“What you do has far greater impact than what you say.”
– Stephen Covey
“There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.”
– Indira Gandhi
“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”
– Maya Angelou (1928 – 2014), Poet/Writer/Civil Rights Activist
“I am a slow walker, but I never walk back”.
—Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States
“”The best way out is always through”.
Robert Frost
“”Success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself, or as the by-product of one’s surrender to a person other than oneself.”
Viktor E. Frankl
“No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.”
Andrew Carnegie
Lead: Delegate, Motivate, and Appreciate
LINK: My Non-profit Journey: Successes I’ve Achieved (Sofia Crisp)
“For myself, I can say that I am ‘coachable’. I am not afraid to say I don’t know something. I’m willing to find the person, or people, who do have the knowledge or expertise required. You might call this an ‘I don’t know now’ mindset. To put it simply, as a situation presents itself I learn from others I’ve sought out”.
As Executive Director and Founder of Housing Consultants Group, Crisp demonstrates this Carnegie quote. Read More Leadership Keys: Lone Rangers Stumble
“You take people as far as they will go, not as far as you would like them to go.”
Jeanette Rankin
“A good leader leads the people from above them.
A great leader leads the people from within them.”
M. D. Arnold
Sofia Crisp
Executive Director, Housing Consultants Group
“My journey started as a leap of faith and is now my passion! Seeing that box in the corner of my friend’s office moved me to think ‘out of the box’ – and launch, manage, and grow the non-profit organization I lead today . . . I have a great team of employees, contractors, and Board members that have allowed me to grow HCG to what it is today. This was not a one-woman journey”.
“While I didn’t think the journey would be easy, I had no idea how hard it would be! Do I have any regrets? No, none. The journey has been a mixture joy, pain, successes and failures. Every emotion necessary has been experienced; it’s part of why I believe the organization has been successful.”
Why I Started My Non-Profit (Sofia S Crisp)
Why I Started My Non-Profit (Sofia S Crisp)
Working ‘in your Gift’
Challenges I’ve Faced – Challenges I’ve Faced (Part 2)
Building the Right Board
Successes I’ve Achieved
My Non-profit Journey: Avoiding Mission Creep
Growing Pains
Time Management
Collaborations and Partnerships
Sofia Crisp: Where Do We Go From Here?
Read More Series Snapshot / Sofia S. Crisp: My Non-profit Journey
“Don’t wish it was easier, wish you were better.
Don’t wish for less problems, wish for more skills.
Don’t wish for less challenge, wish for more wisdom.”
Jim Rohn
“Courage doesn’t always roar.
Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying ‘I will try again tomorrow.‘ “
Mary Anne Radmacher
The decisions which a Leader consciously makes, to not do something, can be quite revealing of his or her leadership talents. In this Series post, Delquanda Turner offers another True Leadership quality; in her last post, the 6 Qualities of True Leadership were explored by her. In this post, a 7th Quality of such non-profit and community leaders will be shared.
“Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress. Working hard for something we love is called passion”.
Simon Sinek
Your Outcomes Well
Better outcomes through Best Practices (Non-profit leaders)
