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Why you want your nonprofit to fail

ASU Lodestar Center

Increasingly, nonprofit organizations are looking for new ways to measure (and thereby validate) the importance of their work. Our organizations have been measuring outputs in one way or another for as long as there has been philanthropy. Prior to attending ASU, she worked for Teach For America * Memphis.

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Key Leadership Takeaways From The Book, Against The Grain

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Courtney coached the Manassas High School football team in Memphis, TN. For me, each story and chapter gave me the opportunity for self-reflection. Takeaways from the book include Courtney's advice: The true measure of a person's character is how one handles one's failures, not successes. A real "gut check."

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Coach Bill Courtney Tells Powerful Stories And Shares Insightful Leadership Lessons

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Courtney coached the Manassas High School football team in Memphis, TN. For me, each story and chapter gave me the opportunity for self-reflection. Takeaways from the book include Courtney''s advice: The true measure of a person''s character is how one handles one''s failures, not successes. A real "gut check."