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This Harvard Business Review article identifies several components to enabling productive change. As facilitators we agree that the six components addressed are critical, and in particular, actively engaging stakeholders to help shape an organization's future and segmenting change efforts into smaller steps is integral. We would also add that the final keys to successful implementation are measurable objectives and assignment of responsibility within a specific timeframe to help ensure accountability.
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Mindy Opper does a great job in this blog postdiscussing how to approach a board's responsibility to financially support the nonprofit organization they serve. In a nutshell, the agency's leadership (i.e., the board chair and CEO) should repeat a message of giving a capacity gift and promote a culture of philanthropy often, with not only the board as a whole but with each individual board member.
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