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

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We all understand that technology has changed business. The organization may still be boxed into a structure that’s been the same for 20 years or more. How do you know that your organizational structure might need retooling? These are telltale signs: Your strategy has changed. Every change doesn’t need to happen at once.

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Stay the Course Through Changing Weather—Strategic Advice From Association CEOs 

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We thought we could help our colleagues prepare for that disruption by gathering advice from people who greet change as an unexpected advantage. And, the Transformational Strategies offer guidance to create the change needed for growth. Evolve as your industry changes. Both books were written before the pandemic’s curveball.

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The Unrecognized Risk of Status Quo Problem-Solving Skills for Grantmakers

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In a sector that is so risk-averse—afraid of change, reluctant to explore new ideas, and adopt new practices—why do we rely on super risky problem-solving skills? She encourages us, as sector professionals, to rethink our outdated problem-solving habits and stop making assumptions without acknowledgment and testing.

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Soft Skills Support Hard Leadership Challenges

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Collegiality and teamwork among directors are critical to effective problem-solving. I asked Sue whether she thinks the board’s responsibilities are changing and, if so, are associations up to speed with how boards must function in this new environment? Associations need to move away from bureaucratic, operational structures.

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Navigate Change Management: Set Your Nonprofit Up For Success

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Change is inevitable, growth is an option.” – John C. It’s no secret that as a global society we’ve had a few changes thrown at us in the last few years. Even aside from a global pandemic, an ever changing landscape of technology and politics have caused all of us to have to navigate change. All About Change.

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Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work Is Core to Equitable Change

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Knowledge work is growing because it sits at an important intersection between grantmaking and equitable change. Whether you are working within a funding organization or on the ground in social change, developing an effective knowledge practice will help to advance strategic missions and goals. Learning, we do naturally.

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Build a Board for the Digital Future

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The faces change, but the concepts are entrenched. We’ve incorporated the structure that many groups say they want. They know that we’re going to fix the problems.” The speed and agility required for problem-solving in fast-paced markets don’t leave room for wobbly positions or indecision. To me, that’s basic.

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