Open Questions: The Ross Collective Blog
Sharing insights and stories on nonprofit strategy, racial equity and leadership
How the Nonprofit Lifecycle Model Clarifies What to Do Next
The Nonprofit Lifecycle Model helps leaders figure out where to focus their time and attention.
A Four-Step Scenario Planning Process for Stronger Alignment Now
Four steps for Scenario Planning: Prepare, Set the Context, Build Alignment, Monitor
Three steps to heal or strengthen systems in nonprofit organizations
We need great systems for strong organizations.
How your feedback can strengthen my upcoming book on Inclusive Strategic Planning
Writing a book about inclusive strategic planning - through an inclusive writing process!
How Tiny Experiments Strengthen Every Part of Planning
Tiny experiments are important to a good strategic plan
The Joyful Experience of Finding Your People
Finding your people is more important than ever
How leading from strengths creates focus in uncertainty
What are you going to say YES! to at this moment?
Want to Lead a Thriving Nonprofit Organization? Start with These Four Practices
Taking action as an antidote to powerlessness
How to Build a Strategic Plan While the World is On Fire
How leaders are finding energy for strategic planning now
My Toughest Consulting Gig—and the Surprising Lessons It Taught Me
Four lessons from a horrible experience
Four steps to assess risk and language in our heartbreaking times
We are receiving questions from clients about how to go forward now. Specifically, we are hearing that, given the attack on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the Federal level, some organizations are feeling pressure to change their messaging or strategies. Here are four steps to assess risk and language in our heartbreaking times.
Four Keys to Weather Current Nonprofit Financial Challenges with Resilience
Across the nonprofit landscape in 2025, organizations are facing a perfect storm: federal funding uncertainty, volatile markets, and donor hesitation. At Fairlight Advisors, we've had a front-row seat watching our clients navigate these choppy waters. Here are four keys to financial resilience.
Three Key Questions to Keep Your Strategic Plan Relevant in Uncertain Times
Adaptive leadership is necessary to keep your strategic plan relevant in uncertain times.
How effective scenario planning enables responsiveness and flexibility
Some key steps to scenario planning
Guiding a loving, compassionate way forward in a very hard moment
Information on our brand refresh and new website.
How to Handle Toxic Board or Staff Members: A Crucial Tip for Leaders
Leadership is standing up to toxic people - in order to build a positive organizational culture
Five Important, Energizing Steps to Planning for 2025
A strategic planning process to reflect on 2024 and plan for 2025
How getting angry about financial inequity has focused and energized our work
How do we build a nonprofit sector and nonprofit consulting sector in which each person is well-resourced and thrives?