Leadership

Productivity at work has lots of external factors that threatens it and gets in the way for employees. Common distractions range from a noisy office and bad lighting to frequent breaks and idle time. No matter how minor, it can very quickly result in employees not reaching their peak efficiency. Fortunately, these productivity leaks are... READ MORE

Open floor plan office space is something that is now on my mind. Recently, we purchased a new office building. And, within a few days of the close on the property, my vice president for operations brought me an article about open spaces. Candidly, our offices are open spaced. The management team does have private... READ MORE

Company culture is an integral ingredient for success. My team has been reading Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong.  The author is Eric Barker, and it’s created conversations about it in our team. When someone is looking to join a company, Barker writes of the... READ MORE

One of the top priorities for our team is to integrate AI into our work processes, successfully. If you follow my work, then you understand that I’m someone who cares very much about human relationships. Concerning artificial intelligence, I don’t see it as an opportunity to cut costs by cutting in staff. I see it... READ MORE

We hear and read about it everywhere these days. You hear people saying, “The future is now.” “We have to give way to technology.” “We’ll be better off and live better lives (maybe not even work) if we let AI do it.” Yes, technology is here, and we are living at the dawn of the... READ MORE

Last week I received great news that I’d like to share with you because of my supporters, including my team, who are the reason I have some great news to report to you. I was accepted into the Forbes Business Development Council, which is an invitation-only community for senior level sales and business executives. I... READ MORE

As I write this, I’m about to begin writing a new book in collaboration with a partner that’s been a nonprofit leader in the fundraising and donor management space for more than 30 years. I look forward to writing more about it in the coming weeks and months ahead, as this is an exciting partnership.... READ MORE

If you’re a nonprofit leader, I hope you’re spending some time each day getting on social media and reviewing posts and comments from people who work in the industry. Although I have a busy schedule of travel and meetings, I try to check out what’s happening in social media nonprofit groups because it helps me... READ MORE

I recently had coffee with a fundraiser who started a new job at a large nonprofit. I asked how things were going. The CEO warned him about challenges in changing the organization’s culture. Only now does he fully grasp the situation. The team clings to the mindset of always doing things the same way. It’s... READ MORE

Late last year, Melinda Gates unveiled an initiative by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to improve funding for projects geared toward women and girls. Historically, giving specifically to programs for women and girls has lagged. However, women changing philanthropy is happening as they increasingly use their financial power. More and more, women are changing... READ MORE