Recipe For Nonprofit Growth
Eggs are lovely. But they are so much better when combined with other things to make chocolate chip cookies.
Speaking of things that are ok on their own but better when combined, I wrote my last four emails knowing that I would stir and bake them together into this one.
Here are the ingredients again:
Sep 15: Meeting cadence
Sep 22: Stakeholder feedback
Sep 29: Quarterly themes
Oct 6: Leadership team health
Any one of these ingredients can benefit an organization. But when combined right, the results are 100x more delicious.
RECIPE FOR GROWTH & IMPACT
1 Healthy Leadership Team: United around vision, productive in conflict
2 Cups Stakeholder Feedback: Sought from all internal and external sources
1 Quarterly Priority: Leadership decides the most pressing issue
4 Meeting Cadences: Daily/Weekly/Monthly/Quarterly rhythms to align org
A thriving organization has a healthy leadership team that openly pursues feedback, navigates competing priorities to pick the most important opportunity each quarter, and effectively moves information and alignment through a structured cadence of focused meetings.
When all of these ingredients are combined in the right order and amount, your organization is guaranteed to grow its impact!
Have a great weekend!
Drew
PS: If you want more detail on any one of the ingredients, here are links:
Meeting cadence as vascular system of the org
Stakeholder feedback as the treasure hunting function of the org
Quarterly themes to harness the power of finish lines
Leadership team health 20-second quiz for predicting growth
