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Balanced and Certain By R. Scott Rodin

Are people balanced and certain because of your leadership? In this blog I want to focus on how we, as steward leaders, manage our people to be balanced in their self-image and certain in their identity. One aspect of being a faithful steward is the freedom we have in our self-understanding.  As stewards of our…

New Financial Statement Model By Fran Brown

The New Financial Statement Model and What Nonprofits Need to Know About FASB ASU 2016-14 The nonprofit financial statement model changes are finally here. FASB Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-14 is the most significant update to nonprofit financial reporting standards in 25 years, and it is in effect for fiscal years beginning after December 15,…

Jesus: The Steward Leader by Zenet Maramara

JESUS AS THE MODEL OF A STEWARD LEADER The term “steward leader” suggests that the leader is not the owner but a trustee of the leadership responsibilities entrusted to him or to her. He/she is a steward leader and as opposed to an owner-leader. Jesus is the perfect model of a steward leader. His heart…

The Next Generation of Faithful Supporters

Next Generation of Faithful Supporters By Lauren Crawford

Share your passion: bringing up the next generation of faithful supporters This past summer, I was fortunate enough to acquire tickets to the PGA Championship in Charlotte. My husband and I made plans to go for the day and our 4-year-old son would spend the day with his grandparents. While our son was having a…

PR Appeals to Nonprofit Donors By Palmer Holt

Positive PR Remains Crucial in Reaching Nonprofit Donors What with print publications dying left and right, and all the fuss over “fake news,” you might be tempted to think the traditional news media is no longer an important factor for a nonprofit to consider. But nothing could be further from the truth, as I’ll be…

Corporate Culture

Creating Culture By Robert McFarland

The Four Steps to Creating Culture When Joshua was leading the Israelites into the Promised Land, they were entering an area where idolatry was rampant, child sacrifice was common, and ritual prostitution was the norm of the culture. God told them not to do all the all the detestable practices of the nations they were…

This is the way of Christian giving...

Christian Giving By Dr. Gary Hoag

The Way of Christian Giving Sometimes describing what giving isn’t, is the best way to explain what it is. In my interaction with givers globally, I have found that when they ask me to help them grow in Christian generosity, a list of contrasts of what it isn’t and what it is aids in getting…

Christian Leadership Alliance

Christian Leadership Alliance Member Spotlight: Christian Community Credit Union

Christian Leadership Alliance Founder’s Council Member: Christian Community Credit Union At Christian Community Credit Union (CCCU), partnering with members and ministries to help them become better stewards and achieve their financial goals is their mission. Focus  CCCU focus’s on people not profits. They help build God’s Kingdom by partnering with individuals and ministries to help…

Leading Nonprofit Board Members

Leading Nonprofit Board Members By Tom Okarma

Leading Nonprofit Board Members – It  Is Not Always Easy Sooner or later, every nonprofit leader has a problem with a board member. How this issue is dealt with separates the successful leaders from the rest of the pack. You may find certain nonprofit board members are causing unnecessary problems. Yet, you want to maintain peace…

Leadership is Influence

Leadership is Influence By Patti Garibay

Leadership = Influence Over the last three decades of teaching leadership qualities to my children and the members of American Heritage Girls, I have encountered thousands who claim they are not leaders.  Many say they are “not chiefs but Indians” or “behind the scenes type of people.”  These individuals believe that leaders are line leaders,…

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