Redefining Leadership
Lessons from a lifetime of leadership on the importance of finding common ground and fostering a culture of collaboration.
Collaboration Innovative ways organizations can work together to increase their overall reach and efficacy
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The 10 Most Popular SSIR Articles of 2017
Highlights from the magazine and website.
Catastrophic Times: Leadership, When Everyone Is Down
In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, a nonprofit leader shares lessons on preparedness, collaboration, and resilience.
Strengthening Donor-Nonprofit Partnerships
Five relationship imbalances that cause tension and reduce social impact—and how to address them.
A New Model of Collaborative Philanthropy
A new effort called Co-Impact is bringing together donors from around the world to better identify, align, and support opportunities for systems-level change.
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Collective Impact
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
The Bias of ‘Professionalism’ Standards
Professionalism has become coded language for white favoritism in workplace practices that more often than not leave behind people of color. This is the fourth of 10 articles in a special series about diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Creating High-Impact Nonprofits
Conventional wisdom says that scaling social innovation starts with strengthening internal management capabilities. This study of 12 high-impact nonprofits, however, shows that real social change happens when organizations go outside their own walls and find creative ways to enlist the help of others.
What Business Execs Don’t Know—but Should—About Nonprofits
Business leaders play vital roles in the nonprofit sector – as board members, donors, partners, and even executives. Yet all too often they underestimate the unique challenges of managing nonprofit organizations.
The Dawn of System Leadership
The deep changes necessary to accelerate progress against society's most intractable problems require someone who catalyzes collective leadership.