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How to Keep Your Strategic Plan From Gathering Dust

There are plenty of examples of strategic plans sitting on a shelf, quietly gathering dust. We understand why. Too often, the planning process is exhausting
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Smart and Nice: The Leadership Equation

  “I have two criteria for hiring: Are you smart? Are you nice?” – Gail McGovern, Chair, American Red Cross I worked for Gail McGovern.
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Communicate Like Bridget

This is a critically important time to communicate with your supporters. But enough text-only emails. More videos like Bridget’s. More handwritten notes. More phone calls. 
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Applying Equity in a Crisis

Now more than ever, applying an equity lens to leadership and decision-making is essential. In times of crisis, it’s easy to stop or disregard diversity,
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Year-End Appeals: My Client Got It Right

Year-End Appeals: My Client Got It Right I received a year-end fundraising letter on October 30 from one of my clients, Playworks Pacific Northwest. While
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Leadership & Right Speech

Thomas, just because you have a thought doesn’t mean you have to speak it. – Paul Bruner, my dad Despite my dad’s attempts to teach
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Diversity: What Fails & What Works

  Most diversity programs aren’t increasing diversity. Why Diversity Programs Fail, Harvard Business Review. July-August 2016. An article in the most recent issue of the Harvard Business Review
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Talk to your donors.

“Don’t be one of those organizations that talks to me only when you want more money.” – Paul Bruner, My Dad. I had taken a
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