Tag: nonprofit change
Disney’s Innovator-in-Chief Robert Iger: CEO Visionary Par Excellence
“What can I do to get my board meaningfully engaged in leading innovation and change in my organization?” I hear variations of this very important question quite often from CEOs in my one-on-one governance coaching sessions and educational workshops. There’s …
The Creativity-Innovation Nexus: Part One of Our Creativity Series
The innovation process – and the role of the chief executive as your organization’s “Chief Innovation Officer” – has been a major focus of this blog, and several posts have featured real-life cases of successful implementation of significant innovation initiatives. …
CEO Rob Paterkiewicz on Updating Selected Independent Funeral Homes’ Business Model
I’m pleased to share the fourth podcast in this blog’s ongoing series on updating nonprofit business models, featuring Rob Paterkiewicz, Executive Director and CEO of Selected Independent Funeral Homes, a national trade association. You’ll recall that the May 18 post …
That Vision Thing
You’ll recall that the last article posted at this blog discusses core values – serving as a prelude to the podcast that Lynne Thomas Gordon and Michelle Mason, Incoming Chair and CEO, respectively, of the Association Forum, will be recording …
Vision: Your Board’s Driver of Innovation and Change
A few months ago I sat in on a meeting of the board planning committee of a nonprofit economic development corporation. We were running through an outline of the agenda for the corporation’s upcoming board-CEO-executive team daylong “strategic work session,” …
Another Insidious Foe: That Strategic Planning is a Powerful Innovation Tool
I tell the following true story in my book Changing By Design (Josey-Bass):
Almost thirty years ago, when I was serving as budget officer of a state government’s urban affairs department, I had the good fortune to participate in the …
Seven Extraordinary CEOs Wearing the Creator-in-Chief Hat
Extraordinary CEOs Michael Anderson (Canadian Society of Association Executives), Jeff Finkle (International Economic Development Council), Rick Homans (Tampa Bay Partnership), Virginia Jacko (Miami Lighthouse for the Blind), Irene Rickus (The Children’s Home), Cheryl Ronk, (Michigan Society of Association Executives), and …
Planning Out of the Box: Updating CSAE’s Business Model, Part Two
“This couldn’t be more different from what many people call strategic planning,” I thought to myself as I listened to the second part of the podcast that Board Chair Guy Legault and CEO Michael Anderson of the Canadian Society of …
About Nonprofit Business Models – A New Series of Podcasts
A local nonprofit serving adults and children with learning disabilities launches a number of business ventures (known as “social enterprises”) to generate earned income – in response to cutbacks in government funding. A national association re-structures an elaborate system of …
Beware Of Planning Yourself Into a Box
How did I get into the business of helping nonprofit boards and CEOs build their leadership capacity? This is the first question Cheryl Ronk, President of the Michigan Society of Association Executives, asked me to think about in preparation for …
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