Open Questions: The Ross Collective Blog
Sharing insights and stories on nonprofit strategy, racial equity and leadership
How embracing transparency is scary, and essential, for healthy organizational leadership
Our series on healthy leadership continues with this post from Corey Newhouse and Jessica Manta-Meyer on steps that Public Profit, a consulting firm, has taken to become a healthier, more transparent organization.
Three Critical Practices For Healthy Organizational Leadership
Why is one group of leaders able to come together and build something that is respectful and caring and generative for themselves and their community – even synergistic?
For resilient leadership right now, ask these three important questions
To be alive right now is to hold grief and love
Our best emerging insights from celebrating 100 newsletters
Our voices and our perspectives matter
How moving from competition to collaboration deliciously expands the pie
The importance of discovering and living our collaborative advantage
Action Planning: How to accomplish the goals in your strategic plan
Making it through the final mile of planning.
How planning gets everyone on the same page and builds commitment
Moving from vision to strategies and goals
Strategic Planning Kickoff
How to set up your strategic planning process so that it is ready to blast off towards the stars…
How long does it take to create a strategic plan?
A good strategic plan needs time to ripen.
The first step to creating an impactful, effective strategic plan
Get the right people at the table - or in the circle.
The Honest Advice about Change I Wish I Didn’t Have to Give Last Week
People have to want change in order to move towards it.
Four Steps to Find a Sustainable Financial Path
How to go forward when needs outpace funding
A key first step for strategic planning
Notice and acknowledge the best work you are already doing and figure out how to do more of that.
Nonprofit Strategic Plans - Five Examples Plus Free Template
What does a strategic plan include? The Ross Collective led strategic plans for the organizations below; click on each link to see the strategic plan.
This post shares the vision, mission, strategies and goals for nonprofit strategic planning clients.
5 Steps for Nonprofit End-of-Year Planning
Planning helps us think about where we want to go…and the steps to get there.
11 Benefits of an Effective Retreat Facilitator
The benefits of working with a trained retreat facilitator include clarity, energy and alignment at the end of the process.
The surprising — and emotional — process of getting to the why of strategic planning
So much of the work of The Ross Collective is supporting organizations to find a path forward.