The Best Leaders May Be Those Who “Give Up”
Leadership is often defined by lists of character qualities, values, or skills. But what if the best leaders are simply those who can willingly give up things they value?
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A Surprise Benefit of Corporate Service
When Timberland began inviting its partners to join volunteer service days, the result was both good for local communities and good for business.
7 Articles to Improve Your Workplace Culture
A reading list to help your organization look inward and examine how to better foster a culture where employees are empowered to thrive, collaborate, and innovate for maximum social impact.
Learning to Live in a Team-of-Teams World
Five years ago, Bill Drayton described the emergence of a new organizational model for the social sector. Recent research highlights its promise.
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Winning Hearts and Minds
The road to social change begins with personal connection and human emotion, Leslie Crutchfield writes in How Change Happens.
Rethinking Six Management Mantras for Better Innovation
A starting point for social sector leaders to develop their organizations’ innovation capacity.
How Funders Can Support Nonprofits Now
Notes on building capacity during a time of disruption.
Complexity Demands New Approaches to Work
Social sector organizations must consider whether their internal operating system is serving them, their clients, and their pursuit of social impact.
Promoting Transparency and Fair Share in the Face of Growing Inequality
To curb rising inequality, global leaders must work together to stop the flow of illicit wealth and mitigate tax avoidance.
Making Founder Successions Work
Nonprofits benefit when they carefully plan an extended role for founders who step down. Open access to this article is made possible by The Bridgespan Group.