Wednesday Wisdom- Creating Culture
Start as you mean to go on. One of the key factors is to define the culture you want to create from the beginning, and integrate it into how you hire people, how you treat employees, the type of customer service you provide, and the general environment of your...
Overcoming
All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming. Helen Keller No community is totally broken. No community is 100% perfect. No community is one dimensional. I have been thinking about this a lot...
Get Bloody
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. -Anais Nin Get Bloody. Its a badge of courage-- it is a sign of brilliance. The true innovators always get bloody, bruised and beat up. The first guy or gal through the door always takes the most hits. They get...
After The Thrill Is Gone
Today's post is written by the fabulously smart Jenna Mace. I had the privilege of working with her a few years back. Don't worry if you have never heard of her... just wait, you will. Jenna is an attorney with over 10 years of experience...
Too Much, Too Little or Good Enough
Today's post is written by one of the smartest and sassiest women I know. Ericka runs a leadership development firm called Social Change Diva. She works mostly with nonprofits, foundations, and social entrepreneurs as a speaker, trainer, facilitator, and...
Wednesday Wisdom- Disengagement & Discomfort
Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis. -Martha Beck This Wednesday we explore Disengagement & Discomfort. A lot of people are in the...
Building Your Dream
If you don’t build your dream, someone will hire you to help you build theirs.~ Anon Word. How many times have you talked about creating an organization or a social enterprise, but never moved into action? How many times have you seen a...
Wednesday Wisdom- Comfort is a Killer
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. -Anais Nin True courage is risking being uncomfortable. True personal growth and organizational growth only happen when we move forward, and that only happens when we have strength and courage and...
Wednesday Wisdom- You Need A Coach
You cannot teach a person anything; you can only help him find it within himself. —Galileo You need coaching. You may have started off managing programs and now you are at the helm of a huge organization. The skills that brought you there are not the ones...