Who is this for?

On the pressure to serve everyone

The young woman grew up. Now she wants more.

The most common fundraising narrative has a flaw.

Pride and Prejudice doesn't open with Elizabeth Bennet

On what Austen knew about making an answer feel inevitable.

Is your board an asset or a variable?

He gives every Sunday. He still said no.

Are you making the case, or are you making the connection?

It's not about the money

The challenge of finding, keeping, and growing talent in large and mid-sized mission-driven organizations

Losing momentum? Rediscover your CORE.

What healthy looks like from the inside out

What I talk about when I talk about scale

Why the sector is addicted to width - and starving for depth - and what we can do about it.

What is the title of your chapter?

Most leaders don't have a good answer. Here's why that's costly.

Has your story kept up with your work?

When things get harder, invest more in how you show up. Not less.

Your investor isn't (only) evaluating your model

The financial case gets you in the room. Something else entirely gets you the check.

What do you do when the world you thrived in disappears?

International development is being dismantled. This is about what that costs the people who built their lives inside it.

The wrong problem, solved perfectly

When the diagnosis is the problem

The weight of waiting

Rethinking risk (for donors)

The crisis at the top of the growth curve

The trade-offs between impact, scale, and financial sustainability

Is your nonprofit a family or a business? (part 2)

Your team-first approach might be hurting your mission.

Transparency isn't always a virtue

On knowing what's yours to carry

Navigating forced layoffs.

Cut deep, and cut once.

The best thing a nonprofit leader can do? Build beyond themselves

My opinion piece, published in Devex.

The February blues

It’s a debt that’s come due.

What we only admit after the second coffee

The "creative accounting" keeping the sector alive (and why it’s burning us out).

Why salary isn't the issue

Your talent problem is not about compensation.

Hold the line

Why one CEO refused to lead their strategic expansion.

Is your nonprofit a family or a business?

His budget was cut, but he refused to fire anyone. Here’s what happened next.

"The smell of death"