Grants are an amazing tool, and when used appropriately can enhance an organization and serve as a catalyst for new programs and ideas. But what I’ve found is grants can’t fix an organization. A toxic culture will kill grants of all sizes and quality. No amount of funding can bypass back-channel behavior in an organization […]
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Clar·i·ty /ˈklerədē/ 1) the quality of coherence and intelligibility; 2) the quality of being easy to see or hear; 3) the quality of transparency or purity. In my consulting practice, I help people and organizations find clarity. In my personal life, there is nothing more rewarding to me than clarity. Clarity to me is an […]
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We asked this question in the Nonprofit Strategic Plan series sponsored by the Tracy Family Foundation and here’s what we heard: *Unrealistic Goals*No commitment/no shared vision*It gets put on a shelf*No resources associated with the plan*No defined measures*No end point*Not given attention or gets postponed on agenda i.e. “our committee didn’t meet”*Board/Staff Turnover*A component in […]
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Curtis Sethaler of Quincy Young Life opened our Compression Planning session last month by sharing a bone-chilling statistic: Generation Z is the loneliest generation on record, outpacing people in nursing home facilities and incarceration. This is terrifying due to the correlation between loneliness and death. A passionate team of volunteers and Quincy Young Life staff […]
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