Leadership
Teaching Disagreement Is Leadership Work
Why learning how to disagree well is important to professional development, and four areas where organizational leaders and staff can start.
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Organizational Development
Autonomy, Culture, and the Voice of Silence
Why silence, obligation, and dissent mean different things across cultures, and what leaders get wrong when they assume voice is universal.
Organizational Development
When Conflict Reveals the Work
Designing DEI that lasts requires that organizations find alignment and congruence between strategy, structure, and everyday practice.
Organizational Development
Programmatic Asset Transfers as a Strategic Tool for Social Impact
Although often triggered by organizational stress, asset transfers should be seen not as a sign of organizational failure but as a valuable way to help both sides of the transfer achieve their goals. | Open access to this article made possible by The Sustained Collaboration Network
Social Enterprise
The Innovator’s Tale of the Phoenix and Dragon
How social innovators can manage their organizations in a way that balances a linear, problem-fixing approach and a more exploratory, agile one.
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Leadership
From Lion Killers to Lion Savers
An excerpt from Mixed Signals on using incentive to change culture
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Leadership
Reinventing How We Lead
An excerpt from Lead From the Heart on how emotions are the most powerful force in the workplace.
Nonprofits & NGOs
Exit Strategies
It might be a cliché, but it’s rare for international NGOs to “work themselves out of a job.” Doing so requires planning from the start, communicating clearly, setting hard deadlines, and going unconditionally.
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Leadership
The Currency of Human Resources Is Trust
An excerpt from Leading for Justice on going beyond compliance and compensation in HR.
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Leadership
Leading in a Time of Crisis
Advice for nonprofit managers on playing the long game when the world turns upside down.