All Entries in the "Management Philosophy" Category
100% Fundraising Expenses
Some what apropos of my post on mandatory salary caps for executives of non-profits is a post by Dan Pallotta on the Harvard Business Review blog in which he makes suggestions that would likely see government entities really start screaming. Palotta advocates for salaries of non-profit staffs on par with those of for profit businesses. [...]
Info You Can Use: Understanding Financial Statement Basics
If you are new to a position as board member or administrator of an arts organization or if you have simply resolved to become better educated about your business’ financials, Inc magazine offers a series of articles comprising a quick primer on what they all mean. This month’s article is “How to Understand an Income [...]
Reflecting on Civic Reflection
Six years ago I wrote on the practice of Civic Reflection, a process which is supposed to help non-profits and civic groups. “Imagine getting together with other civically engaged people and talking about your values and the choices you make in serving your community.” It still sounds interesting though I haven’t come across another mention [...]
More Revisting Drucker
Following up on my last trip to early entries, I had done a handful of entries on Peter Drucker’s Managing the Nonprofit Organization. I am not going to link back to all the entries, but I thought the topics covered in this one were particularly interesting because he addresses the unintended consequences of decisions and [...]
Oldies But Goodies
I am off on vacation for a couple weeks, but I thought I would leave my readers with some things to ponder and review while I am away. The next handful of days will have links to some of my earlier entries that still seem very relevant. The first is an entry I did on [...]
Please Patronize Our Fine Competitors
Every week Drew McManus sends out an email to all the Inside the Arts bloggers with tips about enhancing our blogs. A few months back he suggested we not take it for granted that all our readers knew as much about basic elements of the arts as we did. This is a pretty tough thing [...]
Leadership By Eyebrow
Apropos my Inside the Arts co-denizen Bill Eddins post about what it takes to be a good conductor, is the TED video with Itay Talgam talking about the conducting styles of six great 20th century conductors. Talgam approaches the leadership styles of different conductors from the apparently stifling style of Riccardo Muti to the comparatively [...]