During the overwhelming and frightening days of April 2020 — exactly a month after the World Health Organization formally declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic — I was asked by one of Cause Strategy Partners‘ Advisory Board Members if I thought interest in nonprofit board service was likely to decrease because of the risk of nonprofits going under.
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Never Waste a Good Crisis: Step Up!
One of Cause Strategy Partners‘ Advisory Board Members asked a great question: “Is there a possibility that interest in board service generally will decrease because of the risk of nonprofits going under?” She added, “I’m getting a lot of questions about the state of the sector and most folks are very pessimistic about any but the largest nonprofits making it through this time.”
Show Up: Your Role as a Board Member During a Pandemic
After a week of rapidly changing responses to COVID-19 across the country, nonprofits are feeling the effects and having to make quick decisions on how to manage their organizations in light of social distancing.
Mind if we pat ourselves on the back a little?
We are so proud to announce that Cause Strategy Partners, LLC was just re-certified as a Certified Benefit Corp. We are proud to be a purpose-driven enterprise that believes in harnessing the power of business for social good. As a Certified B-Corp, we are part of a global community of more than 2,000 companies across 60 industries that […]
BoardLeaders Talk Tips for High-Impact Nonprofit Board Service
By Erin Connell, Consultant at Cause Strategy Partners, LLC Our BoardLeaders have proven their capabilities and drive in sheer numbers, with 56 BoardLeaders serving as high-impact nonprofit board members on 120 boards in New York and Chicago. As we prepare to launch our next round of BoardLead in both cities, our team wondered: what qualitative impact and growth have our […]
5 Archetypes of Great Board Members
By Robert B. Acton, Principal & Founder at Cause Strategy Partners, LLC What makes a great nonprofit board member? We spend a lot of time mulling over this question at Cause Strategy Partners – a consulting social enterprise that recruits, places, trains, and supports board members from top companies for the Boards of Directors of nonprofits in NYC, Chicago, and […]
Be the Leader They Need You To Be: The 5 Leadership Essentials
“The greatness of an organization will be directly proportional to the greatness of its leader.” – Henry Blackaby Leadership — as authors James Kouzes and Barry Posner point out — is the art of mobilizing others “to want to get extraordinary things done” in an organization. Great leadership starts with the personal attributes of the person at the helm and […]
3 Leadership Lessons Learned Over a Latte
In light of my five coffees-a-day cravings, there are few things I know more about than the way dozens of Starbucks stores operate around New York City. I can tell anyone needing a Grande Americano where to expect to wait ten minutes, where your dog will and will not be welcome, where you’ll find artists sitting around chatting, where the […]
What Makes a Great Leader?
I am inspired by great leaders. They are rare. There is no objective measure for great leadership, no certificate or title, but when you’re in the presence of one, you know it. The handful of great leaders I’ve interacted with have a set of characteristics in common: They are obsessively passionate about the mission they are leading. Their commitment to […]