Nonprofit Leadership

An Interview with Carlos Santini, CEO, Mizzen by Mott — While many nonprofit leaders are leaving the field and those who have stayed are truly running on empty, I went looking for leaders who have figured something out — people who are doing something differently. The good news is: I found them! This series, How Smart Nonprofit Leaders Create Lasting…

An interview with Jason Whyte, National Reentry Workforce Collaborative — While many nonprofit staff and leaders are leaving the field or those who have stayed are truly running on empty, I went looking for leaders who have figured something out — people who are doing something differently. The good news is: I found them! This series, How Smart Nonprofit Leaders…

An Interview with Karen Peterson, National Girls Collaborative Project In this time where folks are stretched thin, where many staff and leaders of nonprofit organizations are leaving the field or those who have stayed are truly running on empty, I went looking for leaders who have figured something out. The good news is: I found them! This series, How…

An Interview with Meg Pitman, Boys and Girls Clubs of America In this time of overwhelm, where many staff and leaders of nonprofit organizations are leaving the field or those who have stayed are truly running on empty, I went looking for leaders who have figured something out. The good…

As someone with a master’s degree in nonprofit leadership, this question has haunted me for a long time. In this article, you’ll find how I’ve been grappling with the subject, followed by a story about a girl who attends church for the first time and gets more than she bargained…

As we drove for a weekend getaway, I started thinking about how reliant we’ve become on navigation systems to tell us which way to turn, how to avoid traffic and get to our destination quickly. At the surface, the technology is really useful. But, expanding out to consider how our…

An Interview with Shawna Rosenzweig, Camp Fire — In this time of overwhelm, where many staff and leaders of nonprofit organizations are leaving the field or those who have stayed are truly running on empty, I went looking for leaders who have figured something out. The good news is: I found them! This series, How Smart Nonprofit Leaders…

Time management can’t stop you from running out of time. The classic tools of prioritizing, scheduling, delegating, and the latest fad, time tracking, don’t address what’s really going on. You can spend hours fiddling with time management apps and tools. Your time will still leak away, right from under your…