Leadership

To build stronger relationships with development staff, nonprofit leaders must understand the work and set feasible fundraising goals.

The Need for Cross-Sector Collaboration

By Jeanine Becker & David B. Smith 3

Addressing today’s most pressing challenges requires developing the capacity to lead collaboratively and to effectively work across sectors.

The Essential Skills of Cross-Sector Leadership

By David B. Smith & Jeanine Becker 1

Becoming an effective cross-sector leader requires a set of skills built around three broad areas: building teams, solving problems, and achieving impact.

Filling Essential Gaps in Nonprofit Leadership

By William F. Meehan III & Kim Starkey Jonker

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.

Increasing Nonprofit Sector Effectiveness

By Peter Fortenbaugh 9

Recommendations for nonprofit staff, board members, and philanthropists.

How Field Catalysts Galvanize Social Change

By Taz Hussein, Matt Plummer & Bill Breen 1

Surmounting daunting social challenges such as ending malaria or achieving marriage equality can require the help of an intermediary organization—a field catalyst—that amplifies the efforts of others. Open access to this article is made possible by The Bridgespan Group.

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Collaboration

Stretching Toward Solutions

Review By Heather McLeod Grant

Although his advice could at times be more concrete, Kahane offers an effective critique of current approaches to collaboration and shows the need for a different way of working together.

Fall 2017

Collaboration

Building Real Collaboration into Your Organization

By Pratichi Shah 5

How focusing on the three organizational pillars of culture, people, and leadership can help fuel meaningful collaboration.

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Organizational Development

Turning Empathy Inward

Review By Beth Kanter

To function well, social organizations need to promote understanding of and compassion toward not just the people they serve but also their own employees.

Summer 2017