Taking you and your organization to new heights

Sometimes founders and long-tenured leaders want to stay for the wrong reasons: they don't know what to do next, they haven't planned for their retirement, their identity is with the organization, or they don't think the organization can survive without them.

If your organization is drafting a job description and reaches for "humble," pause and ask: what behavior are we actually trying to describe?

For nonprofit leaders, this mental exhaustion doesn't just happen at home. It's the fog that sets in by Wednesday afternoon, the reason you can't quite focus in that 4 p.m. meeting, and the invisible weight that makes even small choices feel overwhelming.

A lack of understanding about the basics of rewards can result in some unanticipated results causing your employees to not feel rewarded and even feel punished because of your reward programs.

One often-overlooked element: compensation decisions should flow from a robust performance evaluation process.