By Todd J. Sukol It is at great cost to our organizations’ missions that we have turned “weakness” into a dirty word and “challenge” into a weak word. Two of the most powerful concepts to hit mainstream management from the world of psychology and human development in recent years are: Growth Mindset, popularized by Carol…
Category: Nonprofit Management & Leadership
Breaking Free from Hub & Spokes Syndrome
By Todd J. Sukol I just returned from two weeks completely disconnected from my office, an all-time high for me, to find our team producing fabulous results in my absence. Yes! Though I have long been familiar with the ideal that great leaders can walk away without their teams falling apart, it has been a…
Embracing Complementary Opposites: Learning When to Loosen and When to Tighten
By Todd J. Sukol Reposted from Mayberg Foundation Blog http://www.mayberg.org/new-blog/2018/9/5/embracing-complementary-opposites-learning-when-to-loosen-and-when-to-tighten Recently I was working with colleagues at the Mayberg Foundation, preparing a presentation about our approach to entrepreneurial philanthropy. As we spun out some of the core operating principles we wanted to highlight, two of them struck me at first to be at odds with…
A Yom Kippur Message for the Whole Year: Easy Does It
I’m sharing a slightly modified version of a Yom Kippur thought sent out to Koby Mandell Foundation board members by my dear friend and mentor of many years, Rabbi Seth Mandell. The humility and practicality of it made me smile, and made me feel a little better. Although Yom Kippur is a distant memory at…