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Any of These 3 Monday Morning Micro-Challenges ...

Want to have a highly productive week and accomplish all or most of what you set out to do? Then start Monday morning with any of three quick micro-challenges that will set you up to reach your goals. Or, if you want, you can do them all--which will take ten minutes or less…

Any of These 3 Monday Morning Micro-Challenges Will Make You Highly Productive All Week... BY: Minda Zetlin
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What It’s Like to Experience Sexism as a Donor ...

A few years ago, a young colleague invited me to a party to meet his boss, executive director of a global nonprofit and a former scion of Wall Street. Some cursory research beforehand revealed that we had a mutual acquaintance who served on a board with the nonprofit leader. When introduced, I brought up the connection, but he displayed no interest. Instead he talked about his volunteer work and tossed around household names like confetti. As he spoke, he scanned the room without so much as a sideways word of inquiry…

What It’s Like to Experience Sexism as a Donor By: Isa Catto
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$68 trillion is about to change hands in the US

The biggest wealth transfer in history is about to happen — and it's now expected to be more than double what many thought it was. It's estimated that 45 million U.S. households will transfer $68 trillion in wealth over the next 25 years, according to Asher Cheses, a research analyst and lead author of a new report from financial services research firm Cerulli Associates…

$68 trillion is about to change hands in the US

Change the Culture, Change the Game By Roger Connors & Tom Smith

Change the Culture, Change the Game By Roger Connors & Tom Smith

Two-time New York Times bestselling authors Roger Connors and Tom Smith show how leaders can achieve record-breaking results by quickly and effectively shaping their organizational culture to capitalize on their greatest asset-their people. 

Change the Culture, Change the Game joins their classic book, The Oz Principle, and their recent bestseller, How Did That Happen?, to complete the most comprehensive series ever written on workplace accountability. Based on an earlier book, Journey to the Emerald City, this fully revised installment captures what the authors have learned while working…

Virtually Alone: Real Ways to Connect Remote Teams By Katherine Dugan & Varun Bhatnagar

Virtually Alone: Real Ways to Connect Remote Teams By Katherine Dugan & Varun Bhatnagar

As two longtime business consultants, we make a point of keeping in touch with former colleagues. When we had lunch recently with one who had left consulting to join a startup, we were eager to hear how he was faring. Admittedly, we were even a little jealous of what sounded like an interesting, high-energy venture. But once we started asking questions to get a glimpse of what life was like on the startup side, we could see that after just two months in the new job, he was miserable.

And not because he didn’t like his boss or colleagues or the work that he was doing. The problem was that he…

Mastering Civility: A Manifesto for the Workplace By Christine Porath

Mastering Civility: A Manifesto for the Workplace By Christine Porath

Incivility is silently chipping away at people, organizations, and our economy. Slights, insensitivities, and rude behaviors can cut deeply. Moreover, incivility hijacks focus. Even if people want to perform well, they can't. Customers too are less likely to buy from a company with an employee who is perceived as rude. Ultimately, incivility cuts the bottom line.

In MASTERING CIVILITY, Christine Porath shows how people can enhance their influence and effectiveness with civility. Combining scientific research with fascinating evidence…

Why this CEO makes everything she does transparent to all employees By Stephanie Vozza

Why this CEO makes everything she does transparent to all employees By Stephanie Vozza

Ever wonder what your CEO does all day? Employees at the email collaboration software provider Front can tell you where CEO and co-founder Mathilde Collin is and what’s she’s doing because her calendar is made public.

