Leading with Purpose

Are all nonprofits, by definition, social justice organizations?  This is a question that I pose to students in the Masters in Nonprofit Leadership program.  It is followed by questions like:  given that our purpose is to work on behalf [of some portion] of the public good, does that mean we should all also be working for social, environmental, civil, etc., justice?  Or, is the job of working for justice in whatever area fall only to those organizations with that explicitly in their missions?

Now, think about Read more

It’s All About Me

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Recently, I had a conversation with my Millennial niece, nephew and his significant other. Well, at least I tried, but the conversation didn’t go far. We were talking about generations and I just happened to refer to them as Millenials, which brought a very strong and decisive smack from the significant other. She was certain she and the others were not Milennials. Only showing her the birth year range, generally placed at those born in the early 1980s to early 2000s, got her Read more