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.
Five Years and Growing: How One Nonprofit Built a Sustainable, Collaborative Mission
An executive director shares the story of a nonprofit’s first five years, and her process of building sustainable nonprofit collaborations.
Measure What You Value: Designing a Values-based Performance Appraisal System
Developing and sustaining a motivated, productive, and highly engaged workforce means your employees must be measured on how they demonstrate the organization’s values.
The Critical Role of Cultural Responsiveness in Today’s Nonprofits
While culturally responsive leadership has usually been centered in education, its practices have value to the nonprofit sector as well.
How Curiosity and Creativity Can Foster Self-Aware Nonprofit Leaders
Tap into curiosity and creativity in nonprofit leadership and enhance your ability to be a clear and confident leader.
How can nonprofit leaders avoid burnout?
Leading a nonprofit can be an isolating and exhausting experience, so preventing burnout is key to an organization’s long-term success.
Preparing Your Nonprofit to Move Beyond the Founder
Sometimes, the continued growth and success of a nonprofit means the founder must recognize when the time is right to step aside and trust others to guide the organization and its mission.
Empowering Community Voices: The Strategic Advantage of Nonprofit Advisory Committees
An inclusive and engaged advisory committee has the potential to increase the quality, reach, and overall impact of your nonprofit’s work on a consistent basis.
Vision Before Strategy: A Nonprofit’s Guide to Defining Success
Defining the desired outcome and what constitutes success in measurable terms helps stakeholders align their actions and priorities, ensuring that every effort is geared toward achieving this shared vision.
Charting a New Course for Youth Engagement
A blueprint for how using strategic inquiry can help your nonprofit better understand your community’s needs and provide key insights with the potential to help you innovate and better serve those who count on you.
Is Your Nonprofit’s Mission Obsolete — Or Just Ready for a New Direction?
Measuring the dual bottom lines of sustainability and impact can help you determine if the time has come for your nonprofit to conclude your mission — or pivot to a new one.