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…
How do you grow out of a crisis? Simplify your message.
Fourth in a series of five. If you’ve been following along as I’ve covered the Growth out of a Crisis webinar series led by my…
Good trouble
"[W]e were beaten, tear gassed, and trampled by horses. I thought I saw death. I thought I was going to die. I don't know how…
Racial Justice Competency Is No Longer An Optional Leadership Skill
During this unprecedented time, we are starved for authentic leadership. When confronted with a crisis like the aftermath of George Floyd’s unjustified killing, leaders often…
