leadership and influence
Quotes about leading mission-driven organizations, creating sustainable change, and navigating the unique challenges of the sector.
leadership and influence
A Vision for Housing: We keep doing what we do best, but we seek to increase housing supply by building at discount via in-kind donations, and renting it at-cost to the teens who helped build it. We want to push back on the idea that the solution to high housing costs is getting people higher paying jobs. This helps but a far better and more sustai
... See moreAs we increase the benefits we offer our after-school students, we will need to become increasingly selective and have more strict standards. This doesn’t mean we serve easier kids or kids that are able to mount higher barriers, but rather we find some way of finding students with two key traits: 1) extraordinary need and 2) capacity for growth.
Perhaps the simplest and best definition of wisdom I’ve heard is “knowing what information is important.” This kind of knowing is not solely done in the intellect. Data is constantly being fed into your unconscious, then cross referenced against your experience.
thekcpgroup.com • The Attention Span. “Racehorses and Psychopaths.”
I can’t put it any better than Charity Navigator, Guidestar, and BBB Wise Giving Alliance wrote in their open letter to donors:
Overhead costs include important investments charities make to improve their work: investments in training, planning, evaluation, and internal systems—as well as their efforts to raise money so they can operate their progr
... See moreWilmingtonBiz • The Pie Chart of Deception
“If you aren’t winning,” I responded, “then you aren’t making the right decisions.”
Jocko Willink , Leif Babin • Extreme Ownership
Only when leaders at all levels understand and believe in the mission can they pass that understanding and belief to their teams so that they can persevere through challenges, execute and win.
Jocko Willink , Leif Babin • Extreme Ownership
Doordash’s Three Part Investor Pitch
We are the right people...
they shared their backgrounds to build authority
Solving the right problem...
their research uncovered an unmet need: customers want delivery, but small restaurants can't afford it
In the right way!
they explain their unique solution (their tech), and how it's been validated (sales)
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... See moreHe also hosted the senior executives in a field visit to their frontline troops. It built camaraderie between the corporate leadership team and the field manager’s operations team on the ground. The face-to-face interaction helped the senior executives understand some of the field manager’s challenges. And the field manager’s time with the senior e
... See moreJocko Willink , Leif Babin • Extreme Ownership
Beware of this dystopian potential future at KMI
good leaders don’t make excuses. Instead, they figure out a way to get it done and win.”