by Stephanie Freeth | Nov 1, 2016 | Governance, Metrics, Strategic Planning
For the last few weeks I have enjoyed working with the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA) to help update their Principles and Practices (P&P) tool. Any nonprofit organization or consultant who is a member of the Michigan Nonprofit Association has access to this...
by Stephanie Freeth | Apr 13, 2016 | Governance, Strategic Planning, Strategy
It is widely believed in strategic theory that operational effectiveness is not strategy, but I started to wonder if this really applies to the nonprofit sector in practical terms. What got me thinking about this is my recent work with three different nonprofit...
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 | Feb 9, 2016 | Business Development, Leadership, Strategic Planning, Strategy
I’m really excited to share the details behind The Nonprofit Strategy Tango with you in this post. When I first started my consulting practice I assumed that doing strategic planning work meant always doing customized work for each client. Even so, I really...
by Stephanie Freeth | Feb 9, 2015 | Culture, Strategy
I just finished reading Patrick Lencioni’s The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business. This book was published in April 2014, so it’s relatively new. I became a fan of Lencioni’s work several years back when I read...
