Still thinking about your New Year's resolutions? Well, step away from that language learning app, put down the fad diet, and let me give you three resolutions that are perfect for any nonprofit leader!   #1 Focus on generosity, not systems If 2025 taught us anything, it was that the underpinning systems of philanthropy can be slowed down, stopped, or mangled by bad actors. Generosity, however, is harder to stop. If we mistake one for the other, we run the risk of assuming th

I once had an editor who hated the word "Success."   If I turned in any stories with that word, it would come back with an emphatic red line through the word. He hated the word because it was unclear and vague.   After all, he would remind me, what does success really mean? Are we talking about income? Efficiency? Awards? Retention?   It didn't take me long to get the message - and since then I've had a bit of a resistance to words like success.   Because vague words lead to

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