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Embracing Complementary Opposites: Learning When to Loosen and When to Tighten

Posted on September 6, 2018July 13, 2020 by Todd J. Sukol

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…

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Renew your heart, engage your head, and speak your truth

Posted on June 1, 2018July 13, 2020 by Todd J. Sukol

By Todd J. Sukol There are moments when your work in the nonprofit sector will seem futile. You begin to wonder, “Am I really moving the needle or just filling up time and space?”; “Is it worth it?” If you are staff, you may consider abandoning the grind and pursuing a job making more money…

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You can’t outsource responsibility

Posted on November 10, 2017November 10, 2017 by Todd J. Sukol

By Todd J. Sukol It behooves all leaders, and certainly those who are new in their role or are in a new position or organization, to inventory their performance regularly with regard to taking responsibility. Whether you are in charge of an organization, a department, a team or a project, one of the most important…

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The Nonprofit “Uniqueness Epidemic”

Posted on October 23, 2015October 23, 2015 by Todd J. Sukol

Last summer I had the pleasure of taking a course in Economics as it relates to the philanthropic and economic sector (at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University). Like many in our field, my background is on the programmatic side and my orientation is more intuitive than analytical. Over many years as…

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