The Nonprofit CEO Briefing

No, not that F-word.

The Community Food Club, a nonprofit grocery store in Grand Rapids, grew 47 percent in six months. AJ Fossel couldn’t even get away for lunch.  The staff was only six people, and AJ was working 60-hour weeks stocking shelves, while her team was burning out. I took my

You have a decision you need to make. Deep down, you know what you should do. And you have known for a while. But you cannot bring yourself to act.  CEOs frequently share this dynamic with me. Sometimes they are stuck in The Niceness Trap. Sometimes they are wandering around

You probably have something on your plate this week that needs your attention, that needs a decision. And you probably have been pulled into a couple of things that others should just decide.  The scary part is that somewhere out there is a decision that should have come to you

Why I went to Italy with a group of strangers

What are the hardest decisions?

And a handful of them will define your tenure.

"It's a beautiful thing when your organization is strong in purpose and the staff absolutely believe in the mission and see it as a calling. Many people…will talk about [our organization] as a family. And when you do business with family, we all know that can

Sami DiPasquale is looking out over a few buildings nestled between railroad tracks and the Rio Grande in El Paso. He is in the long process of starting a nonprofit called Abara, focused on immigration and people on the border.  Sami has a clear vision, a sense that he has