When we summarize and repeat back what we heard from a colleague, it irons out mistakes and wards off fear of failure while creating clarity and alignment as well as strengthening the team’s commitment to the direction toward its goals with a keener ability to learn from mistakes.

Nonprofits that can zig when others zag by effectively using tech are quicker to succeed in fundraising and building communities. Tech-savvy organizations strengthen belonging to a cause and unite their communities with ease and efficiency. Here's how those nonprofits are doing it in 2023:

We almost went out of business and everyone was looking for jobs.

It’s ancient history now but 2007 was a tough year. It was the Great Recession and we were preparing for a new event and new awareness campaign the following year. If that wasn’t enough, all of us could expect our boss to literally look over everyone’s shoulder everyday to see what they were working on.

Looking back on it now, I can honestly say the worst part was not the challenges of starting something new or doing it during a bad economy. The whole “looking over the shoulder” part was terrible.

Holding others accountable for their actions can be as easy as a three-step process. I’ve tried and it works nearly 100 percent of the time.

We almost went out of business and everyone was looking for jobs.

It’s ancient history now but 2007 was a tough year. It was the Great Recession and we were preparing for a new event and new awareness campaign the following year. If that wasn’t enough, all of us could expect our boss to literally look over everyone’s shoulder everyday to see what they were working on.

Looking back on it now, I can honestly say the worst part was not the challenges of starting something new or doing it during a bad economy. The whole “looking over the shoulder” part was terrible.

Are you a leader? I’m writing this today to tell you that you are a leader and my hope is that at the end of this post, if you don’t already consider yourself one, is that you’ll believe why you are one.

We see these instances on TV or social media that we would call a leader someone who would give like $10M to a school, or write a bunch of hit songs, or invent a revolutionary technology. The problem with seeing these wonderful accomplishments as the only examples of leadership is that we create a situation where leadership is something that is beyond our capabilities. In fact, I’ve been using the phrase “make the world a better place” but without context it also puts leadership beyond our grasp.