January 8, 2024 in All, Strategy

How Strategic Nonprofit Mergers can Advance an Organization’s Purpose

I once read about a board president who proudly proclaimed, “Why would we merge? We would lose our independence and identity. We have our own unique way of doing things…
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November 16, 2023 in All, Strategy

Strategy Fails Because Companies Don’t Do It.

The article goes on: “Many executives say they weren’t prepared for the strategic challenges they faced upon being appointed to senior leadership roles.” Sound familiar? Our Maximum Impact Plans Don’t…
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January 5, 2023 in All, Governance

A Fiduciary’s Legal Obligation is to Put Purpose Before Organization

Board members have three moral, legal, and fiduciary duties that are known as the Duty of Care, Obedience, and Loyalty. The 2021 American Law Institute’s Restatement of the Law for…
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January 5, 2023 in All, Mergers

Is the Proliferation of Small Nonprofits Helping or Hurting?

Despite the rapid growth of nonprofits, we continue to witness increases in hunger, homelessness, mental illness, social injustice, war, and environmental degradation – pretty much everything we exist to address.…
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January 5, 2023 in All, Mergers

Growing Interest in Mergers and Alliances

“Over more than two decades of helping hundreds of nonprofits merge, LaPiana Consulting has observed the prevalence of mergers to be 1 percent or less of the sector in any…
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