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Risk Management: 4 Trends to Watch in 2021
Risk management is about looking around corners. It is the process of identifying, evaluating, and prioritizing potential risks to your organization. Risks are opportunities for profit or loss. They can have net positive or [...]
Organization Spotlight: Broadway Youth Center
In honor of Pride Month, we’re spotlighting LGBTQ organizations and leaders in the nonprofit space. Today we talk to Fredy Roberts-Ramirez of Chicago’s Broadway Youth Center (BYC) About Broadway Youth Center Broadway Youth Center [...]
Consultant Spotlight: Randall Thacker
In honor of Pride Month, we’re highlighting LGBTQ leaders in the nonprofit world. Today, we talk to our own Randall Thacker. About Randall When Randall was a young child in church, he would borrow paper [...]
Consultant Spotlight: Barbra Kavanaugh
In honor of Pride Month, we’re highlighting LGBTQ leaders in the nonprofit world. Today, we talk to our own Barbra Kavanaugh. About Barbra Barbra Kavanaugh, a senior consultant with Brighter Strategies, describes her career as [...]
Distributed Leadership, The Post-Covid Trend
Recently, we talked about three trends in leadership development that are influencing your people development roadmap. Building your bench, upskilling your employees, and promoting a culture of learning are at the forefront of the [...]
Organization Spotlight: Jignesh Dalal of Vesta
In honor of Asian Heritage Month, we’re featuring nonprofit leaders of Asian heritage and talking to them about their work and the importance of having representation in leadership positions. Today we speak to Jignesh Dalal, [...]
Organization Spotlight: Brandi Yee of ACT for Alexandria
In honor of Asian Heritage Month, we’re featuring nonprofit leaders of Asian heritage and talking to them about their work and the importance of having representation in leadership positions. Today we speak to Brandi Yee, [...]
3 Trends in Leadership Development
There is always something new to learn about leadership development. Your business priorities are ever evolving, and the people needed to fill your most critical roles are, too. This year, three big trends are [...]
Communicate the Change You Wish to See in the World
Editor's Note: In 2015 we wrote a series of articles on organizational change management and risk management. We created the fictional nonprofit "Bayside Community Library" to help illustrate the elements of change. Given the [...]
Meeting Culture: The New Hybrid Meeting
Meeting culture is often overlooked as an aspect of an organization’s culture. How do people schedule meetings? Do you need to reserve a room? How often do people meet? Who is invited to the [...]
Equity and Remote Work: 4 Tips
We recently wrote about how to prepare for a post-COVID workplace. Remote work is a huge part of this. According to PwC’s January 2021 Remote Work Survey, 83 percent of executives say the shift to [...]
SMART Goals & Your Organization
Performance management (PM) has many forms. It can look different depending on your organization’s processes. The three main components to most PM processes are: setting performance goals, monitoring progress, and evaluating results. Setting goals [...]