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Happy Holidays!

Make this the year you chase your dreams!

Happy New Year!

Have a wonderful season filled with love and laughter!

"Occupying a leadership position is not the same thing as leading. To lead, you must be able to connect, motivate, and inspire a sense of ownership of shared objectives." via Harvard Business Review

Anyone Can Learn to Be a Better Leader You just have to put in the work.

10 Leadership Strategies For Thriving in 2021 via

10 Leadership Strategies For Thriving in 2021 By Linda Fisher Thornton Here we are at the end of the year already. So much of it has been a blur as we’ve scrambled to reinvent our work and daily habits to adapt to a persistent global pan…

Some good tips for the season! via Social Media Today

Twitter Provides Tips for Holiday Promotions and Outreach Twitter has provided a new set of tips to help brands map out their holiday marketing strategies.

Set SMART goals that set you on the path to where you want to go.

Happy Thanksgiving!

"Opportunities don't happen. You create them."

If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try. ~ Seth Godin

Step outside your comfort zone!

Thank you for your service.

It's in the nature of the human being to face...We're required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream.

"Communicating about uncertainty — what people call ‘risk communications’ in practice — has become one of the most important challenges faced by anyone who needs to convey or consume information." Great article from Harvard Business Review

The Art of Communicating Risk Trust that your customers can handle uncertainty — as long as you frame it the right way.

"Once a board becomes dysfunctional, turning it around requires immense effort and patience." A great article by Alex Counts via Social Innovation re: how to ID and fix dysfunctional NP boards.

Spotting and Fixing Dysfunctional Nonprofit Boards (SSIR) Micromanaging, rubber stamp, and Balkanized nonprofit boards of directors are more common than not, and turning them into high-functioning governing bodies requires being on the alert for six warning signs.

"In these unusual times, we need flexible approaches to business strategy more than ever." A concise post with a couple of helpful tips re: how to ensure your strategy accommodates an environment in flux. via Oxford Academic

Why business strategy needs to be flexible now more than ever | OUPblog In these unusual times, we need flexible approaches to business strategy more than ever. Strategy is commonly viewed as a roadmap outlining how to get from A to B. Typically created by the upper echelons of an organisation, “having a strategy” means that there is an agreed masterplan which co-or...

"Organizations can evolve and by focusing on three specific things, they can improve their own agility and start stopping things faster." Read this Harvard Business Review post to learn how. *****on

Start Stopping Faster Ending wasteful projects sooner will save money — and free you to pursue better opportunities.

Managing a group effectively can be challenging. Social Media Examiner offers good ideas for ways to ensure your prospects and customers believe your group adds value, so they return again and again.

How to Use Facebook Groups to Keep Customers: 5 Ways Discover how to strategically use a Facebook group to nurture customer relationships.

Want some tips regarding how to drive a group towards making a good decision? Check out this Harvard Business Review article.

7 Strategies for Better Group Decision-Making What we’ve learned from behavioral science.

Is your organization's strategic or tactical? Does your team understand the Plan's priorities? How resources are allocated? The CEO Magazine's article provides insights regarding potential challenges you may be experiencing.

Biggest hidden problem with your business strategy today Only one in five organisations hit 80% of their strategic targets. What is the single biggest problem with your business strategy today is something minor yet potentially detrimental to your company’s overall success.

Struggling to keep up with networking while you (or others) WFH? Go to offers some ideas for ways to continually keep in touch and expand your contact list.

How to Network From Home While team meetings and industry conventions have moved online, the pandemic has opened as many doors as it has closed.

Great leaders are never too proud to learn.

Ensure a repetitive task is handled correctly. Review this post regarding how to document your process.

How to write process documentation | MindManager Blog Learn how to write process documentation with this practical, step-by-step guide that includes best practices, common frameworks, and sample processes.

Wise words! "Many strategy ex*****on processes fail because the firm does not have something worth executing." *****on Harvard Business Review

Many Strategies Fail Because They’re Not Actually Strategies They’re goals.

Do not be embarrassed by your failures. Learn from them and start again.

Stuck in a rut? Presenting the same kinds of content over and over again? These easy-to-implement tips from Stencil may help you come up with new, creative ways to revitalize your content and your online presence.

​20 Social Media Tips That You Need to Consider Implementing ​20 social media tips that you need to consider implementing. Read this article to learn more, let us know your favorite tip.

Do you clearly communicate why your company exists? A great overview of an effective purpose statement's key components from strategy+business.

Why corporate purpose statements often miss their mark Analysis of nearly 2000 CEOs’ description of their company’s purpose reveals that most omit a critical detail: why their company is in business.

How's your strategy standing up in the midst of the current pandemic crisis? Are you making steady progress towards your goals? If not, check out this Harvard Business Review article to ID some potential obstacles to address.

6 Reasons Your Strategy Isn’t Working The biggest obstacles can be the hardest to see.