A ‘Pull’ Approach to Scaling Proven Nonprofits
Starting with the need instead of the solution can lead to stronger impact.
Leadership - Articles
Innovative ways to develop strong leadership capabilities (more)
The Three-Legged Stool of Readiness-Centered Founder Transitions
How to prepare leader, board, and organization for a healthy exit
Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast. So Make Culture Your Focus.
How can organizational leaders create an environment that balances the needs of the individual, the needs of the institution, and the needs of the work?
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Invigorating and Expanding Civic Power
True believers in democracy must take steps to unlock people’s civic agency, with a particular focus on strategies that make democracies more inclusive, more people-centered, and more responsive to the needs and aspirations of all.
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Building a Truly Reflective Pro-Democracy Public Leadership
To build evolving, inclusive, effective democracies, we must focus not only on developing leaders who are reflective of the nation-state but who can also change the conditions in which they operate.
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Weaving Democracy Entrepreneurship Across Borders
Cross-contextual learning has long been a vital tool for innovation. The pro-democracy field is no different, and a specific group of innovators are especially primed for and in need of cross-border collaboration.
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21st-Century Democracy: Building a Transnational Innovation Ecosystem
Defending and strengthening democracy requires local, national, and transnational solutions. This essay series, sponsored by Keseb, shares strategies and perspectives from leading democracy champions in Brazil, South Africa, and the United States.
What’s Your Start Agenda?
Effective change efforts, whether activist movements or social enterprises, must focus beyond just the problem or symptom they want to eliminate.
Before the Exposé Hits the Front Page
Nonprofits need to plan for crises before they happen, as the example of GLAAD shows us.
Transformative Leadership
A reading list on how leadership is changing, and how it still needs to