Leadership and Management
Enhance your nonprofit leadership skills with practical advice and expert insights on a wide range of leadership and management topics.
From strategic planning and decision-making to team building and organizational development, discover the resources you need to inspire and empower your team.
The Phone Call No Board Wants to Make
Interim executive directors are not just placeholders; they are strategic stabilizers who address long-standing organizational issues and prepare nonprofits for a healthy permanent transition.
Never Waste a Good Crisis: Why, When & How to Hire an Interim Executive Director
Don’t let a sudden leadership gap sink your mission. Hiring an interim expert can turn a chaotic exit into a powerful organizational turnaround.
Creating A Board That Works
Nonprofits’ success depends on their ability to assemble a board that is committed to the mission and a strong partner to the executive director.
I Wanted to Be the Cool Boss — and Almost Destroyed My Organization
How rejecting structure, blurring boundaries, and letting ego guide my leadership nearly sank my nonprofit — and what I learned rebuilding it from the ground up.
How to Stop Managing Your Nonprofit and Start Leading
Nonprofit leaders often get overwhelmed by daily management tasks, but it’s crucial to step back and focus on leadership by building strong foundational processes instead of just working in the business.
When the Board Becomes the Problem: Reclaiming Power in Nonprofit Leadership
When nonprofit boards ignore accountability, CEOs suffer. A candid look at governance failures and how they repeat across the sector.
Why Human-Centered AI Adoption Matters for Nonprofits
Before nonprofits can develop AI-driven solutions to help others, it’s important that they get comfortable with it themselves. Here’s how one nonprofit did it.
The New Sheriff in Town: Tips for Successfully Leading a Nonprofit Team (that Someone Else Built)
Taking over a team that was very comfortable with their previous leader is difficult for anybody. Discover five tips that can help you build a successful relationship with your new team and align everyone toward accomplishing your shared mission.
When the System Fails Quietly: What I’ve Learned from Sitting Between the Frontline and the Data
Leadership, especially in the nonprofit sector, means you’re not standing at the top — but spotting gaps, shining a light, and quietly stitching trust back together where it’s needed.
A Board Member “Contract”
One way to be sure that each person on the board is clear on his or her responsibilities is to adopt a board member contract.