by Tom Okarma | Dec 12, 2012 | Blog, Governance, Leadership, Strategic Planning
Leaders and Board Members: Starting to feel guilty you did not prepare or update a strategic plan for your orgnanization’s next 24-36 months? Even thought it is mid-December you still have time to develop a strategy and a plan. Its not rocket science and when...
by Tom Okarma | Dec 15, 2011 | Blog, Leadership, Strategic Planning
Have you ever had to rebuild a department, ministry, or an entire organization or church? Did you wrestle with how much to structure the process versus letting others handle it? We did. One of our departments had gone through a tough period. An ego-driven leader had...
by Tom Okarma | Nov 16, 2011 | Blog, Governance, Leadership, Strategic Planning
No one can deny that planning is critical to success. While I personally thrive in an organizational culture of creativity and entrepreneurial thinking, eventually, if you want to get things done, you have to have a written plan. Still, planning can be very tedious...
by Tom Okarma | Sep 27, 2011 | Blog, Leadership
One of the most powerful tools a leader can employ is consistent communication. Does everyone (staff and volunteers) know your top three priorities? If you randomly asked them what key priorities simply had to be accomplished over the next year, how many different...
by Tom Okarma | Sep 24, 2010 | Blog, Leadership
Sure employees work for a pay check. At some level, we all do. However, many people work for other reasons. And volunteers, well, they are totally mission-driven. Some employees actually love their jobs or how their jobs positively impact others. One person on my...
