Willingness to be Scrutinized
We talk a lot about accountability in the nonprofit sector: we must be accountable to our funders; the board is accountable to the public; the executive director is accountable to the board, the rest of staff accountable to the executive director, and so on.
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Frequently, in our sector, accountability is linked to transparency: we must be transparent and accountable. But what does that accountability mean? We say it, we know what it means; in other words, we have a general concept Read more
A Framework for Culture Change
Culture change is hard; there is no getting around that. But if you have reached the point where you are talking about culture change—or if you like the softer euphemism of culture shift–you are past the point of needing one. So now the challenge is to do it.
What am I talking about? Oh, I’m talking about that culture of no accountability that allows some people to not be accountable for doing all of their job while others work double time. I’m talking about that culture Read more
