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Change, Transition, and Transformation for Executive Directors
Over the last few months, I have been facilitating a monthly Learning and Support Group for executive directors of New York City nonprofit organizations with the support of the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York.
I developed this series after having conducted a few roundtable discussion meetings with these organizational leaders. What became apparent during these discussions was their difficulty finding time to step back and reflect on their work, their roles, their visions for their organizations and their professional and personal development that is crucial to their ongoing success and effectiveness. Read more
Using Creativity to Achieve Personal Innovation and Transformation
I want to let you know about a unique workshop I will be co-facilitating with my colleague Yvette Hyater-Adams. We are offering individuals the chance to access a forgotten source of knowing: the creative connection. We will guide participants in using story-writing, poetry and textile arts to access core priorities, form trustworthy relationships, and uncover the organic creative process.
Please join us and uncover and share your hidden strength and wisdom. For more information, click here.
Finding Balance: The Great Challenge
In my ongoing Learning and Support Group for executive directors of NYC nonprofit organizations (in conjunction with the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York), a recurring topic is finding and maintaining balance.
One of the reasons these organizational leaders continue to come to these group meetings is because they have come to understand that maintaining balance outside is dependent on being centered inside. Read more
Why is it so Hard to Take a Vacation?
In the January 2009 meeting of my monthly Executive Director’s Roundtable for Women, we talked about the work-related benefits of taking a vacation. Most of the participants had just come back from having taken time off work over the holidays. They came back feeling fresh, focused, and re-energized. They saw a noticeable difference in their capacity to think clearly, Read more
New York City Executive Director’s Roundtable
I run a monthly Executive Director’s Roundtable in New York City (in conjunction with the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York). This Learning and Support Group, open to executive directors of nonprofit organizations only, is designed to provide non-profit leaders with:
(1) peer support to reduce isolation,
(2) best practices to improve effectiveness, and
(3) networking opportunities.
Expanding Your Dreams to Fit Your Capacity
What if you could do more than you believe you are capable of? You can, if you start with believing that you can. I know this sounds simplistic, but it is. It is simple, although not easy. If you think about it, all inventions that at one time were believed to be impossible, were made possible because of someone’s thinking and belief that it could be. As a child, I remember watching the cartoon, the Jetsons, the family of the future. They had all kinds of machines that could do things that appeared incredible at the time. The one that most excited my friends and me was the Read more
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