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Consultant Spotlight: Fernanda Vergara
In honor of Hispanic Heritage month, we’re spotlighting Hispanic and Latino leaders in our field. We are starting with our own emerging leader, Brighter Strategies’ Associate Consultant Fernanda Vergara About Fernanda Born in New York [...]
Communicating Name Change: Lessons from the Sports World
Name changes can be stressful. But sometimes they are necessary. Ideally, when you name a brand or organization, it stays named. However, as missions change and trends develop, you may find yourself with a [...]
Using the SDI to Help with Team Conflict
This post has been updated from a previous version. Can the SDI help your team with conflict? It’s hard to find reasonable people who actually like conflict. In our personal lives, most of us [...]
6 Employee Engagement Tips
Employee engagement is the emotional commitment employees have to an organization. According to Gallup, employee engagement is up in the United States. The poll saw an increase from 36 percent in late 2020, to 39 [...]
The Leadership Playbook
The best-laid plans go astray. In 2020, many nonprofits saw proof of this in their organization. As leaders, we often struggle to translate theory and knowledge into the practice of inspiring people. We struggle [...]
Employee Retention: Best Practices for a New Workforce
What is most important to consider when it comes to employee retention? According to recent research by IBM, “workers placed work-life balance (51 percent) and career advancement opportunities (43 percent) at the top of their [...]
Vision Boards as Facilitation Tools
When you run a business, there's no shortage of tools you can use to make your life easier, and a vision board is one such tool.
Managing Organizational Risk: A Step by Step Process
“Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.” –Warren Buffett Managing organizational risk includes admitting that there is a high probability something could go wrong. It requires humility to accept that we do not [...]
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 [...]