by Lori | Nov 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
Last week, the website Fast Company ran a story titled Does Trump’s Rise Spell the End of Empathetic Leadership? and I would like to respond with an emphatic who knows? It’s the way I feel about many things since the election. Dr. Gail Golden, a management psychology...
by Lori | Nov 22, 2016 | Miscellaneous
In March of this year, I left an organization after a couple of unsuccessful months of trying to ‘get things right’ based on my nonprofit experience. With 25 years and multiple jobs invested in the nonprofit world, I know when things are going to work and when they...
by Lori | Nov 15, 2016 | Miscellaneous
For many in the nonprofit sector, the results of last week’s election has opened the floodgates of uncertainty. We have a confirmation that a great deal of the country does not look favorably upon much of our work–especially social justice work, as well as a...
by Lori | Nov 8, 2016 | Miscellaneous
A number of years ago, I was interviewing for an Executive Director position with a smaller nonprofit. Staff were involved in the interview process and one of the long-time staff-people asked me, “So how do you feel about lunch?” As you might imagine, I was taken...
by Lori | Sep 21, 2016 | Miscellaneous
People in nonprofit work are driven. Not by chauffeurs, not by a desire for mansions or Maseratis; they are driven by a desire to do something to make their communities, countries, environments better. The drive to improve, to help, probably comes from multiple...
