Daring to Dream, Fundraising in Catholic Organizations
Join the upcoming workshop presented by The Catholic Development Council of The Nonprofit Alliance, The Challenges of Ministry and Mission for Catholic Fundraisers, led by…
What Makes a Super Coach?
What I'm legally required to refer to as The Big Game is coming up this Sunday. On display will be an important lesson for those…
Looking Back, Looking Forward
2020 ushered in unforeseen and unprecedented acts. Self-isolation co-existed with solidarity. We hugged without holding. And with reimagined compassion, we reshaped our collective commitment to…
You and I have the privilege of playing a role in these nonprofit battles
2020 was the year of Covid, social unrest, economic volatility and political change. It was also Year Five of my retirement and inspired me to…
If you want to improve lives through charity, politics is part of it
A headline in the British press last week by the Chair of the UK Charity Commission, Baroness Stowell, declared, "If you want to improve lives…
No Better Place to Start (Developing Leadership, Part 3 of 3)
As I bring this three-part Developing Leadership series to a close, I can think of no better place to start, than with the leader themselves…
Finding Your Intersection (Developing Leadership, Part 2)
In Part 1 of this series on leadership, I shared some ideas around Group Thinking. I offered three specific concepts to integrate into your efforts:…
Group Thinking (Developing Leadership, Part 1)
As a child, we are told that our actions speak louder than words, but as a leader I’d suggest that our thinking speaks louder than…
Focus. Energy. Action.
Final in a series of five And now we have come to the fifth and final installment of my blog series on the Growth out…
Setting your anti-values and anti-goals
The speaker at my business school's graduate had one goal for his company: become the world's largest energy company. By the time he spoke to…
