An object lesson from the execution workshop yesterday. Critical thinking is not everyone’s strength: you know, sorting things that are like each other together from unlike, understanding a logic sequence in which one fact leads to another and consequences, imagining the multiple possibilities for why something may be true or false. Understanding how a process […]
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
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I have seen the “safety net” today and it is in trouble as every funding source shrinks the money provided for projects and operations. And you could do something about it by volunteering your time and knowledge to help a not for profit survive, especially a social service provider to the neediest. In 2007, Harvard […]
Friday, November 21, 2008
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Successful fund-raising in this awful time requires re-thinking some basics. Yesterday, I emceed a workshop of 35 Executive Directors and Board chairs of not for profits as part of the pro bono activities of Harvard Community Partners of CT. The topic was Mission Statement: Tying Mission to Performance. Pairs (an E.D. and a Board member) […]
Thursday, September 11, 2008
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September 11th: memories of what where we were, what we saw, friends and family we lost well up with conflicting emotions: anger, grief, anxiety among others. I have just one thought to add that might not be on everyone’s mind. It was stimulated by conversation with a devout Muslim friend and it is about “inclusiveness.” […]
Countless more ordinary people of equal talent never developed the leadership core required to run the show. Why not?
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
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