Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
Lao Tzu
Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant. If they watch every cloud, they never harvest.
Ecclesiastes 11:4 (New Living Translation)
Don’t confuse motion and progress.
A rocking horse keeps moving but doesn’t make any progress.
Alfred A. Montapert
Given the wide range of skills and backgrounds to be ideally found at a meeting of Board members and the Executive Director, a well-led non-profit makes sure these men and women harmoniously complement one another. In this post, Toni Jackson explores how the Executive Director and Board members are stronger working together. Working apart is avoided whenever possible. The odd coupling of gifts within some non-profit organizations can allow them to thrive where others would simply struggle.
Read More Stronger Working Together: Executive Directors and Non-profit Boards
“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 have to go through life with more than just passion for change; you need a strategy . . . Passion is vital, but you’ve got to have a strategy”.
Pres. Barack Obama
Fundraising is very important to the sustainability of most non-profit organizations. As noted in an earlier series: No money, no mission. In this post, Leah Lamb offers insight into successfully conducting campaigns. She explores these in the context of earlier posts in this Your Outcomes Well series. Going the wrong way, as a fundraiser seeks to raise funds the right way, can block a non-profit’s success.
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Leah Lamb
In this Series I’ve tried to offer some insight into an area I’ve worked in for many years: Fundraising. As important as knowing what to do, to be a successful fundraiser, is also knowing what not to do. Routinely making mistakes or falling into traps are signs of an ineffectual fundraising operation.
Read More Fundraising 201: Avoiding Traps, Achieving Success
Starting a non-profit can be extraordinarily fulfilling. Sustaining one can be extraordinarily challenging.
In this post, Delquanda Turner offers her thoughts on doing both these things well. Whether you are a future or current Executive Director/Founder, this Series post has something for you.
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.
Leading an enduring non-profit, an Executive Director, while not profit-driven, must be financially savvy. Robin Morgan has considerable knowledge and expertise in the area of non-profit finance. In this post…
Read More Financial Talk for Non-profits: From a Seasoned Pro
Launching a new Non-profit organization, based solely on your heart-felt Vision, is not a strategy for success. Robin Morgan feels that there are five (5) things which are essential to…
Read More 5 Habits of People who Start Non-profits Successfully
Better Outcomes through Best Practices (Non-Profit Leaders)