“It was shared since the beginning and never questioned whether it was a good idea or not,” says Collin. “Everything at Front—within the product and the company—is transparent by default, and everyone’s calendar is public.”…

Tough Calls from the Corner Office: Top Business Leaders Reveal Their Career-Defining Moments By Harlan Steinbaum, Michael Steinbaum, and Dave Conti

Tough Calls from the Corner Office: Top Business Leaders Reveal Their Career-Defining Moments By Harlan Steinbaum, Michael Steinbaum, and Dave Conti

“Tough Calls from the Corner Office offers invaluable insight into the mind of the CEO.” —Bill Steere, President, Chairman, and CEO of Pfizer

“The stories in this book should inspire and give confidence to the many people looking to make their mark in business, or for that matter life.” —General Richard B. Myers, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff…

New Land O'Lakes CEO Beth Ford just became the first openly gay woman to lead a Fortune 500 company — take a look at her career so far By Mark Abadi

New Land O'Lakes CEO Beth Ford just became the first openly gay woman to lead a Fortune 500 company — take a look at her career so far By Mark Abadi

Land O'Lakes made history on Wednesday when Beth Ford officially took over as the company's new president and CEO.

The move makes Ford the first openly gay woman to lead a Fortune 500 company, and one of just 25 women overall.

Land O'Lakes, the Minnesota-based food and agriculture…

Vocal Leadership: 7 Minutes a Day to Communication Mastery By Arthur Samuel Joseph

Vocal Leadership: 7 Minutes a Day to Communication Mastery By Arthur Samuel Joseph

Research proves that the greatest impact speakers have in any conversation comes not only from the words they say but from the sound of their voices. In other words, it is not just the message but the messenger that matters.

No one has a better grasp of this fact--and how to leverage it to your benefit--than Arthur Samuel Joseph, one of the world's leading communication strategists and the creator of the Vocal Awareness Method…

Lacoste adopts temporary logo to help endangered species By David Blank

Lacoste adopts temporary logo to help endangered species By David Blank

(CNN) Lacoste temporarily replaced its polo shirts' crocodile logo with the images of 10 endangered species to help counter the threat of extinction.

The shirts, which are part of a limited run supporting the "Save Our Species" campaign that launched during Paris Fashion Week on March 1, have sold out.

Replacing the crocodile above the left breast of the shirt are the Gulf of California porpoise, the Burmese roofed turtle, Sumatran tiger, the Anegada ground iguana and the northern…

Now, Discover Your Strengths By Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton

Now, Discover Your Strengths By Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton

Based on a Gallup study of over two million people who have excelled in their careers, NOW, DISCOVER YOUR STRENGTHS uses a revolutionary programme to help readers discover their distinct talents and strengths. The product of a twenty-five year, multi-million pound effort to identify the most prevalent human talents, the StrengthsFinder programme introduces thirty-four talents or "themes" and reveals how…

Fundraisers’ Pay Hikes No Match for Inflation, Report Says By Heather Joslyn

Fundraisers’ Pay Hikes No Match for Inflation, Report Says By Heather Joslyn

Seven in 10 fundraisers didn’t see their pay rise high enough in 2017 to keep pace with inflation, according to a new survey.

On average, fundraiser pay rose 11 percent in 2017, according to the latest annual report by the Association of Fundraising Professionals. But those gains were not evenly distributed. Inflation stood at 2.1 percent last year; only three in 10 fundraisers received salary increases of 4 percent or more. Twenty-one percent of fundraisers got no raises, and nearly 6 percent took pay cuts…

First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently By Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman

First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently By Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman

What separates the greatest managers from all the rest?

They actually have vastly different styles and backgrounds. Yet despite their differences, great managers share one common trait: They don’t hesitate to break virtually every rule held sacred by conventional wisdom. They don’t believe that, with enough training, a person can achieve anything he sets his mind to. They don’t try to help people overcome their weaknesses. And, yes, they even play favorites…

How Millennials Are Changing Philanthropy By Justin Wheeler

How Millennials Are Changing Philanthropy By Justin Wheeler

As a philanthropist, nonprofit board member and social entrepreneur, I often hear how important high-net-worth donors are. Yes, they are important, as any donor is important. But the real future of the giving space rests with millennials.

Millennials will be the largest demographic in the American workforce by 2020.

There has been plenty written about the influence millennials are having on the workplace. Overall, they desire work-life balance and are increasingly unsettled about the future. In the same way that…

Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams and Why People Follow By Tom Rath and Barry Conchie

Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams and Why People Follow By Tom Rath and Barry Conchie

From the author of the long-running #1 bestseller StrengthsFinder 2.0 comes a landmark study of great leaders, teams and the reasons why people follow.

