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Archive for April, 2016


Reason # 2 to Avoid Strategic Planning: Organizational Climate

Sunday, April 17th, 2016

When one of my clients – let’s call him Bill – first became the CEO a large nonprofit the organization was floundering. For a long time it was led by people who had the best of intentions but not the strategic outlook or discipline to truly optimize the organization’s mission. The leadership team (LT) was comprised of talented individuals, but they were a group of managers all with their own interests, agendas and loyalties, only interacting when necessary. Bill was also unknown and had a starkly different personality and management approach than his predecessors, which initially engendered resistance in the entire culture, including the LT.

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Ep 5: When Failure is Not an Option with Glen O’Gilvie, CEO, Center for Nonprofit Advancement

Sunday, April 17th, 2016

“Failure is not an option and neither is complaining.” This – and doing more with less – is what Glen O’Gilvie learned from his Jamaican immigrant parents. So when he became an “accidental” leader at a young age, Glen had to figure out how to gain credibility and trust, lead people of all ages and backgrounds and make a transformational impact on the organizations and communities he served.

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Top 3 Reasons to Avoid Strategic Planning: #1 Time & Timing

Sunday, April 3rd, 2016

Clients often hire me to guide them through the strategic planning process. A Strategic Plan illuminates an organization’s vision and can become a compass that helps to navigate all important decisions and activities. It engages the staff, board, funders and other key stakeholders and assures that everyone is moving together in the right direction. Given all these benefits, shouldn’t every organization engage in the process? Actually no. This three-part series explores the primary easons for organizations to forgo strategic planning (for now).

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Ep 4 – Doug Duncan, CEO, Leadership Greater Washington on Leadership, Mental Illness & Transparency in a Crisis

Sunday, April 3rd, 2016

The Washington Post called Doug Duncan the best County Executive in Montgomery County history. But then what was splashed all over the media was Doug withdrawing from the Maryland governor race due to severe depression. What followed Doug calls “two years of living in hell.”

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