June 27, 2012 governance managing change nonprofit organizational development self-assessment strategy Good Tension An informed consensus around mission and the strategic pursuit of it is essential to the effectiveness of a nonprofit. In some areas, howeve...
June 22, 2012 governance managing change nonprofit organizational development self-assessment strategy SWOT The SWOT (Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats) exercise is a stock feature of strategic planning processes. Over 100 comments in a re...
June 30, 2010 governance nonprofit planning self-assessment strategy transparency If it ain’t broke… I first encountered the term “no brainer” as a corporate manager. Since I had arrived in the corporate world from academia, I was not very g...
March 10, 2010 nonprofit planning self-assessment strategy webinars The Structure of Planning: Process, part 2 Once the planning process infrastructure has been defined and structured through the initial preparation work described in the previous post...
January 25, 2010 governance self-assessment The Individual Service Plan As noted in Critical Issues #4: On Boards , the Individual Service Plan (ISP) is a simple but powerful tool to focus the capabilities of tru...
January 15, 2010 governance nonprofit self-assessment Board self assessment I mentioned board self assessments in two of my Critical Issues e-letters ( The Secret Life of Surveys and On Board ), and promised a bit ...
June 17, 2009 cultivation nonprofit self-assessment stakeholders survey transparency Listen. Wholesale. A few thoughts from my just-released e-letter, Critical Issues #2: The Secret Life of Surveys: Says Who? The leadership of an organization i...