Treating New Hires as Strangers
Newly hired managers do better when integrated slowly into firm operations.
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Paying for Public Failure Isn’t Always Charity
A response to Kevin Starr on the "philanthropy" of impact investing
Building Organizational Capacity for Constructive Conflict
Why compliance systems fall short, and how organizations can develop the skills and systems they need to effectively navigate and ultimately benefit from conflict.
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Serious Play
An excerpt from Dare to Think Differently on open-minded decision-making
When Nonprofit Leaders Should Think Like Creatives
A new management paradigm for maximizing impact.
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Drowning in Data
Funders are calling for more program evaluation, but nonprofits are often collecting dubious data, at great cost to themselves and ultimately to the people they serve.
Collective Impact
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
Plotting Impact Beyond Simple Metrics
For NGOs, impact comes in different forms and to track the cycles of social change work, we must think across the tangibility and the speed of emergence of change.
Ten Nonprofit Funding Models
With an understanding of these 10 funding models, nonprofit leaders can use the for-profit world's valuable practice of engaging in succinct and clear conversations about long-term financial strategy.
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.