Truth be told – a staff retreat alone won’t do much.   Nonprofit staff retreats are effective when they are a component of an overall...

Tell them what to do. And then tell them again.  Do you need a supportive, accountable board? Of course you do, and explicit expectations...

“How can I get visibility into how my employees spend their time?” Don’t.  This question has come up so many times with clients in the...

One challenge to building an inclusive board of directors is the fact that your board members are most likely to have connections to...

Often I hear frustration from leaders disappointed that their great ideas for organizational improvements fall apart upon implementation...

Redirect those fly-by board member suggestions & comments. It’s incredibly common for board members to inadvertently send staff down...

Every organization has their tricky issue – the board member who won’t leave the board, the otherwise high-performing staff member who is...

Are they your department heads or your leadership team? Because there is a difference and when you don’t cultivate the latter you...

Meet with your staff.  Totally obvious, right? But it’s surprising to me how many organizations I work with where most staff have never...

It took 2 weeks of being back as a CEO (as an interim) to return to bad habits of skipping lunch, working at night, saying yes to more...