Organizational Development

Fall is often the most demanding stretch of the nonprofit calendar — starting programming for the year, year-end fundraising campaigns, grant deadlines, board meetings, all compressed into a few months. Staff are coming back from summer vacations right into that pace. How you manage the transition in September has a real effect on how your team performs — and how burned out they are — by December. Here are some key approaches to starting the Fall off right: Name the transitio

👋 In my career, I've been faced with some key organizational challenges and have come to understand how to look under the hood of nonprofit organizations. 🧑‍🔧 🖼️ I've formed a framework I often use to assess organizational health and leadership effectiveness that I call the Nine Pillars of Effective Organizational Development & Leadership: 1️⃣ Mission & Strategy → Implementation 🏗️ Is your work actually delivering on your mission? Do programs, people served, and work pla