by Kari Anderson | Nov 24, 2021 | Board Topics, Coaching Content, Evaluations, Leadership, Organizational Planning, Staff topics
“We can’t just sit back and wait for feedback to be offered, particularly when we’re in a leadership role. If we want feedback to take root in the culture, we need to explicitly ask for it.” – Ed Batista I love this quote because I’m all about leaders walking the... Read more...
by Kari Anderson | Sep 28, 2021 | Coaching Content, Evaluations, Leadership, Staff topics, Work Life Balance
An informal poll of clients I serve shows that at least 27% of nonprofit leaders aren’t receiving a review by the board – YIKES! Worse yet, research by Gallup shows that only 14 percent of employees strongly agreed they were inspired to grow and improve by their... Read more...
by Kari Anderson | Aug 17, 2021 | Board Retreat, Board Topics, Leadership, Organizational Planning, Strategy, Volunteers
Spoiler alert: A high-functioning board of directors is not only essential to meeting legal requirements; it’s also critical in helping your nonprofit achieve its goals and mission. The effectiveness of your board’s performance depends on strategically identifying the... Read more...
by Kari Anderson | Jul 20, 2021 | Board Topics, Finances, Fundraising, Leadership, Organizational Planning, Succession Planning, Uncategorized
If you’re on a nonprofit board, you may have been sitting at the table when an Executive Director resigned (or left under other circumstances). Did your mouth go dry? Were you thinking of things that no one but the Executive Director knew? Did you wonder if the... Read more...
by Kari Anderson | Jul 2, 2021 | Board Retreat, Board Topics, Coaching Content, Evaluations, Finances, Fundraising, Leadership, legal, Organizational Planning, Policies, Recordkeeping, Staff topics, Succession Planning
You can often catch me saying “Hope is not a strategy” and “structure gives you freedom” What do these KariCatchPhrases actually mean? It means that when you do the hard homework and planning, you’ll be ready to respond quickly and easily. If you have an employee... Read more...
by Kari Anderson | Jun 11, 2021 | Coaching Content, Leadership, Organizational Planning, Work Life Balance
The world is opening up a little bit more (extroverts rejoice! Sorry, introverts.), people are visiting loved ones and restarting events that have been paused. Business travel still needs to see recovery, however. Organizations are considering divesting themselves of... Read more...
