by Stephanie Freeth | Apr 30, 2019 | Best of series, Change, Leadership
April 1, 2019 marked the 5th birthday of Adaptive Alternatives. (The IRS tax letter that made the business official was dated April 1, 2014. No fooling.) Five years of being in business as a solopreneur feels like a milestone to celebrate. I am overflowing with...
by Stephanie Freeth | Sep 28, 2018 | Best of series, Change, Coaching, Culture, Leadership
I’m thrilled to share that I’m starting a year-long coaches certification program with the Conscious Leadership Group this month. I’ve been using videos and resources from the Conscious Leadership Group with strategic planning clients for several years now with great...
by Stephanie Freeth | Apr 27, 2017 | Culture, Energy, Leadership
While leadership books and theories are plentiful, rarely has a single framework had so much impact on me as Energy Leadership™, which was created by Bruce Schneider. Energy Leadership™ is “the process that develops a personally effective style of leadership...
by Stephanie Freeth | May 31, 2016 | Culture, Governance, Leadership
One of the things that always comes up when I work with nonprofit boards is how to recruit new board members. Here are 5 questions to ask when recruiting nonprofit board members. To put it simply, it’s all about setting expectations. What’s really...
by Stephanie Freeth | Mar 29, 2016 | Governance, Leadership, Strategic Planning
An important study called The Nonprofit Sector Leadership Report was recently released by The Concord Leadership Group LLC. To me the scariest finding from the study is that 49% of nonprofits lack a strategic plan. As someone who does strategic planning with...
by Stephanie Freeth | Mar 3, 2016 | Culture, Governance, Leadership
There is a concept in social psychology called the bystander effect that can sometimes apply to inaction seen in nonprofit boards. This post defines the bystander effect and highlights areas where bystander effect can compromise a board’s basic responsibilities....