The Key Ingredients to a Successful Change

An important skill for anyone in a leadership or strategic thinking role is working with others to bring about change.  That’s a big topic, and we’ll start today by looking at the key ingredients for a successful change.  During a change process, there is a great deal...

Board Recruitment: Strategy

One of the many challenges facing non-profit agencies is building an active board that works as a partner. The first challenge is recruiting the right board members, and the second is creating clear roles and responsibilities for board and staff. We welcome your...

What is Leadership Coaching?

A coach is someone who tells you what you don’t want to hear, who has you see what you don’t want to see, so you can be who you have always known you could be. Tom Landry In this post, I’m going to talk about my approach to coaching leaders. In future posts I’ll...

Strategies for Dealing with Difficult People

As we noted in our December newsletter, difficult people are those who make it difficult for you to get your work done or make you feel uncomfortable or unsafe at work. The newsletter discussed ways to reduce the negative impact of difficult people, and while that can...