Having shared with us what she wishes she knew when she started, Sofia S Crisp tells us today what she sees in Housing Consultants Group’s future. Having told us why she started the Greensboro NC non-profit, having Crisp tell us where it’s going now seemed fitting.
Are you willing to collaborate with other non-profits? If you aren’t, Sofia S. Crisp feels you may be missing the boat. In this Series, My Non-profit Journey: What I Wish I Knew When I Started, eight leadership wishes shared by Sofia Crisp with Your Outcomes Well have been explored. In this post she shares her thoughts on the profound potential of partnering. ‘Going it alone’ isn’t the only way to go.
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While we all have the same number of hours available to us, some just seem to manage their time better than others.
In this Series, My Non-profit Journey: What I Wish I Knew When I Started, eight leadership wishes shared by Sofia S Crisp with Your Outcomes Well are being explored. In this post she shares three daily habits to try to manage your time better every day. Time Management grids (Covey) used by ‘highly effective’ leaders are provided as well.
With the growth of a non-profit come changes, some unexpected, and growing pains. As Sofia Crisp shares in this post, leaders of emerging non-profits should ‘be careful what they ask for’. If a growing non-profit organization’s resources are at risk of being overwhelmed, a leader will have capacity challenge on their hands.
In this Series, My Non-profit Journey: What I Wish I Knew When I Started, eight leadership wishes shared by Sofia Crisp with Your Outcomes Well are being explored.
Challenges, challenges, challenges. Sofia Crisp shared a few of her challenges in Part 1 last week. When the NC housing organization leader realized that all her challenges wouldn’t fit in a single post, she wanted to share a few more. Those will be featured in this post. In this Series, My Non-profit Journey: What I Wish I Knew When I Started, leadership wishes shared by Crisp with Your Outcomes Well will be explored.
Read More Challenges I’ve Faced: My Non-profit Journey (Part 2)
In growing a non-profit, a leader will encounter many challenges along the way. The challenges of a non-profit organization emerge just like those of a for-profit firm. In this Series, My Non-profit Journey: What I Wish I Knew When I Started, eight leadership wishes shared by Sofia Crisp with the Your Outcomes Well will be explored. Last week we explored her first wish (Working ‘in your Gift’)
In life, there are no Do-Overs. However, in an early-June 2015 meeting which the Your Outcomes Well team had, Sofia Crisp was asked if there was anything she wishes she had known when she first launched the housing, non-profit organization (Housing Consultant Group) she has successfully led since 2004. She paused, reflected on the question asked, and offered an insightful list of ‘I Wish I Knew’ things. These streams of thought were the seed and inspiration for a blog series, which begins today with this post.
In this Series, My Non-profit Journey: What I Wish I Knew When I Started, each of the eight leadership wishes shared by Crisp will be explored. Her first wish, featured in this post: Working ‘in your Gift’.
When I first started thinking about launching a non-profit, I didn’t think it would be easy. However, having already mastered being a Cardiac Nurse, Real Estate broker, and being a Single Parent (of 2 wonderful daughters) it seemed very doable. How hard could it be? I was confident. I thought to myself: I can handle this.
I will share with you in this post the journey of planning, starting, and leading the Housing Consultants Group (Greensboro NC).
Welcome to the 1st post of this blog!
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Your Outcomes Well is a blog which will publish informative and insightful posts for leaders of non-profit organizations. The blog’s posts will explore three themes:
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