Successful Independent Consulting

JANUARY 20, 2017

Consultant to individuals, nonprofits, and corporations in the areas of strategic philanthropy, partnership development, grant making, and evaluation. Instead they say something like, “Wow, it’s going to be a real challenge to make this happen given the tenure of our staff and our strong culture.” Translation: philanthropy expert.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

JULY 17, 2013

As nonprofit professionals, we just love to look over our donor rolls and know that there''s a good percentage of those listed who will give again and again, year after year, and all we have to do is send them a nice annual letter. New technologies play a roll in that, but so do overall trends in society and culture.

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Management Consulted

MARCH 26, 2017

Although historically not known for consulting services (unless you were consulting – ahem, lobbying – government officials), strategy, operations, and even tech consulting have exploded inside and outside the Beltway in the last 10 years. – Washington, DC.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Cost reduction requires an honest and thorough reassessment of everything the health system does and ultimately, a change in the organization’s operating culture. Here are some examples of what will be required to change the operating culture: Contract rationalization. In some larger nonprofit hospitals, there may be six.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

MARCH 11, 2009

Today I gave a presentation on Fundraising Planning in the New Economic Environment at the Nonprofit Forum in Redwood City. The Forum brought about 200 nonprofit professionals from throughout San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties to the conference center on the Oracle campus to share strategies for surviving the current economic collapse.

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Strategy+Business

MAY 10, 2015

Because nonprofits play an essential and powerful role in shaping society and culture, they require the utmost professionalism in their leaders. Frances Hesselbein, approaching her 100th birthday, has become the world's leading advocate for management skill in the social sector.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 18, 2018

That’s a question Jessica DeGroot sought to answer nearly 20 years ago when she started the nonprofit ThirdPath Institute, an organization dedicated to helping people find time for work, family, and life. Their strategies have since become the “ Vacation Checklist ” DeGroot shares with others at the nonprofit.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

Although this is my third time going through merger negotiations as an IED, I'm not one who is a default cheerleader for mergers, or who would ever say anything like, "There's too many nonprofits." On the contrary, I love having a vital marketplace of nonprofits, large and small, competing to make our communities better places to live.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Though many leaders try to cascade the company’s strategy and fundamental purpose to their employees, our own engagement research tells us that the message is not getting through. Less than half of employees clearly understand their organization’s strategy and purpose. What’s the Missing Link?

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JANUARY 21, 2011

Did your client try any strategies to address the issue before? (If Read my weekly blogs: Boards, Consulting and OD, Nonprofits and Strategic Planning. Business Ethics, Culture and Performance. Fundraising for Nonprofits. Nonprofit Capacity Building. How long ago did the need for the project arise? (If Leadership.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 27, 2018

For years, companies, universities and nonprofits have researched the reasons why women are less likely to enter STEM field s — and why, once they enter, they face challenges that frequently push them out. PM Images/Getty Images. Yet many other women have managed to build highly successful careers with degrees in STEM disciplines.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JULY 26, 2010

Starting with the individual organism he demonstrated that the systems view and principles extended throughout biology, physics, chemistry, philosophy and cultural anthropology as well as sociology and psychiatry. Business Ethics, Culture and Performance. Fundraising for Nonprofits. Nonprofit Capacity Building.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

APRIL 13, 2012

e) The institutions that were first to adapt OD as part of their workplace culture. There are surveys that look at employee morale, perceptions of leadership, clarity about mission and strategy, physical plant, technology, etc. Business Ethics, Culture and Performance. Fundraising for Nonprofits. Business Planning.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

APRIL 11, 2010

In contrast, are the consultants who highly value strategies, structures, plans and policies. Read my weekly blogs: Boards, Consulting and OD, Nonprofits and Strategic Planning. Business Ethics, Culture and Performance. Fundraising for Nonprofits. Nonprofit Capacity Building. That’s their natural lens. Leadership.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 5, 2018

Corporate executives seek to inject “Silicon Valley DNA” into their cultures, and policy makers point to venture-funded entrepreneurship as a solution for all manner of problems. All of our early funding came from either nonprofit or government sources.” This is a dangerous mindset.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 28, 2018

In 2013 we embedded ourselves in a women’s professional development program at a large nonprofit organization in the U.S. They knew that being noticed — for example, by interjecting during meetings and taking credit for accomplishments — was a conventional strategy for professional advancement. to find out.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 19, 2017

In partnering with many donors and nonprofit leaders over the years, we understand their rationale: It takes a bold commitment to confront some of the world’s most intractable social problems. The other 80% fall into what is best described as institutional investing, primarily going to universities, hospitals, and cultural institutions.)

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 12, 2018

Vincent Siciliano, CEO of California-based New Resource Bank , was brought in to turn things around and restore the bank’s founding mission, which is to “serve values-driven businesses and nonprofits that are building a more sustainable world.” His strategy was clear. Approximately 40% of CEOs are MBAs.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

APRIL 13, 2010

The most relevant, realistic and flexible strategies to address those priorities are developed and implemented from the active participation of members. Read my weekly blogs: Boards, Consulting and OD, Nonprofits and Strategic Planning. Business Ethics, Culture and Performance. Fundraising for Nonprofits. Facilitation.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

OCTOBER 5, 2006

One conversation currently raging on that list is whether or not nonprofit staff should be (or can be) required to donate back to their organization. The arguments for such a policy are to create a "culture of philanthropy" where all staff are involved in, and fully understand, what it takes to run the organization.

