Emerging Stronger From a Crisis
These battle-tested insights can help social enterprises increase their impact as they navigate severe crises like COVID-19.
Organizational Development Innovative approaches to internally driven, organization-wide efforts to achieve strategic goals
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How a Lack of Negative Criticism Can Make NGO Employees Feel Unsafe
When half of the staff at Leading Edge reported feeling a lack of psychological safety at work, the problem wasn’t bullying but the promotion of a workplace culture that only allowed positivity.
Bringing Organizational Well-Being to Life
By committing to a broad, participatory learning process, social change leaders can greatly enhance staff positivity and resilience, as well as increase organizational sustainability and impact. Part of the Centered Self series.
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Learning to Improve
A new book by the president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching offers changemaking advice for teachers and educators.
Making Strategic Decisions in the Context of COVID-19
The long-term impact that the COVID-19 pandemic will have on society is still uncertain, but the tools of scenario planning can help social sector leaders better prepare their organizations for the different, possible futures that may unfold. Part of a series on civil society's response to the pandemic.
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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.
The Role of Brand in the Nonprofit Sector
More nonprofits are managing their brands to create greater impact and organizational cohesion.
Engaging Employees to Create a Sustainable Business
The key to creating a vibrant and sustainable company is to find ways to get all employees personally engaged in day-to-day corporate sustainability efforts.
The Four Principles of Purpose-Driven Board Leadership
In the face of increasingly pressing systemic inequities, nonprofit boards must change the traditional ways they have worked and instead prioritize an organization's purpose, show respect for the ecosystem in which they operate, commit to equity, and recognize that power must be authorized by the people they're aiming to help.
Integrating Intentional Influence into Your Strategy
Five practical considerations for organizations that want to use intentional influence to achieve a bold social goal.