Insights and tools to move you forward

Knowing is Not Doing

Knowing is Not Doing Doesn’t it feel good to get things done? We all love feeling productive, but so often it can seem like you are super busy and yet not accomplishing much. How can it be that you are in constant motion, but the most important tasks on your to-do...

Cultivate Your Curiosity

Cultivate Your Curiosity The notion that great leadership and innovation is rooted in curiosity isn’t new. After all, it was Socrates that said, “Wisdom begins in wonder.” But as a management tool, I don’t think curiosity gets the respect it deserves. Especially in...

Changed by Listening

Changed by Listening SSeveral years ago, instead of making a list of New Year’s resolutions, I started inviting a word into my life to focus on for the year. Inviting it to speak to me, to teach me, to get under my skin and into my heart. A few years ago that word was...

15 Wishes for You

15 Wishes for You You are much more than a fundraiser, a board member, a nonprofit leader. You are a role model and an inspiration. Despite all that is going wrong in our world, people like you are fighting to make things better. You prove that good people will...

Will your feedback really help?

Will your feedback really help? When I was younger, I thought giving critical feedback was adding value. That being able to analyze a situation, see where the problems were and articulate how things could be improved would help make things better. Here’s what I know...

What do you need to stop doing?

What do you need to stop doing? So many people love the classic Vince Lombardi quote, “A winner never quits, and a quitter never wins.” But hold on a second, are you sure that’s true? Winners quit all the time. Winners stop doing things that aren’t creating results....

More Sleep Please

More Sleep Please Can we talk about sleep for a second? Well, actually, let’s not start with sleep. Let’s start with being tired. Pretty much all the time. All of us in the nonprofit sector are dealing with complex issues and facing constant challenges. Too little...

Are You Reacting or Responding?

Are you reacting or responding? We’ve all been there. Wishing we had a do-over for how we handled a situation at work. We couldn’t come up with the words in the moment we thought of later. We didn’t fully think through how our actions would impact someone else. We...

When the How-tos Aren’t Enough to Fix Your Fundraising

When the How-tos Aren't Enough to Fix Your Fundraising Think about it for a second. So many fundraisers, board members, executive directors, and others who need to be involved in fundraising in one way or another have attended trainings, gone to conferences, read...