What’s the benefit of running a successful non-profit? The short answer: You’ll be able to impact more lives and have fewer leadership headaches. In this post, Toni Jackson shares four strategies for non-profit leaders. Following her strategies, you’ll avoid operating in a way which undermines your organization’s sustainability and day-to-day effectiveness.
“Branding is the culmination of everything that you do . . . You have to make customers care and make them realize that they need your service in their everyday lives. A brand is key to communicating your unique value and building a loyal and consistent customer base.”
LeVon Lewis
“Do what you have always done and
you’ll get what you have always got.”
Sue Knight
“You have to go through life with more than just passion for change; you need a strategy . . . Passion is vital, but you’ve got to have a strategy”.
Pres. Barack Obama
“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth”
Muhammed Ali
You must be the person you have never had the courage to be. Gradually, you will discover that you are that person, but until you see this clearly, you must pretend and invent.
Paulo Coelho
“You take people as far as they will go, not as far as you would like them to go.”
Jeanette Rankin
“A good leader leads the people from above them.
A great leader leads the people from within them.”
M. D. Arnold
“There is a difference between being a leader and being a boss. Both are based on authority. A boss demands blind obedience; a leader earns his authority through understanding and trust.” ~ Klaus Balkenhol
Beyond being just a boss
Link (Fast Company): The Four Capacities Every Great Leader Needs (and Very Few Have)
“Over the last dozen years . . . , I’ve worked with scores of CEOs and senior executives to help them build more engaged, high performance cultures by energizing their employees. Along the way, I’ve landed on four key capacities that show up, to one degree or another, in the most inspiring leaders I’ve met . . . All four capacities are grounded in one overarching insight. Great leaders recognize that the best way to get the highest value is to give the highest value.” [Emphasis added] Tony Schwartz
“The strongest people aren’t always the people who win,
but the people who don’t give up when they lose”
Liam Payne
LINK: Why the Best Leaders Have Conviction (Dr. Travis Bradberry)
“Don’t wish it was easier, wish you were better.
Don’t wish for less problems, wish for more skills.
Don’t wish for less challenge, wish for more wisdom.”
Jim Rohn
“Courage doesn’t always roar.
Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying ‘I will try again tomorrow.‘ “
Mary Anne Radmacher
The decisions which a Leader consciously makes, to not do something, can be quite revealing of his or her leadership talents. In this Series post, Delquanda Turner offers another True Leadership quality; in her last post, the 6 Qualities of True Leadership were explored by her. In this post, a 7th Quality of such non-profit and community leaders will be shared.
Better Outcomes through Best Practices (Non-Profit Leaders)