How do you maximize the impact of advisors? To be a great serving leader today you must know how to leverage the impact of your advisors. I’m always asked two questions, “How do you find such great advisors?” and “How do I build my advisory team?” I thought it might…
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How to End Your Day on Time
How do you get the most out of your work day? I’ve worked with many leading executives and many of them say the hardest time of year for them is October and November. They have just gotten used to the long summer days and even when they get home at…
Continue Reading....How to be a Better Leader by Becoming a Better Teacher
I spent the last several weeks on the road with new technology clients learning more about big data and mobile technologies. No matter what the technology, I always spend my initial consultation looking at the leadership team to better understand how the organization works. I’m looking for clues to what…
Continue Reading....Why Understanding Beliefs Build Stronger Teams
Today, our discussion will help you understand why you did the sentence completions and how the answers to the different sentences impact your beliefs. This part of the blog helps you as a leader better understand how to use these tools with your team members and clients. It’s great to…
Continue Reading....What Do You Believe?
How do you reach your goals in such challenging times? It’s the number one question my clients ask me in my private coaching practice. We have experienced a prolonged economic downturn that many entrepreneurs have not seen since the early 80’s. I thought it might be helpful for you to…
Continue Reading....The Hero and the Outlaw
How has leadership changed over the years? Are you the hero or the outlaw? In previous years, if you went out on a limb and took risks to bring a product or service to market that you saw a need for, you were a hero. By fulfilling your vision, you…
Continue Reading....How to Find Your Best Customers ’ Hidden Needs
Today we are faced by so many options that many of us are overwhelmed. On an average day, a person might be exposed to over 20,000 different messages. So how do you find the right message to attract your best clients to your nonprofit healthcare organization? In over thirty years…
Continue Reading....What Do Your Stakeholders Value?
For many us, the rate of change is incredible, both personally and for our organizations. How we deal with this change determines if our organization remains sustainable over both the short and longer term. So let’s review what your stakeholders want from organizations. By focusing on what they value I…
Continue Reading....How to approach larger donors through questions
Our blog on Tuesday covered how to research a potential big donor. Today’s blog covers how to approach the potential donor. The third step is the most challenging aspect of building this new relationship because it means to create the actual approach. How might I warm up the call based…
Continue Reading....How to Find Your Next Big Donor
How do you attract the best donors to your nonprofit organization? The right donor can help an organization change the world. The wrong donor can cost you valuable time, resources, and reputation. Here’s why I’m qualified to share a key donor development system. I’ve spent the last 25 years working…
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