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Strategic Planning II: The Courage to Show Up

This post is part of series. Go here to the read Strategic Planning I: Flip Your Org. Chart Our team follows three rules in every strategic planning meeting we facilitate. Rule #1: Knowledge is not a club to bang over someone’s head—or something to hold over people to...
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Strategic Planning I: Flip Your Org Chart

Here’s a key exercise you should do as a CEO or Executive Director before starting a strategic planning process: turn your organizational chart upside down. Take it into your next leadership team meeting. At the new top of the chart, focus on your frontline staff —...
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“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” 

― Maya Angelou