The Importance of Letting Go
A look at how organizations that let go of their own assumptions, perspectives, and sense of control can influence change like policy reform.
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Navigating Disruptions
International civil society organizations need to change their business models.
Helping Social Change Leaders Thrive
Lessons from the movement to end violence against girls and women.
Leverage: Just Another Fancy Word?
If foundations are serious about leveraging resources for the greatest good, they need to hone every dimension of their own management.
Leadership for Results
The first step in developing leadership to advance large-scale social change is clearly defining the intended results.
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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.