Governance
Filling Essential Gaps in Nonprofit Leadership
New research shows that most nonprofits fall short in important areas of performance. But stakeholders who operate at a systems level can do a lot to help solve this problem.
Tag: Boards
Governance
A Roadmap to Better Boards
It’s time for nonprofits to recognize that diverse groups are more innovative and better performing, and to apply that insight to their organizations’ governing bodies.
Governance
Governing a Collaborative Organization
Collaborative organizations require collaborative leadership, but are boards getting in their own way?
Leadership
Six Strategies for Nonprofit Leadership Transition
How to successfully hand off your organization to the next generation.
Collaboration
Nonprofit Mergers: The Missing Ingredient
The secret to the sauce is hidden in plain sight.
Philanthropy & Funding
Benchmarking Individual Donors
Why small nonprofits need to measure donor retention rates and build a strong fundraising plan.
Philanthropy & Funding
Investing in Global Refugee and Migrant Integration
George Soros’s $500 million investment announcement following the first-ever UN summit on migrants and refugees sets an example for how all investors could engage in “migrant lens investing."
Economic Development
What Every Good Microfinance Business Should Track and Why
Many microfinance impact investors are not monitoring the social components of the financial service providers (FSPs) they finance—but doing so can make a substantial difference to business success.
Solutions
When Organizational Change Fails
Targeted, internal initiatives can help advance strategic organizational change—but there is often a better approach.