Innovative ways leaders can achieve organizational and societal goals
Leaders who succeed founders sometimes need to work against expectations of them and chart a fundamentally new path toward change, even while keeping the original vision in mind.
This year's NMI on innovative social sector responses to the COVID-19 crisis featured conversations on organizational resiliency, capitalism, American identity, racial justice, personal well-being, Indigenous communities, and many other topics.
Leaders of color who succeed white founders face a unique set of challenges and bring new benefits, particularly in a time of widespread cultural and social crises. Part of an in-depth series on founder succession.
The work of cofounders is oftentimes so entwined that they are ready to leave the organization at the same—but who gets to go first?
Three unique challenges facing successors who take over from ambitious founder-predecessors, and how to navigate them during the already difficult period of transition.
A seamless CEO handoff requires that founders of social impact organizations balance their public image with their organization’s brand, while providing space for their teams to shine early on.
Nine super tactics and one superpower board chairs can use to make the most of the board experience and prime their organizations for success.
We need to look to other countries to change how we see our own, opening our imaginations to new ideas, solutions, and futures.
It is well known that the start-up process is a psychological journey; the same is true of the leaving process.
Nonprofits that serve communities of color struggle to survive because of systemic racial disparities and biases. To surmount these challenges, we recommend seven approaches that have emerged from our work with these communities.
