Leadership
Rethinking Six Management Mantras for Better Innovation
A starting point for social sector leaders to develop their organizations’ innovation capacity.
Tag: Nonprofit Management
Leadership
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.
Nonprofits & NGOs
Five Tips to Avoid a Scandal like Oxfam Great Britain’s
Why the internal operations of nonprofits and NGOs make or break their impact.
Governance
How Nonprofit Boards Can Start the Merger Conversation
There are six moments in every organization’s business cycle that are ripe for discussion around how mergers and alliances can advance mission and impact.
Scaling
Earning the Right to Scale
Throughout the nonprofit sector, scaling is viewed as a cardinal imperative. But a surprising number of organizations are not (or not yet) equipped to expand their impact. Is your organization truly ready to scale? Here is a tool to help you find out.
Podcast
Measurement & Evaluation
How Nonprofits Can Find Data-driven Success
Stanford’s Kathleen Kelly Janus provides insight into how the best nonprofits succeed and scale through a data-driven culture.
Measurement & Evaluation
Creating a Data Culture
How nonprofit organizations can do a better job with their data.
Leadership
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.
Governance
Challenging Conventional Wisdom on Nonprofit Boards
Rethinking board sizes, term limits, and fundraising requirements may help unlock greater strategic insight and value from your board.