by Michelle Coombs, PhD | Sep 7, 2023 | Business, Nonprofit, Osborne Insights Blogs
In an earlier blog I wrote that businesses could learn a lot from non-profit organizations. One of the ways this happens is to remain Driven by Mission. But how exactly do you leverage your mission statement in practice? The secret to operationalizing a good mission...
by Michelle Coombs, PhD | May 18, 2023 | Business, Nonprofit, Osborne Insights Blogs
In the first blog of this series, I shared how non-profits and businesses are alike and how businesses can learn from the non-profit world. One key lesson is how non-profit organizations stay true to their mission. Staying on mission helps block out some of the...
by Michelle Coombs, PhD | May 11, 2023 | Business, Nonprofit, Osborne Insights Blogs
Time-and-time again I have heard people who work in business share their wisdom in the non-profit context. As someone who has spent most of my working life in non-profit organizations, I have found there are many lessons businesses can learn from non-profits as...
by Michelle Coombs, PhD | Nov 29, 2022 | Human Resources, Osborne Insights Blogs
Gone are the days when non-profit organizations could tackle a social cause on their own. The individual approach to solving issues results in limited or isolated impact. Pre-pandemic, work had already begun in the non-profit sector to work collaboratively to address...
