If you are thinking about strategic planning, this episode is for you! Host Sarah Olivieri and special guest Doug Paul talk strategy and impact combining their 40+ years of strategy experience. They cover strategic planning, execution, and maintaining a balance between passion-driven goals and practical actions and go into some key concepts like the Pareto principle, assumptions mapping, and the difference between process goals and outcome goals.
This episode is packed with actionable advice for ambitious nonprofit leaders!
Episode Highlights
02:12 Challenges and Strategies in Nonprofit Leadership
04:36 The Importance of Integrating Strategy and Execution
05:52 Balancing Passion and Discipline
08:42 Developing and Implementing Effective Strategies
24:02 The Role of Boards and Stakeholders
Meet the Guest
Doug Paul is a Managing Partner and Innovation Strategist of Catapult, an organization that helps leaders build successful non-profits that scale. In addition to working with more than 1300 nonprofits over the course of his career, he's written the bestselling book Ready or Not and lives in Richmond, Virginia, along with his wife, Elizabeth, three kids, and great Dane Oliver.
Connect with Doug:
https://wearecatapult.org/
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