Organizational Culture as a Tool for Change
New research into organizational culture demonstrates how people can guide social and sustainability goals and help foster a more inclusive environment. A feature story from the Summer 2020 issue.
Leadership - Articles
Innovative ways to develop strong leadership capabilities (more)
New Leadership for Global Health
The Adaptive Leadership Framework can help the international health community address the most complex problems in preventing communicable diseases and other global health threats. A Viewpoint from the Summer 2020 issue.
Leading During and After a Crisis
Our mission is to find and publish articles by leading thinkers and doers that provide insight on important issues and challenges that social sector leaders must deal with continually. As it turns out, some of these eternal topics are essential now. The Editor's Note from the Summer 2020 issue.
A Social Movement for Conservation
Because government action will always be dependent on public support, leading conservation organizations must focus on building a constituency for nature.
How One National Nonprofit Is Adapting to COVID-19
Lessons learned at Friends of the Children about maintaining stability in service during this crisis and the next one.
Crisis and Adaptation for the Public Good
How Tulane University rebuilt from Hurricane Katrina with a renewed commitment to embedding social innovation and community engagement at the core of its mission. Part of Innovating Higher Education for the Greater Good, a new series from SSIR and Ashoka U.
Overcoming the Racial Bias in Philanthropic Funding
Racial bias creeps into all parts of the philanthropic and grantmaking process. The result is that nonprofits led by people of color receive less money than those led by whites, and philanthropy ends up reinforcing the very social ills it says it is trying to overcome.
Three Things Nonprofits Should Prioritize in the Wake of COVID-19
Why organizations need to examine their social impact, economic viability, and capacity to deliver in order to remain relevant and viable both now and into the future.
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How to Make Shared Leadership a Reality
An excerpt from The Seventh Power presents a five-step engagement-enhancement process to transform leadership and organizational culture.
How Failure Changed How I Think About Nonprofit Work
Innovation is hard in the for-profit context; it’s even harder for a nonprofit.