Is now the best time to do Strategic Planning?
Strategic Planning is expensive and takes time. When is the best time to do it? Engaging at the right time can give you the highest return on your investment of time, energy and money. Is now the time? Are you seeing or sensing new opportunities on the horizon that...
Creating an Intentional Re-charge Day
This year I am encouraging my coaching clients, emerging leaders in their businesses and organizations, to take a whole day over the holidays to re-charge and re-set their systems. This is critical in a world where we have trained ourselves to mostly react to outside...
What Makes Great Leaders: Tips from Britt Trama
Britt Trama knows a thing or two about how to lead a team and be an effective team member. She serves as HIGOL’s Business Manager, keeping all systems and processes flowing. Britt worked for Walmart at the corporate level, both as a database administrator and a...
Increasing Board of Director Engagement
All of my CEO and Executive Director clients want more engagement from their board of directors. This starts with building a stronger relationship between the CEO and the the board. Why? Because relationships, especially this relationship, is the building block for...
Does Organizational Assessment Help or Hurt?
Does an Organizational Assessment help or hurt? The answer is: it depends. How NOT to use an Organizational Assessment The CEO of a nonprofit organization received a 150-page Organizational Assessment report from a consultant. It was required...
Solving Daily Leadership Challenges
Bain and Company published “Resolving the CEOs Dilemma” focused on the leadership challenges CEOs face as they guide the growth of private for-profit companies. This article is a great resource for CEOs leading all kinds of organizations, especially CEOs leading...
Why do Good Employees Leave?
Some of the hardest conversations I have with non-profit CEOs are just after a valued employee has decided to leave. Employees become your most valuable asset after they have been with you for a while. They know your systems, they understand your business and...
Does hiring feel like a high-stakes gamble?
How hard can it be? Write a job description or just find the old one. Make sure to put “Other duties as required” at the end… just in case. Advertise on Indeed.com or craigslist. Sort through the resumes. Interview. Check references. Pick the person you connect with...
The high cost of a wrong hire
Have you ever hired the wrong person? If you answered ‘yes’, you are not alone. A survey from CareerBuilders shows 74% of employers have hired the wrong person. Besides the HUGE headache it creates for you and your organization, there is real monetary cost to...
5 Ways To Reduce Year-End Stress
I always forget how stressful this time of year is. The hype is deceiving right? Christmas, peace, family, love. We might get some of that too. But if you are running a mission-driven business, year end may mean: Looking for year-end donations – especially this year...
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