Savvy Allies
This month I had the pleasure of attending the 25th North Carolina Main Street Conference in New Bern, North Carolina. Speaking on “Leadership in Communities”, specifically how to invest in partnership strategy and communication to achieve great outcomes, I also enjoyed the two full days with local government leaders and hundreds of professionals who care deeply about their communities.
The “tricks” for 2026
Apologies for the metaphors from public equities investing, but the New Year 2026 is a good time to take stock and invest in ourselves. Those are the “tricks” for 2026: to emerge from the shock that some organizations, many organizations, have been feeling given the uncertainty and unpredictability of 2025.
On Strategic Plans and What Happens After
In this article, I’m going to discuss both strategic plans and the implementation that ideally follows, and how to move past the barriers to each of these pieces going well.