BEST PRACTICES OF HIGH-IMPACT NONPROFITS (PART I)

Greatness has more to do with how nonprofits work outside the boundaries of their organizations than with how they manage their own internal operations.

To paraphrase Archimedes, “Give me a lever long enough and I alone can move the world.” Best organizations use the power of leverage to create change. In physics, leverage is defined as the mechanical advantage gained from using a lever. In business, it means using a proportionately small initial investment to gain a high return. The concept of leverage captures exactly what high-impact nonprofits do. Like a man lifting a boulder three times his weight with a lever and fulcrum, these nonprofits are able to achieve greater social change than their mere size or structure would suggest.

HOW TO INCREASE YOUR PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY

Increasing personal productivity is not just about doing more with less. It's about ensuring that what gets done actually needs to be done efficiently.

For most businesses, the fall ahead is intense, daunting, and demanding. Many leaders are concerned about the economy and how their companies will hold up if things do get worse. Add to all that the digital demands of the world we now inhabit. Armed with ever more ways to connect with each other, and to stay current in every moment, we often are not sure where to put our focus. We find it harder to give all of our attention to anything — or anyone — for very long.