March 26, 2025
How New Nonprofit CEOs Secure Board Buy-In for Strategic Planning

Making the Board Case for Strategic Planning for New Nonprofit CEO You fought for this role—and the salary to match. Now, months in, you see[…]

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February 13, 2025
One Way AI Can Help You Find a Path Where None Exists

Nonprofit Leaders: Ready to Move, But No Roadmap? You have a vision but no clear way forward. Waiting for a ready-made path won’t get you[…]

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January 9, 2025
Nonprofit Strategic Planning Assessment: 10 Questions About Your Strategy

Your future depends on a clear, actionable nonprofit strategy that your board, staff, and donors can rally behind. You see other nonprofits getting ahead and[…]

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April 3, 2024
How to Get Everyone on Board: Align Your Staff, Board & Community

Before my gluten-free days, I used a bread machine to make school lunches. Most mornings, we’d wake to the smell of fresh bread. On days[…]

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February 27, 2023
Why Does Having the Right Strategy Matter?

The other day, after a struggle, I developed a new strategy. A friend commented on how excited I was—on “the lightness in my being” compared[…]

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October 8, 2022
The “Secret Reason” that CEOs Embark on Strategic Planning

Many nonprofit CEOs contact me to create a nonprofit strategic plan or update one, and almost always, the engagement discussion includes the other CEO’s goal[…]

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September 26, 2022
Nonprofit Strategy for Strategic Planning Haters

You announce that it’s time to do nonprofit strategic planning, and you get resistance. Board member rolls their eyes or even verbally say, “I hate[…]

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September 28, 2020
Not Investing for Impact: Conquer Strategy Mistake 7

Is your nonprofit strategy a roadmap to success or a recipe for wasted time? Many organizations unknowingly make a critical mistake (#7) by failing to[…]

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August 24, 2020
Nonprofit CEOs Avoid Strategy Mistake 3 Building a Plan Without Buy-In

Is your nonprofit strategy gathering dust on a shelf? Many CEOs unknowingly make a critical mistake (#3) by creating plans in isolation. This leads to[…]

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July 27, 2020
Avoid This #1 Error in Your Nonprofit’s Strategy Discussions

Nonprofit organizations that experience abrupt threats to their sustainability or want to thrive act with purpose. That is, they create a strategy and execution plan[…]

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