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 By Jean Lobell  A brief article in the Human Resources Magazine – The Future Manager is T-Shaped -- captured my imagination for the second time.   Read more >>

Tuesday, March 09, 2010 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) | Permalink

 

 By Valyrie Laedlein - In any setting, what is it that compels hard work, extension of self, high performance, commitment of time?   Read more >>

Monday, March 08, 2010 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) | Permalink

 

by Louisa Hackett - In the for-profit sector, competition is touted as the means for creating efficient and effective organizations.    Read more >>

Monday, March 01, 2010 | Comments (1) | Trackbacks (0) | Permalink

 

by Holly Delany Cole - In the lives of nonprofit leaders, there probably isn’t a day that goes by when something ‘unexpected’ doesn’t happen – some welcome, some that present additional challenges.  These may be matters such as a valuable Board member calling to say they are taking a new job in another city and will be resigning from the board, to a funder calling to say that they will move the consideration of your grant to an earlier (or later) Board meeting, to learning that a building in which you rent space for some programs has been sold and the new landlord wants you out as soon as possible.  This is the world of nonprofit leaders, but there’s evidence that most are pretty good at managing it.   Read more >>

Friday, February 19, 2010 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) | Permalink

 

by Barbara Turk - CRE is currently working with nonprofit organizations that are in various stages of exploring strategic alliances.  These alliances usually take the form of a parent-subsidiary relationship.  In this kind of alliance, one organization assumes decision-making and fiduciary responsibilities for both organizations.  The other organization becomes a subsidiary of the other.    Read more >>

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) | Permalink

 

By Louisa Hackett - Every year CRE gets dozens of calls from people who want to start a non-profit.  And, every year we hear other people say, there are too many nonprofits already, why do we need another one starting-up? Isn’t there an organization that does that already? Why support a new, untested organization when so many exist already?  And, why establish a new organization now when the economy is so bad and so many existing nonprofits are having a hard time making it.   Read more >>

Thursday, February 11, 2010 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) | Permalink

 

by Valyrie Laedlein - The Board of Directors.  Mention the phrase to many Executive Directors, and you’ll get rolling eyes, a sigh, a weary shaking of the head, sometimes an earful.  It’s the rare nonprofit executive who will respond with an enthusiastic assessment of his or her Board.

What is it about Boards that makes them such hard-to-develop, low-yield assets?  Read more >>

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) | Permalink

 

By Karen Erdos - A merger of the city’s Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) into the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), the city’s child welfare agencies was announced in Mayor Bloomberg’s State of the City address on Wednesday, January 20. This should lead to more community-based care for non-violent juvenile offenders allowing them to remain with their families and receive services in their communities designed to keep them connected with education and prevent recidivism. We applaud this decision that should improve outcomes for youth, families and public safety.   Read more >>

Thursday, February 04, 2010 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) | Permalink

 

by Barbara Turk -- When the house of cards built by the banking and insurance industries began to topple, we could only begin to guess at the long-term damage that would result for non-profits and their clients.  It was immediately clear, however, that non-profit leaders would be tested.  Would they have what it takes?  Is there particular things leaders need to do when faced with exceptional uncertainty?    Read more >>

Wednesday, February 03, 2010 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) | Permalink

 

By Mohan Sikka -- Interesting article in the Wall Street Journal yesterday, entitled: “Once-Robust Charity Sector Hit with Mergers, Closings.” And the blog comments posted after the article are interesting, too. We at CRE think the non-profit sector is, even in its resource-depleted state, still a powerful force for change and for good. Many vital social services in our society would not be, and could not be, delivered as economically as they are by non-profits. The sector overwhelmingly does a good job of serving needs efficiently.  Read more >>

Tuesday, February 02, 2010 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) | Permalink