Love In Action
Love is a choice-not simply, or necessarily, a rational choice, but rather a willingness to be present to others without pretense or guile.~Carter Heyward Feeding the hungry is love. Helping a friend in need is love. Creating a safe space...
Bring It
I am convinced that nothing we do is more important than hiring and developing people. At the end of the day you bet on people, not on strategies. ~Larry Bossidy Bring it. Hire the best. Hire the brightest. Hire the hungriest. Then let them do it. Let them do the...
Other Than Money
I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson One of the benefits of the bad economy has been our need to look for meaning, value and happiness not based on income. Cash donations...
Go Out And Start Creating
I am sure many of you have seen this. It is the Holstee Company Manifesto. It has been a source of inspiration for me for a couple of years now. I wanted to share it with you...
The Gift Of Integrity
A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise. ~Aldo Leopold As I was meditating this morning my mind began to wander. That is nothing new- that...
It Chooses Us
Not in his goals but in his transitions man is great. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Every organization has a rhythm. A rhythm that is uniquely its own. It is filled highs and lows. Times where it may seem to only whisper and other times...
Focusing On What Works
Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness. ~Amos Bronson Alcott I get Google Alerts everyday on subjects that matter to me like nonprofit organizations, executive directors and board governance. Some days I have to admit I am a little ill. Some...
Building A Better Executive Director
Without initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions. Bo Bennett I am going to tell you something that I have learned over the past 25 years....You want a better organization? You have to start with a...
We Are Here To Change The Status Quo, Not Protect It.
Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.~Martin Luther King, Jr Community and justice can not be spoken about if we do not talk about the elephant in...