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Flat, Tall, or In Between—Is It Time to Evaluate Your Organizational Structure?

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At Zappos, this arrangement is designed to reflect the company’s values and culture. Gustavo Rasetti, CEO of Fearless Culture , describes Zappos relationship between culture and structure like this. Happiness is at the core of Zappos culture. We don’t have a lot of layers. It’s a structure that preserves accountability.

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For Positive Outcomes, Hold a Mirror Up to Board Performance

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leadership soapbox here to say that a digital culture uses objective data to measure and evaluate all of its activities. The American Hospital Association advises that healthcare boards that conduct self-assessments are more likely to have a strong culture of governance and they are more likely to be effective in managing risk.

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Is a crisis management plan enough?

ASU Lodestar Center

Last year also brought with it civil unrest, a rise in the call for social justice, and decentering of white supremacy culture. It is imperative that nonprofits have a strong emergency plan in place that considers the steps it takes to overcome each phase of a crisis.

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Strategies to diversify nonprofit boards to yield success

ASU Lodestar Center

It is demanding of an organizational cultural change that will adopt inclusivity in all aspects, both internally and externally. Strategies to diversify nonprofit boards can be divided into three broad phases. Phase 1: Triple A’s - awareness, attitude and action. Phase 2: Implementation. Phase 3: Evaluate and celebrate.

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How to Design an Effective Nonprofit Staff Retreat: A Lesson from Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: Blocking out time for your nonprofit’s staff to do planning and work on areas like organizational culture is essential for success. Staff are in one of three offices in California or are part of the Remote Team (R-team for short—people who work from their home communities, wherever those may be).

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Bridging Social Technologies and Sustainable Development: Social Squared

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He then quotes Marc Benioff, the founder of Salesforce.com, who has described this phase of the IT revolution with the acronym SOCIAL: “ S , he says, is for speed — everything is now happening faster. panel on “The innovation culture: Four Entrepreneurs’ Perspective,” in talking about her views on the Silicon Valley culture.

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The Art of Relevance Sneak Peek: Part Ex-Con, Part Farmer, Part Queen

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I firmly believe that all people have something meaningful to contribute to our communities, cultural work, and society at large--including youth. Doron runs a youth development program called FoodWhat in Santa Cruz County, California. The recruitment phase is just the start of FoodWhat’s relevance challenge. They are fickle.

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