Open Questions: The Ross Collective Blog
Sharing insights and stories on nonprofit strategy, racial equity and leadership
Four questions to lead inclusive, interactive meetings
For better meetings, ask these questions beforehand.
How managing change well can help teams embrace joy
How to use our leadership to guide our teams through transition.
Three big ideas to bring your team back together now with compassion and hope
Our framework to help nonprofit teams reconnect and find a path forward
Seven guiding principles for my leadership as a white facilitator
Guiding principles for leading as a white facilitator
How five minutes invested up front builds resilience and connection
It is more important than ever to build a positive organizational culture. How can nonprofit leaders do this now?
Three keys for nonprofit strategic planning now
Because of the shifts of the pandemic, many organizations are creating new strategic plans.
Right Now, the Radical Kindness and Love of a N95 Mask
Finding the N95 Actions that protect and support us and others
How to celebrate the powerful gifts we already have
If you experience abundance and privilege, how are you going to use it to move our world towards justice?
Three Steps to Move to an Abundant Shared Future
When we see that we have enough, we’re motivated to share power and resources.
This Thanksgiving, Holding Grief and Gratitude
Wishing you a gratitude-filled and heartfelt Thanksgiving.
Three steps to bring energy and empathy to your meetings
In this moment of uncertainty, nonprofit leaders must design meetings and conversations with structures that create space for what is emerging.
How sharing our honest stories about race builds empathy and equity
If we agree that it is important to talk about race and equity, what are some first steps to begin to do this?
See what happens when we bring compassion and action to resistance
This post marks the creation of 50 blog posts! If you are reading this – and you may have started reading this week or been with us since the beginning – I want to express my gratitude and thank you for taking a few minutes out of your day to read along. It is gratifying to hear from readers and get your responses to these posts.
How one organization worked through valuing access AND participation
We’re at a moment of hard choices with no clear answers.
For strength in our uncertain moment, carve out restorative experiences
We each need to find our restorative spaces so that we can bring energy and compassion for what life is bringing us. You don’t need to put aside a week of vacation to find your restorative space. Your restorative space can be a few hours at the ocean or on a trail in nature. Or singing, painting, gardening, cooking, or whatever your hobby might be. Something that shifts your brain and body away from screens and the news cycle to a more embodied presence in each moment.
How are you using feedback for ongoing improvement?
Sometimes the one person with the critique has an essential truth that the rest of the organization needs to hear
Finding energy in challenging times
So many of us are Carolina right now: Grieving and suffering and trying to tread water.
Meeting this volatile moment with energy and compassion
It is hard to fault any one of us for being overwhelmed, for not wanting to know, for turning to fear and misinformation as a way to tune out the truth.
And yet – I want to share three sources that speak to meeting the moment:
How to Steer with Compassion and Inclusion at a Scary Time
Our best chance at figuring out the route down the river is to inclusively use the wisdom of the group. We need to be asking each other: What do you see now? What do you envision in our best future? What can we each do to make that happen?