Sean Thomas-Breitfield is the Co-Director of The Building Movement Project, a grantee of TWI. We’re Pleased to share his recent reflection on the importance of relationships in movement building, a theme that strongly emerged from Building Movement’s insightful evaluation of the New Bottom Line Campaign. It’s great to see the power of relationships explicitly raised…
By John Esterle, Malka Kopell & Palma Strand Thanks to all our colleagues who shared this story! Thanks to PACE for making it available to its members and to Cindy Gibson who sent it to her national network. Follow the links to read the insightful introduction to this article from Niki Jagpal on NCRP’s Blog, the kind words of the NCG and Phil…
By CJ Callen Originally posted at: http://www.compasspoint.org/blog/be-cheetah-nonprofit-leadership-our-times While recently scanning The New York Times I came across this promo for the article “Cheetahs’ Secret Weapon: A Tight Turning Radius”: “A study shows that the large feline’s key to hunting success is not its speed but its skill at leaping sideways, changing directions abruptly, and slowing down quickly.”…
By CJ CallenOriginally posted at: http://www.compasspoint.org/blog/find-your-tribe-“who”-leading-change Recently I found myself chatting with someone with roots in philanthropy about my current effort to lead my organization in a process of re-imagining our future to increase our social impact. That person provided her insights and support; she recognized that my “big idea” for my organization sounded like it…
by CJ Callen TWI Trustee CJ Callen, who has recently taken the helm at the Youth Leadership Institute, blogged about her learning so far in this new role. Take a peak at CJ’s thoughts on leadership transition, the importance of reflection, and translating learning into practice – in this piece, published on CompassPoint’s blog earlier…