Rethinking Alumni Programs for Greater Impact
Five common weaknesses of alumni programs and what the organizations running them can do better.
Leadership Innovative ways to develop strong leadership capabilities
Latest
The Pitfalls of Praise
Many managers assume praise will support a positive working environment, and help employees open up to criticism or feel good about themselves. But in fact, praise perpetuates a scarcity myth—usually without us realizing it.
How to Develop Worthwhile Internships
Four guidelines for making internships valuable to both your organization and the next generation of social change leaders.
Video
Taking the Governance Leap
SSIR managing editor Eric Nee moderates a panel organized by the Indian strategic philanthropy foundation Dasra on supporting good governance in India.
Governing a Collaborative Organization
Collaborative organizations require collaborative leadership, but are boards getting in their own way?
Most Popular
The Bias of ‘Professionalism’ Standards
Professionalism has become coded language for white favoritism in workplace practices that more often than not leave behind people of color. This is the fourth of 10 articles in a special series about diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition
Social entrepreneurship is attracting growing amounts of talent, money, and attention, but along with its increasing popularity has come less certainty about what exactly a social entrepreneur is and does.
Creating High-Impact Nonprofits
Conventional wisdom says that scaling social innovation starts with strengthening internal management capabilities. This study of 12 high-impact nonprofits, however, shows that real social change happens when organizations go outside their own walls and find creative ways to enlist the help of others.
What Business Execs Don’t Know—but Should—About Nonprofits
Business leaders play vital roles in the nonprofit sector – as board members, donors, partners, and even executives. Yet all too often they underestimate the unique challenges of managing nonprofit organizations.
The Dawn of System Leadership
The deep changes necessary to accelerate progress against society's most intractable problems require someone who catalyzes collective leadership.