Volunteer leaders run your board, your committees and your Saturday crews without pay or formal authority. The roles that count, the skills each needs, and when to mentor or coach them.
Volunteer Leadership: How to Develop the Volunteers Who Lead Your Nonprofit Read More »
Every executive transition is really three transitions at once: the leader leaving, the leader arriving, and the board holding steady between them. Coaching carries all three.
Coaching a Nonprofit Through an Executive Transition Read More »
A practical leadership pipeline assessment for nonprofits: list your critical roles, name who could step in, score five dimensions from 1 to 3, and turn the lowest score into one action with an owner and a date.
How to Assess Your Nonprofit’s Leadership Pipeline: A Practical Framework Read More »
A mentor shares what worked for them. A coach helps you reach your own answer. A side-by-side comparison, four questions to decide, and what each costs a nonprofit.
Coaching vs Mentoring for Nonprofits: Which Do You Need? Read More »
What middle manager coaching works on, how it differs from training, and how a nonprofit can give one manager or a whole layer six sessions each, from $300.
The Forgotten Middle: Why Your Nonprofit’s Middle Managers Need Coaching Too Read More »
Your best performer is not always your next leader. How to spot emerging nonprofit leaders, develop them with stretch work on a small budget, and decide when a program or a coach is worth it.
Developing Emerging Nonprofit Leaders: How to Spot and Grow Them Read More »
Boundaries for leaders cover two things: what your nonprofit creates and allows, and the limits you keep on your own time. The five boundaries an executive director needs, how to set them without guilt and what to say to your board, staff and funders.
Boundaries for Leaders: A Guide for Nonprofit Executive Directors Read More »
Score a free, validated burnout test in five minutes, see what generic quizzes miss in nonprofit work, and learn how to run a team burnout check that protects anonymity.
The Nonprofit Leader’s Burnout Test: A Free, Validated Assessment Read More »
Priority management for a nonprofit leader means deciding which requests from the board, funders, staff and community get your best hours and energy. Three sorting questions, a weekly firefighting audit, an energy check and a rhythm that survives a crisis.
Priority Management for Nonprofit Leaders: A Weekly System Read More »
Executive functioning in leadership is the set of skills behind planning, focus and follow-through. Why nonprofit executive directors run short on them, five practical fixes, and where coaching fits.
Executive Functioning in Leadership: A Practical Guide for Nonprofit Executive Directors Read More »
