Nonprofit Quarterly
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Expanding the Board’s Role in the Pursuit of Sustainability
Sustainability encompasses both financial sustainability and programmatic sustainability.
Self-Coaching Strategies for Nonprofit Leaders
This article addresses some just-in-time leadership development strategies that can provide nonprofit leaders with opportunities to shift ..
A Story of Nonprofit Founder Culture, or Why We Need Good Boards
The startup culture of some nonprofits mimics the personality of the founder. When not tempered by accountability to a..
Integrity and Nonprofit Values: Examples of Alignment and Misalignment
Should a nonprofit’s mission guide its internal practices the same way it guides the organization’s impact on its community?
Organizational Slack (or Goldilocks and the Three Budgets)
Organizational slack is an important concept in the management literature, but you won’t find it mentioned..
Executive Succession: Should a Leader Be Central to a Succession Process?
The formula changes a lot if attention is paid to sustainable organizational leadership over the longer term.
Your Promise is Your Brand: How to Work It
An effective organizational promise is identified through an honest assessment of ability, opportunity, and desire.
About Those Nonprofit Founders: The Demonization Gives Way
The research identified five specific recommendations when defining how to extend the founder’s role.
Making Your Board More Inclusive: Two Cases
What correlates with increased board diversity?
Are Backbone Organizations Eroding the Norms that Make Networks Succeed?
The network way of working as the new normal—but how do we do it?