Nearly a decade ago, Gallup unveiled the results of a landmark 30-year research project that ignited a global conversation on the topic of strengths. More than 3 million people have since taken Gallup’s StrengthsFinder assessment, which forms the core of several books on this topic, including the #1 international bestseller StrengthsFinder 2.0...

What happened to the Tea Party? What happened to the Tea Party? By Brad Bannon

What happened to the Tea Party? What happened to the Tea Party? By Brad Bannon

Just a few years ago, the Tea Party was a dominant force in American politics, but you don't hear much about it these days. It hasn't gone away, it just morphed into something else.

Donald Trump was born out of the Tea Party. Trump's dedicated supporters are many of the same folks who made the Tea Party the dominant force in American politics in 2010.

Like Trump, the Tea Party was never overwhelmingly popular but it did… 

The War for Fundraising Talent: And How Small Shops Can Win By Jason Lewis

The War for Fundraising Talent: And How Small Shops Can Win By Jason Lewis

"The War for Fundraising Talent is an honest yet hopeful critique of professional fundraising, intended especially for small shops that find it difficult to consistently achieve their fundraising goals. These organizations are notorious for rapid turnover and high donor attrition which are merely side effects of a much larger problem. This inter-sector conflict will not be won by those organizations who continue to mistakenly consider their scarcest resource to be donors with dollars…

College Donors Are Getting Picky By Janet Lorin

College Donors Are Getting Picky By Janet Lorin

In 2015, a gift to the University of Chicago merited a rock star’s welcome. “What kind of world do you want?” sang Five for Fighting’s John Ondrasik, his voice echoing across the century-old campus theater before a crowd of 1,100. The event feted the Pearson family, whose foundation—founded by Tom Pearson, an Oklahoma coal magnate—was giving $100 million for a global center for peacemaking.

Now the Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts has…

The Mission Myth: Building Nonprofit Momentum Through Better Business By Deirdre Maloney

The Mission Myth: Building Nonprofit Momentum Through Better Business By Deirdre Maloney

What is the Mission Myth? The idea that all a nonprofit needs to achieve success is a great mission and a lot of heart. The truth? It is only when organizations integrate the 4Ms -Management, Money, Marketing, and Measurement - that they will achieve optimal results. Here are strategies, anecdotes, and practical tips for new levels of success - all derived from nonprofits that reached new heights. Offering validation, camaraderie, laughter, and hope, The Mission Myth helps you do good...well…

Why Successful People Spend 10 Hours A Week On “Compound Time” By Michael Simmons

Why Successful People Spend 10 Hours A Week On “Compound Time” By Michael Simmons

One question has fascinated me my entire adult life: what causes some people to become world-class leaders, performers, and changemakers, while most others plateau?

I’ve explored the answer to this question by reading thousands of biographies, academic studies, and books across dozens of disciplines. Over time, I’ve noticed a deeper practice of top performers, one so counterintuitive that it’s often overlooked…

In Missouri, group wants to bar lawmakers from fundraising in Capitol By Kurt Erickson

In Missouri, group wants to bar lawmakers from fundraising in Capitol By Kurt Erickson

JEFFERSON CITY • As a newly minted state lawmaker from St. Louis in 1993, Joan Bray was in Missouri’s House of Representatives when an envelope containing a $1,000 campaign contribution landed on her desk.

It was an eye-opening moment.

“I was so stunned. I didn’t know what to do,” said Bray, a Democrat who…

Failure of Chief Fundraisers Puts Charities at Risk By Holly Hall

Failure of Chief Fundraisers Puts Charities at Risk By Holly Hall

The fundraiser who got the chief development job at a large charity looked good on paper. And she had a lot more than just an impressive résumé. Her poise and personality wowed executive leaders and trustees in interviews, as did her track record of landing big gifts.

But less than two years after taking the position, she was asked to leave…