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Breaking Out of Organizational Silos
In our last blog post, I talked about how the culture of an organization, through its systems and structure, can breed organizational silos. These rifts create mistrust and territorial behaviors...
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Culture of Philanthropy (2)
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Can We All Get Along?
If your work as a fundraiser is to help a donor experience the most possible joy through their giving by enabling them to give to projects and programs that will help change the world, then it should...
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How to Deal With and Change a Toxic Non-Profit Culture
This post is part-two in a four-part series titled “Reimagining the Non-Profit Workplace”
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No Wonder You’re Leaving
I feel like every six months or so, either Richard or I feel compelled to write about the state of turnover in our industry. It’s sad, because honestly, not much has changed in over a decade of...
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Is There Space for Self-Care in Philanthropy?
“I’m doing the work of three people right now because of layoffs.”
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What If I’m Trying to Promote Better Collaboration Between Departments?
Fourth in a Six-Part Series: What Should I Do If…? Something happens in almost every non-profit where, over time, we lose focus. And as the non-profit grows, it breaks down into departments or siloes...
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Leadership is About Influencing Culture
Third in a Five-Part Series: It’s Not Rocket Science “Culture is just not one aspect of the game… it is the game.” —Lou Gerstner, IBM’s Turnaround CEO from the 90’s A complaint that Richard and I...
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Non-Profit Leaders, There is No Shortcut in Major Gifts
Major Gift work is not easy. Yet when I read the headlines of our industry magazines and web sites, everyone seems to have either an easy way to do major gifts, or some kind of major gift fundraising...
