Guide to the Site
Believe it or not there is a logic to this site. But it's a somewhat personal logic and not immediately obvious to everyone, which is why I've created this guide.
HOME
This is my credo. It tells you the key stand I take for leaders of social change and why I want you to put yourself first.
WELCOME
What's the point of this site? What are its limitations? This page answers those two questions, plus I ask you for two favors.
YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM
What operating system you choose determines everything else about how you lead. It's the DNA of your decision making. There are three OS pages accompanied by two bonus pages...
This is where your leadership starts, with what's deepest in your heart.SACRIFICING
This hurts you and keeps on hurting you.SUSTAINING
This grows you and keeps on growing you.SOARING
This makes you exponentially more effective.Breaking free of sacrifice
This is for you if you're making the transition from sacrificing to sustaining.
DEVELOPING YOUR POWER
I want you to be powerful in service of what of what you love. And so you can take the very best care of yourself. The three kinds of power I talk about are actually inseparable. One of my favorite sayings is: "The personal is political." I also like amending that to say: "The personal is professional is political is personal..."
PERSONAL POWER
Your calling and your journey
Inner guide or inner critic
Asking constellation
- Asking
- Negotiating
- Claiming
Asking kindred spirits for support
Asking kindred spirits for money
Curiosity interviews
Founders, grace, and syndromes
What does your mentor need?
Leading is a way of life
Pursuing a new job: Who vs. what
Leading in tough times
Relational aggression
Tending and befriending
Match or not a match
Needs vs. feelings vs. strategies
The three needs: contribute, grow, connect
PROFESSIONAL POWER
People first
Staff
-Power interviews
-Better than supervision
-See, receive, enjoy
Board
- The upfront contract
- When does the ED get to call the shots?
-Champions not governors
- High-performance Board culture
- Insider newsletter
- Firing Board members
Donors
- Challenging donors, claiming donors
- Names are more valuable than money
Clients
- Challenging clients instead of co-ing them
- How clients lead as clients
Advisory boards - don't!
Positioning
Channeling your mission
Mediation vs. enforcement
Retreats or advances?
Negotiating with a consultant
Evaluations: Dumbed-down or smarted-up?
POLITICAL POWER
What cooperation asks of us.
Culture is a workhorse
Constituency - for you and for your nonprofit
Know what game you're in
Humans need leadership
A leader of leaders
Home base and coalition
AND MORE
Aspiring leaders: Start leading now!
COACHING
Here you can check out my approach to coaching and what coaching might do for you.
LOGISTICS
Sessions - How often, how long?
What's it cost?
Ask me for a free session (Shopping for a coach)
Unasked questions
THRIVING WORKSHOP
This is a special leadership series I do with Michelle Gislason at CompassPoint every Spring and Fall.
ABOUT RICH
I highlight four key things about who I am.
CONTACT AND RESPONSE
Here you'll find my e-mail and phone.
