Open Questions: The Ross Collective Blog
Sharing insights and stories on nonprofit strategy, racial equity and leadership
The first step to creating an impactful, effective strategic plan
Get the right people at the table - or in the circle.
Why We Need to Listen When People Say They Don’t Feel That They Belong
We create belonging when we understand the obstacles or barriers to belonging.
A blessing for the world on my birthday
Blowing out the candles with the wish that we each thrive.
The Honest Advice about Change I Wish I Didn’t Have to Give Last Week
People have to want change in order to move towards it.
Four Steps to Find a Sustainable Financial Path
How to go forward when needs outpace funding
Why Remarkable Boards Focus on Equity and Justice
How do we build a world in which all people can thrive?
Why Informal Practices Matter So Much More Than You Think
Most of us want to understand how we work together and how we can improve our shared work.
What Formal Practices Can - and Can’t do for Board Meetings
To create inclusive, impactful board meetings, you should include those formal structures such as Meeting Agreements. They set the board’s work in the right direction.
Three steps for inclusive, impactful board meetings
How long DOES it take to design one board meeting?
Six Steps to Recruit Diverse Nonprofit Board Members and Embrace Equity and Inclusion
Have you embarked on these six steps?
A key first step for strategic planning
Notice and acknowledge the best work you are already doing and figure out how to do more of that.
Nonprofit Strategic Plans - Five Examples Plus Free Template
What does a strategic plan include? The Ross Collective led strategic plans for the organizations below; click on each link to see the strategic plan.
This post shares the vision, mission, strategies and goals for nonprofit strategic planning clients.
5 Steps for Nonprofit End-of-Year Planning
Planning helps us think about where we want to go…and the steps to get there.
11 Benefits of an Effective Retreat Facilitator
The benefits of working with a trained retreat facilitator include clarity, energy and alignment at the end of the process.
14 Resources to Achieve Racial Equity on Nonprofit Boards
We keep learning from each other and helping each other make #GoodTrouble and do better work.
Leadership is naming the hard stuff - and illuminating a path forward
Leadership is naming the hard stuff and illuminating a path forward
The surprising — and emotional — process of getting to the why of strategic planning
So much of the work of The Ross Collective is supporting organizations to find a path forward.
Three important lessons from a mentor who is no longer with us
Toni Littlestone was a Bay Area career coach who supported thousands of people over the years.
How a surprising royal lesson about stories and systems can help us make change
If you are a leader making change, you should also be thinking about how to make connections between individual stories and larger systems, and what you and your organization are seeking to shift.
Building Inclusive Nonprofit Boards | How to Recruit Diverse Board Members for Your Nonprofit
As humans, we are wired for comparison…and also collaboration.