by Scott Wheeler | Oct 11, 2016 | Collective Impact, Front Page, Leadership Development, Nonprofit Collaboration
Collaborations can be powerful and often essential tools when addressing complex issues. Unfortunately, many collaborative efforts achieve only limited success and some are ineffective. Many attempts at collaboration have instead painfully drained the precious time...
by Elizabeth Guman | Feb 14, 2014 | Nonprofit Collaboration
Usually, conveners of nonprofit or cross-sector partnerships are institutions with power. To avoid dominating the group and thereby discouraging member engagement, the conveners often reign in their power. But in so doing, they forego some opportunities to leverage...
by Elizabeth Guman | Oct 24, 2013 | Leadership Development, Strategic Planning
At a board orientation that I supported, a long-tenured board member summarized the reasoning behind the specific wording of the vision and mission to new board members. The board chair, who was also helping give the orientation, enthusiastically remarked that it was...
by Scott Wheeler | Oct 2, 2013 | Strategic Planning
What is a vision? Put simply it is an organization’s desired future state. Many leadership teams work hard to create a vision statement that works in concert with their organization’s mission statement. Often, however, this well-intentioned exercise results in an...
by Scott Wheeler | Aug 8, 2013 | Organizational Transformation, Strategic Planning
How do organizations change? As managers, we like to feel that we have change under control. If we put a good plan in place, resource it correctly and monitor progress against objectives, we should realize the desired changes. Most of us, however, do not need to look...
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