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Working With Your New Board of Directors – the First Ninety Days
You do not have much time to spend on your board in your first three months. How can your spend limited time strategically?
Apr 30, 20245 min read


Three Big Questions to Ask Before You Start Strategic Planning
To get to the right answers, you need to ask the right questions – from the very beginning of strategic planning
Apr 8, 20247 min read


Nine Questions To Help Jumpstart the Executive Director Review Process
How to make sure you're not one of the nearly 50% of nonprofit leaders who do not have an annual review
Mar 19, 20246 min read


Five Things To Do When You Interview Executive Coaches
Quick guide to knowing when the time is right to look for a coach and how to find the right one.
Mar 4, 20246 min read


Executive Transitions – What Boards Need to Think About Before the Inevitable Happens
How nonprofit boards can be ready to manage a transition - no matter the circumstances.
Nov 2, 20235 min read


Board and Executive Director – Who’s Managing Who?
Building an Effective Partnership with Your Board of Directors
Sep 5, 20234 min read


It’s Lonely in the Middle–But You Don’t Have to Stay There
Six Strategies for Surviving and Thriving in the Leadership Role
Jul 17, 20235 min read


So, You Want to Be a Nonprofit Executive Director …
How an executive director actually spends their time and what you can do to prepare yourself now.
May 18, 20235 min read


The Party's Over - Knowing When and How to Make a Graceful Exit From The Executive Director Role
What to look for in your organization and yourself as you begin to think about transitioning
Feb 17, 20236 min read


Three Practices for Engaging Your Seemingly Disengaged Board
How to break through a nasty logjam of disengagement by thinking more like a volunteer manager
Jan 6, 20235 min read
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