We’ve been told that a balanced budget is the gold standard for nonprofit leadership — but what if that “balance” is actually hiding the cracks? In this episode, I break down why a neat, balanced budget isn’t the safety net we think it is — and how it can actually create false confidence while your organization is already struggling behind the scenes. I’ll walk you through a shift in mindset: from backward-looking bookkeeping to forward-thinking design. Whether you're building your first budg...
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We’ve been told that a balanced budget is the gold standard for nonprofit leadership — but what if that “balance” is actually hiding the cracks? In this episode, I break down why a neat, balanced budget isn’t the safety net we think it is — and how it can actually create false confidence while your organization is already struggling behind the scenes. I’ll walk you through a shift in mindset: from backward-looking bookkeeping to forward-thinking design. Whether you're building your first budg...
X is for X-Ray Weak Spots: Stress Reveals Already Existing Cracks
Nonprofit Mastermind Podcast
3 minutes
2 months ago
X is for X-Ray Weak Spots: Stress Reveals Already Existing Cracks
Stress doesn’t create cracks—it reveals them. Your job is to see them before they break. 🧭 Today’s belief shift: Simple stress tests can X-ray your org and show the first points of failure now. Early fixes are cheap; late ones are costly—especially in Q4. Today’s leadership prompt is simple: For your next pressure point (appeal launch, gala, audit), answer: Where will it fail first? What single safeguard prevents that? Who owns it, by when? Use code STRONG26 to get 26% off during this series....
Nonprofit Mastermind Podcast
We’ve been told that a balanced budget is the gold standard for nonprofit leadership — but what if that “balance” is actually hiding the cracks? In this episode, I break down why a neat, balanced budget isn’t the safety net we think it is — and how it can actually create false confidence while your organization is already struggling behind the scenes. I’ll walk you through a shift in mindset: from backward-looking bookkeeping to forward-thinking design. Whether you're building your first budg...
