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Nonprofit leaders share an instinct to maintain the minimum standard of operational competency in their respective areas of responsibility. In short, this is the common survival mechanism that allows our leaders to serve another day. When a drop in operational competency occurs anywhere within a nonprofit, the leader responsible experiences an immediate and unpleasant response … Continue Reading

If your organization is lacking in any area of operational competency, best practices can help. Best practices are the commercial or professional procedures that are accepted or prescribed as being correct or most effective within a given industry or discipline. In essence, best practices are the currently accepted industry standard. But here’s the wrinkle. Depending … Continue Reading

Most successful nonprofits operate in a silo by design. To stay on mission, they narrowly focus their programs and projects. They serve a particular need and identifiable group of people and their donors and volunteers reward them because they do. This formula worked exceptionally well until recently. Nonprofits are starting to feel a real crunch … Continue Reading