Admitting When It Sucks
I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying. Michael Jordan Starting, maintaining, sustaining, creating, working within an organization can be hard. REALLY HARD. Bone weary, I...
Larger Ideas
Sometimes our ideas seem to be too much. You know what I mean, they seem to be so big, so grand-- so visionary that others think they are just plain crazy. I want you to have those type of ideas. The...
It Will Not Always Be Easy
Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch-what make you go beyond the norm. ~ Cicely Tyson Some days are just hard. There are cycles in organizations like life that are just difficult. ...
Wednesday Wisdom- A New Chapter
What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.~T.S. Eliot The top member of your organization is leaving. The process of change has begun. One phase in your organizational history is closing....
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...