies a deeper, more fundamental alteration of our very form (to trans - form). The continuing process of transformation begins with the moment of inspiration and continues in us through times of action, rest, [...]
Philip Foster – Leadership Flexibility for the New Workforce
We live in an emerging globalized mobile world of dispersed cloud workers. More than ever, we see individuals and organizations trading their traditional offices for work from home, coffee houses, and nearly anywhere in the world with Internet connection. This isn’t a trend found in the for-profit space alone; nonprofit organizations are seeing tremendous growth in remote workers as they seek to keep pace [...]
September Dohrmann – Cooperation and Collaboration
Cooperation and collaboration can greatly accelerate business growth. CEO Space was conceived in 1988 via a thought leader educational summit in Huntsville, Alabama, as a forum for CEOs that would provide missing mechanisms to accelerate business development. In the rapidly advancing entrepreneur age, there was a lack of centralized resources to mentor and rapidly develop entrepreneurial skills, to grow social capital via cooperative trading [...]
Ed Bogle – Manage Change and Leverage Opportunity
Strategic management and phased growth plans can stabilize an organization when upheaval may be looming. Planning in the nonprofit world has largely been based on the continuance of past trends and the assumption that constituents' needs, environmental factors, funding sources, and staff and volunteer commitment will remain fairly constant. However, those things have become less dependable. Change is largely unpredictable, often comes in [...]
David Burkus – Organizations Under New Management
David Burkus, the author of Under New Management, spoke to us about overhauling our understanding of organizational management.
Adrienne Golden – If It’s Not WOW, It’s Not Worth It: Fuse Project
One of the greatest challenges of the past generation has centered on the emergence of Millennials into nonprofit leadership roles.
Jän Paul Ostendorf, Austin Munhofen – Positive First Impressions
First impressions are important. For-profit and nonprofit organizations alike have a responsibility to present themselves authentically.
Cord Sachs – Organizational Development, Multiplying Leaders
In most organizations, the development of leaders tends to fall into the category of important but not urgent.
Cynthia Adams – Challenges of Seeking Grant Support
Change in the field of philanthropy can be so subtle that it often goes unnoticed. Look at one aspect of that field - grantseeking - and it becomes almost impossible to detect. To help us recognize and track these changes, we conduct a survey every six months to determine the current state of grantseeking in the U.S. Over 3,200 people responded to our latest [...]