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Harvard Business

JULY 11, 2017

For nearly a decade, I worked at Catalyst , a nonprofit focused on helping women advance in the workplace, consulting with progressive companies who began investing in diversity initiatives in the ‘90s. My team and I worked alongside recruiters to ensure we would help them test new strategies for hiring.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MAY 27, 2010

As the leadership group starts to involve others, the focus shifts to: Evolving the Intervention Strategy. Business Ethics, Culture and Performance. Fundraising for Nonprofits. Nonprofit Capacity Building. Business Communications. Business Planning. Career Management. Coaching and Action Learning. Crisis Management.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 28, 2018

In 2013 we embedded ourselves in a women’s professional development program at a large nonprofit organization in the U.S. They knew that being noticed — for example, by interjecting during meetings and taking credit for accomplishments — was a conventional strategy for professional advancement. to find out.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

JULY 21, 2010

Regular readers of this blog know that I've been involved in two successful nonprofit mergers, as well as a third attempt that was never consummated, and I've written several blog posts on my feelings about nonprofit mergers. Are there any times when you advise against a merger or alliance? Tom McLaughlin: Oh, sure, absolutely.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

APRIL 19, 2010

I would also add: make sure that the benefits you deliver are greater than the cost of your services; respect your clients and their culture; care as much or more about their business than they do; and recognize that your role is to make your client successful, not yourself. Business Ethics, Culture and Performance. Business Planning.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 11, 2017

We call this subset of freelancers who do strategic work in companies or nonprofit organizations agile talent. Their research has found that high-performing professionals tend to transit through four distinct stages of development: Apprentice: Helper and learner; establishes a reputation for trust, teamwork, and cultural congruity.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 24, 2016

Whether you’re a corporation, a nonprofit or a government agency, chances are that your approach to customer relationships at a system-wide level begins and ends with CRM (customer relationship management) software — yet its implementation rarely does much to foster real relationships. It’s a result of misguided strategy.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MARCH 5, 2012

There is evidence that the Egyptian culture during the time of the Pharaohs had what we would call ‘consulting engineers’, whose job it was to go around to the major construction projects and make sure they were ‘on time and under budget.’ The legends I heard are probably as true as any myths of cultural foundation.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MARCH 19, 2012

Thanks to several comments from readers of that segment, let’s say it was ‘Marg’, one of the women around the fire in the cave who stepped forward and made the suggestions regarding longer spears and a better strategy, the first ‘socio-tech’ intervention. Business Ethics, Culture and Performance. Fundraising for Nonprofits.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 21, 2016

These included perceptions of the candidate’s competence, likability, fit with an organization’s culture and clientele, and career commitment. Attorneys viewed higher-class candidates of either gender as being better fits with the culture and clientele of large law firms; lower-class candidates were seen as misfits and rejected.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2016

He hoped to create a skunkworks-like culture in the middle of corporate headquarters, blending the benefits of both organizational separation and integration. The word was suggested by one attendee who had been reading the book Agile Competitors and Virtual Organizations: Strategies for Enriching the Customer.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Here are some strategies to employ. Perhaps you didn’t fit in with the company’s culture, or you and your boss didn’t see eye to eye. Say, for instance, your dismissal was due to a personality clash with your manager or a mismatched cultural fit. Understand what happened. Maybe you made errors in judgment.

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CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

While it sometimes seems that everyone wants to get into the top 3 strategy consulting firms McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and Bain & Company (Bain), also known as MBB , it's worth noting that there are several other top consulting firms that can give a career a real boost. PricewaterhouseCoopers (Strategy&).

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Harvard Business

MAY 17, 2017

Lee is accused of donating $36 million to nonprofit foundations operated by a friend of the former president in return for political favors. The hidden rules of atonement differ greatly across cultures. Redemption in Guilt Culture. Redemption in Shame Culture. Lee has denied the charges. financial crisis.

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Cheryl Cran

MAY 2, 2017

In addition, Great Place to Work scores a Culture Audit management questionnaire from each company, which reports details such as compensation and benefits, hiring practices, recognition, training, and diversity programs. This global consultancy promotes a culture of all-stars and attracts others who seek the chance to learn and grow.

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Boston Consulting Group Survey Culture Insurance 21

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

This problem of uncertainty, combined with the nature of software, means that managing our projects in terms of outputs is simply not an effective strategy in the digital world. And yet our management culture and tools are set up to work in terms of outputs. Using the Alternative to Output: Outcomes.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 19, 2018

Government employees were lonelier than for-profit and nonprofit workers, and reported slightly lower levels of social support on the job. Over time, these prosocial nudges can steer a workplace in the right direction, creating a healthier, more supportive culture.

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