How can nonprofits find their best corporate partnerships? Many nonprofit organizations are going to be fighting to survive 2020. We believe there are many new partnership opportunities available to help you achieve your goals. Over the next year we are going to share many different ideas on how serving leaders…
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How Do You Make Holiday Giving More Enjoyable?
Everyone seems stressed this time of year. And the number one stressor for most people seems to be holiday giving. Everyone is in search of the “perfect gift.” What if the perfect gift isn’t a thing at all?
Continue Reading....Wayne Dyer and His Lasting Leadership Legacy
I recently heard from a friend that Wayne Dyer had died. His life and teaching had such an impact on so many people. I was lucky enough to spend time with Wayne Dyer earlier in my career and I can tell you his writing and teaching had a profound impact…
Continue Reading....How to Create Legacy Driven Charities Today!
I am always looking for new nonprofit clients to serve and I have a sweet spot for new charities – in part because I like a challenge and in part because I hope to get them on the right track out the gate. I’m never disappointed on meeting my need…
Continue Reading....The Three Generations Nonprofits Want to Reach!
I don’t go to many nonprofit events. I get invited to too many: I can’t attend all of them. So, this spring I chose to go to The Welcome Project’s Yum: A Taste of Immigrant City and skip half a dozen other events held by groups about. Lauren doesn’t go…
Continue Reading....My Generation…and Yours
Does the title of this post mean anything to you? If so, chances are you’re a Boomer. Baby Boomers are the people born between 1946 and 1964, and there are a lot of us. People born between 1965 and 1980 are often called Generation X—“X” as in “unknown”—and people born…
Continue Reading....How Jesus Christ Changed the World in Two Words!
He lives. In saying this, the history of mankind was changed forever. How could so few words change the world? Jesus Christ lives. How does this impact serving leaders? Must you follow his life to be a great serving leader? I’ve known many of the world’s serving leaders and not…
Continue Reading....Lead by Telling the Story of Where You Are Going
“We’ve never had a policy manual. The way we pass along our values is to sit around the campfire and share stories.” That’s the CEO of a $1.3 billion company talking. Elizabeth Weil, in Fast Company magazine, interviewed many business leaders about the power of storytelling. “Leadership is about change,”…
Continue Reading....Serving Leaders Make Someone Else the Hero of the Story!
Here’s a problem leaders face every day. You want to get something done. It will take everyone in your organization to do it. How will you get them pulling in the same direction? You could go around and have a heart-to-heart with each person in the organization. You could explain…
Continue Reading....How Serving Leaders Relieve Stress at Work
“Are you serious about doing business with me?” Diana was a real talent: a former Director of Development for another nonprofit organization who was working part-time these days while raising very young twins. We were lucky she was available. Our nonprofit organization had a lot of grant proposals to write…
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