The Politically Incorrect Guide to Donors
The donor pool can be (and has been!) sliced and diced in a variety of…
Carter McNamara
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Here’s Some First Steps to Start “Fixing” a Broken Board
When Boards have recurring problems, such as poor attendance, low participation, high turnover of members,…
Business Laws & Ethics
Time to Think About the Gurus in Your Field?
A colleague called me last week, reporting that she had actually spoke face-to-face with one…
Consulting & Freelancing
For-Profit and Nonprofit Boards: More Similarities Than Differences?
The Corporate Secretaries International Association recently released a report, “Twenty Practical Steps to Better Corporate…
Business Laws & Ethics
How to Change Your Strategic Plan
Few plans are implemented as intended. That’s one of the reasons that people lose faith…
Business Planning
How Financial Sustainability is So Misunderstood
Finances Are Just a Symptom, Not a Solution When people think of financial sustainability, they…
Organization Development
Four Types of “Broken” Boards
Over the years, I’ve noticed four common types of “broken” Boards. One of the ways…
Business Laws & Ethics
Here’s a Procedure for Making Decisions
Why a Policy for Making Decisions? How often have you heard Board members assert that…
Business Laws & Ethics
What’s a Nonprofit “Program”? Really?
Too Often, What We Call a Program, Really Isn’t If you spent the day guiding…
Organization Development
When Strategizing, Use “Sanity Solution”
Over the years, I’ve noticed that when things get really tough or it’s difficult to…
Business Planning
Are You Doing OD? Training? Consulting? Coaching? All of These?
OD vs. Training – Or Is It? I’ve watched over the years as various fields…
Consulting & Freelancing
“Core” Coaching Skills — The 20% That Get’s The 80% of Results
from guest writer Carter McNamara of Authenticity Consulting, LLC Many Coaching Models Have Certain Approaches…
Leadership Skills
Is Issues-Based Planning Better Or Goals-Based Planning?
Far too often, organizations choose the wrong approach to strategic planning. As a result, strategic…
Business Planning
Social Schizophrenia
On which side of philanthropy’s great divide do you stand? More importantly, where do your…
Organization Development
How Much Should Your Board Be Involved in Management?
How involved in management should your board be? Experts often have very strong beliefs and…
Business Laws & Ethics
Strategic Planning or Business Planning?
It seems that the two phrases “strategic planning” and “business planning” are used interchangeably, much…