http://leyna.ehclients.com/ Helping Good Causes Recruit and Retain Great Leaders en leyna@leynabernstein.com Copyright 2013 2013-04-02T19:47:48+00:00 http://leynabernstein.com/blog/whats_a_culture_of_philanthropy_and_how_can_i_get_one http://leynabernstein.com/blog/whats_a_culture_of_philanthropy_and_how_can_i_get_one#When:19:47:48Z 2013-04-02T19:47:48+00:00 http://leynabernstein.com/blog/boards_gone_wild http://leynabernstein.com/blog/boards_gone_wild#When:18:54:32Z 2013-02-07T18:54:32+00:00 http://leynabernstein.com/blog/the_executive_directors_top_10_new_years_resolutions http://leynabernstein.com/blog/the_executive_directors_top_10_new_years_resolutions#When:06:01:53Z Tips for staying healthy, wealthy and wise in the new year (okay, forget the wealthy -- you're rich in other ways) 2012-12-12T06:01:53+00:00 http://leynabernstein.com/blog/the_changing_of_the_board http://leynabernstein.com/blog/the_changing_of_the_board#When:19:09:08Z 2012-10-01T19:09:08+00:00 http://leynabernstein.com/blog/a_board_chair_manifesto http://leynabernstein.com/blog/a_board_chair_manifesto#When:22:18:15Z "The other thing I know for sure is that you cannot have an effective board without the right board chair. All the training and consulting in the world won’t build you a great board if your board chair isn’t the right leader for the job." 2011-11-20T22:18:15+00:00 http://leynabernstein.com/blog/fear_of_firing http://leynabernstein.com/blog/fear_of_firing#When:18:02:57Z Before I happily migrated to the nonprofit sector, I spent a decade as a human resources executive in the national retail business. If you are an HR executive in the retail industry, you learn a lot about firing people. I didn’t enjoy that part of my job, but I got very good at it. Fairly soon after I began consulting with nonprofits, I noticed something: nonprofit leaders don’t fire people. We don’t fire people soon enough, or often enough. 2011-07-03T18:02:57+00:00 http://leynabernstein.com/blog/curing_the_resentment_flu http://leynabernstein.com/blog/curing_the_resentment_flu#When:22:00:43Z 2011-03-12T22:00:43+00:00 http://leynabernstein.com/blog/be_a_drama_queen http://leynabernstein.com/blog/be_a_drama_queen#When:21:42:26Z If you're a leader, it's your job to create drama in your organization. Positive drama. 2010-10-12T21:42:26+00:00 http://leynabernstein.com/blog/three_things_you_can_do_to_build_a_beautiful_ed_dd_relationship http://leynabernstein.com/blog/three_things_you_can_do_to_build_a_beautiful_ed_dd_relationship#When:07:29:34Z When the partnership between an executive director and development director works, it is a beautiful thing. When it doesn’t, both can come down with a serious case of what I call the “resentment flu”. I call it the flu because it is contagious — they keep catching it from one another, each feeling the other isn’t pulling her weight. 2010-03-02T07:29:34+00:00 http://leynabernstein.com/blog/dont_leave_me_this_way_preparing_for_development_director_transitions http://leynabernstein.com/blog/dont_leave_me_this_way_preparing_for_development_director_transitions#When:20:23:55Z With a little help from my friends, here are some tips for fundraising succession planning. 2010-01-23T20:23:55+00:00