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Weave a Safety Net—Find the Right Strategic Partners

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We leveraged our connections during COVID by organizing a weekly call to convene the key players. When the Public Health Department was looking at how to reopen safely, they had a sounding board, and we were able to collaborate to develop successful solutions. Brent describes the organization this way. “We There are no members.

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

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As the home of organizations that draw on decades of history, it’s not surprising that we love the security of time-honored strategies. Success belongs to organizations that adapt to a shifting environment. Does your governance structure help or hinder your progress towards goals? To the organization?

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Lessons Learned Living the Virtual Experiment

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Our colleague Stuart Meyer,* who at the time was CEO of the National Barbeque and Grilling Association, a fully virtual organization, made this comment. “We We learned the importance of technology for communication and collaboration. Organizations that were reluctant to update systems corrected deficits.

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Connecting the dots: Fighting for equity through a data partnership 

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So when I learned about Candid’s Demographics via Candid —an initiative that allows nonprofit organizations to share demographic information on their Candid nonprofit profile , where funders, donors, and researchers could easily access it—I was both intrigued and skeptical.

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3 Ways to Activate DEI in Your Nonprofit Organization

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With that, here are three starting points for activating DEI in your organization: Provide the tools Normalize feedback Evaluate and Reevaluate 1. Organizations need to train people how to recognize, address (this is often during feedback conversations), and de-escalate the conflict. Conflict management is also a must-have skill.

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Leadership’s Biggest Perk—Giving Others a Boost

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values or a growth mindset, continuous feedback, and open communication, you will foster an environment that encourages employees to support one another. Our organization had been pretty tall and top-heavy. To change that, we came up with a structure that allows for on-demand project work in blended, cross-functional teams.

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Which leadership styles optimize organizational performance and impact?

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The combined disruptions of these phenomena are affecting business structures, organizational cultures, and processes. Hierarchies are becoming flatter, work more collaborative and co-location less relevant. Leaders who embrace openness and vulnerability impact the way that leadership is viewed by organization members.