change
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Change Makers
“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.“ Wayne Dyer Lately, I’ve stopped looking at the chaos and started looking through it. Through the noise, I see the helpers.The social workers showing up for families.The case managers refusing to give up.The fundraisers fighting for what matters.The advocates, the healers, the ones who…
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How to Overthrow the Government (of Business-as-Usual) and Keep Employees’ Soul Intact
Let’s be clear – I’m not actually talking about D.C. I’m talking about the tired, rigid, soul-sucking systems we’ve inherited inside our institutions. You know the ones: the bureaucratic B.S., the scarcity-thinking silos, the lip-service values slapped on a wall but ignored in every meeting. The kind of organizational “governments” that are terrified of transparency…
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Disruption with Dignity: Burn the Playbook, Keep the Soul
Just because a system has been around forever doesn’t mean it works. Hell, some of the most deeply entrenched systems in the nonprofit sector are the very ones quietly suffocating the people within them. And yet we keep duct-taping them together, praying the next grant cycle or strategic plan will magically fix a structure that…
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Women Will Lead Us Forward: Innovating Nonprofits for a Changing World
Let’s be real – our sector is under pressure. Nonprofits are navigating burnout, funding uncertainty, managing political volatility, and dealing with deep systemic fractures, all while being expected to do more with less. Traditional philanthropy is shifting, public dollars are in flux, and old models of charity are failing the communities they claim to serve.…
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The Role of Leadership in Cultural Transformation
Cultural transformation isn’t just a buzzword; it’s the secret sauce of thriving organizations. Yet too many leaders treat it like a New Year’s resolution: great in theory, but abandoned by February. The truth? Cultural transformation doesn’t happen without intentional leadership. As someone who helps leaders craft human-centric cultures, I know when leaders show up with…
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CHANGE: When Leaves Fall
The seasons are changing, leaves are falling, and cooler weather is in the air (in some places). Rosh Hashanah rings in the Jewish New Year and for many of us, it’s a time of transition, shedding the old and looking forward. What will we release? What will we create? What are you feeling in this…