by Graeme | Mar 16, 2020 | elearning, paradoxes, Principles
e-learning: Enrol now to start in May! After successful pilots last year, our shiny new e-learning programme Introduction to Organisational Sustainability is open for bookings. Starting on 4th May, the course focuses on the paradoxes, myths and challenges...
by Graeme | Jan 27, 2020 | involvement, Leadership, paradoxes, Principles
Next month we’ll share a free new resource to help nonprofit leaders and their organisations. ‘Lasting Leadership’ builds on some simple principles, set out below. It features four capabilities, introduced at the foot of this page. We’ll...
by Graeme | May 20, 2019 | Making a Lasting Difference, paradoxes, Principles, sustainability
In this, the fourth free excerpt from Graeme’s new book on nonprofit sustainability, he explains that the things that an organisation needs to survive can also kill it. Saying ‘yes’ to everything is fatal. This paradox manifests in organisations when they can’t...
by Graeme | May 20, 2019 | Making a Lasting Difference, paradoxes, Principles, sustainability
Our organisations need to reach out in new directions to grow. But growing in too many directions pulls us out of shape. When organisations need to change to survive (which they do), they reach out in new directions, growing new projects like tentacles, in search of...
by terry | Sep 2, 2017 | impact, Principles, strategy
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The principles and paradoxes of sustainability One of the core principles of sustainability is that it is about more than just money. Finance is only one of the sustainability challenges faced by not-for-profit organisations – and...
by terry | Sep 2, 2017 | impact, income, involvement, Principles
Sustainability is a growing concern for third sector organisations. Demand on services continues to increase, resources continue to dwindle. How can we talk about third sector sustainability in this context? It’s time to be clear what sustainability means and to...
