If you lead a nonprofit, you already succeed at a harder job than your friend Susan who directs a forprofit company (ABC Motors) of similar size! You may notice that you have unique pressures that Susan does not face at ABC Motors. She seems to have more cash and less regulation while you try to… Read More
Is work in July for Problems or Plans? Choose with the Rockefeller Habits
Many nonprofit leaders face an unending mountain of tasks with no clear path to a better life and leadership. I managed the chaos — by Mastering the Rockefeller Habits. Capital One Bank has graciously agreed to host so its free for you. June 20 at 8:30am – 10:30am at 320 Park Avenue. Write me at… Read More
Why Aren’t You Driving the Board?
I just finished the Trillion Dollar Coach. It’s wisdom gathered about the life of Bill Campbell who coached Eric Schmidt (Google CEO) and others. The most challenging idea is that the CEO should drive near term actions of the Board and remove members who don’t add value. His idea is that the CEO is the… Read More
Doing Bad at Doing Good
Doing Bad at Doing Good: Nonprofit Secrets Buried in the 990 Read More
Pre-Order ‘Doing Bad’
My nonprofit clients use a coach because they want freedom from frustration, and a chance to lead in their areas of strength! Read More
7 Key Financials!
Leaders get lost in a fog of numbers when they only need 7 Key Financials to make decisions. I hope that you can join me at OpCon, June 13th, where I will be on a panel “What Nonprofits Need to Know About Nonprofit Accounting and Finance”. If you come with a CPA, bring aspirin as… Read More
Key to Nonprofit Sustainability
You are days away from an unusual Nonprofit resource. Mingle with Forprofit companies and learn growth secrets. You know how to offer your service with excellence. the ScalinUp Summit in Atlanta May 21-23 will make your work sustainable (and you’ll sleep better!)
Drinking From an Atlanta Firehose
Why There Are Summits Verne Harnish collects thought leaders twice a year to help businesses and nonprofits who want to grow. Scaling Up philosophy is that to 10X your business, you have to 10X your people. And to 10X your people, you have to 10X yourself. Summits are two days of nonstop quality ideas –… Read More
Wasting Money to Count Money?
I stopped rolling pennies to take to the bank. I realized that I can only fill, tape, and address a roll of 50 cents every five minutes. My maximum profit is $6.00 per hour and it’s cheaper to use the machine at the grocery store! Now the same process is happening at the school that… Read More
NonProfits Have Fake News Flu
A new survey of 2,100 people has found that only 19% of Americans really trust nonprofits and religious groups. The best news that we can take from this report is that they don’t distrust us as much as they distrust other companies and government. We live in an age of Fake News. We have Wikileaks,… Read More