How do I Become a Better Leader?
Can you become a better leader? Is it something you can learn or, are you born with leadershp skills? James Clawson asks these questions in his article "Is Leadership Born or Built?" in the Washington Post. Experts have lots of opinions. Nigel Nicholson author of...
Community Foundation Builds Grantees’ Leadership Effectiveness
How do you become an effective leader? We pursue this question for ourselves and others every day. One way we do this is to partner with the High Point Community Foundation. For a third year, HIGOL is providing support to the Foundation's high potential grantees...
How Do You Make Better Decisions? Join us to explore.
How do you make better decisions? It is one of your main jobs as a CEO or Executive Director. You are called to make dozens to hundreds of decisions a week depending on your organization's size and activities. To improve decision-making, first, let's look at how...
What to Expect from Executive Coaching with HIGOL
Executive Coaching has become increasingly common within companies to help executives and high potential employees improve performance. Specifically, we have found that executive coaching for non-profit leaders adds value, impact and revenue. Coaching also helps the...
The Capitol Insurrection – What Can We Learn as Leaders & Human Beings?
As I write this, we are still reeling from seeing the US Capitol overrun by individuals with clear intentions of violence. These intentions, in part, were based on disinformation, continuously stoked by a sitting President. Now this President has been impeached for...
How to Grow in a Tight Economy
'How do you grow in a tight economy? The Boston Consulting Group has spent time researching this question. These answers apply as much to nonprofit organizations as to for profit companies. There are eight ways. 1. Act early to grow. We have seen organizations...
Are #BLM and diversity training un-American?
'Is the Black Lives Matter (#BLM) movement and diversity training un-American? This is a critically important question for our nation now. What Creates Hate? The White House is concerned that diversity training and the Black Lives Matters movement encourages people...
Virtual Board Meetings Untangled
Effective board meetings are more critical than ever in this time of crisis and uncertainty. Yet they get quickly tangled in this era of virtual communication. We recently developed a dynamic training to address this called Improving Board Member Engagement: The...
5-Keys to Rapidly Adapt and Thrive in a COVID World
How do you adapt and thrive in a COVID-19 world? Massive disruptions can be huge opportunities in disguise. The COVID-19 pandemic is a chance to get very clear about what is most important to you and your organization now. Then, lean into it. Let’s Get Real Economists...
Leading in Times of Coronavirus
Leading in times of crisis is challenging. And this is like no time we have ever witnessed in our lives. Coronavirus crazy. Reacting from a place of fear is not helpful. But it is hard to stop feeling fear. As a leader, how can you take control of your mind, find...
