Nonprofit leadership is a role of constant decision-making. Decision fatigue is real. The fear of making a bad decision is real. And the overwhelm of being expected to know what to do—and how to do it—day after day is draining. Even when we show up with energy, joy, and hopefulness, decisions can wear us down. […]

Photo by Randy Tarampi on Unsplash When I sat down to write this morning, the word that came to mind was: centering. Immediately, I was anything but centered. My mind split in two directions—do I write about centering from the emotional intelligence perspective, or about centering the intangible assets of an organization? Maybe that confusion […]

The next question asked the respondents to share who suggested the need for written policies. This question was a follow-up to the 10 organizations that said they had written policies for their intellectual property. They indicated that the idea for the policies came from the following roles: I think that internal legal counsel fits within […]

The management framework that the nonprofit sector predominately uses, New Public Management, is a bad fit. What’s needed is a framework that recognizes the strategic work of nonprofits. So, why is New Public Management a bad fit? New Public Management (NPM) is a management framework that was first adopted by public administration professionals as a […]