If every win creates more strain, you’re likely underfunding infrastructure.🧭 Today’s belief shift: A budget is a design tool. If you don’t fund the true cost—people, tools, stewardship, reserves—you fund burnout.Under-reso...

If your appeal is accurate but donors don’t move, the story is missing.🧭 Today’s belief shift: Data justifies; story decides. Donors fund a narrative they can step into.A clear arc creates urgency without pressure and align...

If great people are still missing deadlines, you might have a seat problem—not a people problem.🧭 Today’s belief shift: Good people can’t fix broken roles. The right person in the wrong seat is still the wrong fit.Misaligne...

If every week starts from scratch, you don’t need more hours—you need rhythm.🧭 Today’s belief shift: Cadence beats heroics. A simple beat—plan → execute → review—turns intention into predictable progress.Rhythm reduces deci...

If you’re busy all week but nothing meaningful moves, you don’t have a time issue—you have a priority issue.🧭 Today’s belief shift: A priority is a chosen outcome that makes other work easier or unnecessary. Everything else is eit...

If drafts keep boomeranging back to your desk, you’re not delegating—you’re rescuing.🧭 Today’s belief shift: Overfunctioning isn’t leadership; it’s a design pattern that trains the system to rely on you.People can’t own wha...

If every decision turns into a debate, you don’t have a people problem—you’re missing a filter.🧭 Today’s belief shift: Clarity doesn’t come from consensus; it comes from design. Your North Star is a decision filter, not a slogan.<...

If every day ends at 0%—no time, no energy, no cash—you’re not leading strategically; you’re firefighting.🧭 Today’s belief shift: Margin isn’t a perk. It’s infrastructure. It’s the shock absorber that keeps your mission from crack...

Let’s talk about the part of leadership no one sees—but everyone feels: your headspace.🧭 Today’s belief shift: Your org can’t grow beyond the headspace you lead from.If your leadership is cluttered, reactive, or stuck in survival ...

Measuring everything? You’re moving nothing.🧭 Today’s belief shift: Data isn’t clarity. If you measure everything, nothing moves.Pick 2 metrics. Align everything to them.📥 Download: KPI Priority Matrix🎯 The

If every major decision still runs through you, your board isn’t governing. They’re spectating.🧭 Today’s belief shift: You’re not getting enough support because your board doesn’t have clear goals to own.What you’re experiencing i...

Hiring won’t fix overwhelm if your systems can’t support growth.🧭 Today’s micro-shift: You don’t necessarily need more people. You could just need stronger systems.Ask yourself: What process do you keep fixing manually? That’s you...

Let’s talk about burnout—but not the emotional kind.🧭 Today’s belief shift: Burnout isn’t emotional. It’s habitual.Most nonprofit leaders aren’t exhausted because they’re weak or disorganized. They’re exhausted because they’ve bui...

If your board feels disengaged or misaligned, the issue may not be effort—it’s clarity.🧭 Today’s micro-shift: Your board isn’t disengaged. They’re disoriented.Ask: Where has your board outgrown its role? What expectations need a r...

If your fundraising feels harder than it should—slow responses, low returns—it might not be donor fatigue. It’s likely a system problem.🧭 Today’s micro-shift: Stuck fundraising isn’t a donor problem. It’s a design problem.Run a qu...

This is Letter E of the Design Your Strongest Year End Ever podcast series, and it’s about trimming the noise.Teams that seem disorganized usually have a different problem.They’re drowning in a sea of “priorities” ...

This is Letter D of the Design Your Strongest Year End Ever Podcast Series! This one is for anyone dragging bricks uphill.In this episode, I talk about what your overwhelm is really telling you:Yous current structu...

This is Letter C of the Design Your Strongest Year-End Ever Podcast Series - today, we’re diving into the dangerous illusion of busyness.Busy doesn’t mean productive.When goals are fuzzy, your team spends time and ...

Welcome to Letter B of the Design Your Strongest Year End Ever Podcast Series — The A-Z of how to design and organization that’s built to grow (without you carrying all the weight!)If every big decision runs through you, ...

Welcome to Letter A of the Design Your Strongest Year-End Ever Podcast Series — The A-Z of what it really takes to nail your goals by the end of the year (without burning out!)If your team meetings end with nods, but no m...

In this episode, I dive into a real, timely conversation with Scott Brighton, CEO of Bonterra — a social good software company helping nonprofits raise and give more through data-driven innovation. We talk candidly about what AI and data can

As the end of the year creeps closer, nonprofit teams often find themselves overwhelmed, scrambling to meet bold goals with dwindling energy. In this candid episode, I walk you through a powerful mid-year capacity check process that helps you a...

This week, I’m doing something a little different.It’s summer—and let’s be honest—we don’t need more noise or a bunch of new content right now.Instead, I’ve pulled together six hand-picked episodes to help you make the most of the...

Mid-year always feels like it should be a breather... but somehow, it’s not. If you’re feeling foggy, stretched thin, or stuck in reactive mode right now—you are not alone. This episode is all about decision fatigue, that sneaky mental exhausti...

Are your board members nodding along… but not really moving in sync with your priorities? In this episode, I break down why that misalignment happens even after you’ve clarified goals—and what you can do to fix it. Whether you're launc...