- La Piana Consulting – Infographic: 7 Tips to Address Staff Burnout & Retention
- Mayo Clinic – Job burnout: How to spot it and take action
- Nonprofit Quarterly – Avoiding Burnout and Preserving Movement Leadership
- The Bridgespan Group – Compensation, Wellness, Culture: Three Ways Nonprofit Leaders Are Tackling Employee Turnover
- Gallup – How to Prevent Employee Burnout
- Harvard Business Review – When Your Employee Tells You They’re Burned Out
Rapid Growth Resources
Explore past curated resources pertaining to common challenges facing rapid-growth organizations:
- La Piana Consulting – Culture Change in Three (Not-So-Simple) Steps
- La Piana Consulting – Staying Connected: How to Build Strong Nonprofit Culture in a Hybrid Workplace
- Harvard Business Review – What Does Your Company Really Stand For?
- Humentum – Who Represents Whom? A Conversation on Decolonizing Humanitarian Governance
- The New York Times – The Hybrid Worker Malaise
- The Bridgespan Group – Nonprofit Hiring Toolkit
- La Piana Consulting – Principles for Strategy Development
- La Piana Consulting – Strategy Screen
- La Piana Consulting – Three Takeaways for Strategic Planning while in Financial Crisis
- Center for Effective Philanthropy – EMERGING IMPACTS: The Effects of MacKenzie Scott’s Large, Unrestricted Gifts
Transparency
- Donorbox Blog – 8 Steps to Take for Complete Nonprofit Transparency
- Dot Org Solutions – Six Ways to Become a Transparent Nonprofit Leader
- Keela – A Comprehensive Guide to Nonprofit Transparency
- Urban Institute – Centering Transparency, Accountability, and Community
Decision-Making
- The Hum – 4 Decision-Making Methods for Decentralised Teams
- La Piana Consulting – Decision-Making Basics for These Times
- The Management Center – MOCHA Explanation Videos from The Management Center
- McKinsey & Co. – Three Keys to Faster Better Decisions
- Medium – How to Use DARCI framework in project management
- Narrative Initiative – A resource library for narrative change
- Race Forward – Butterfly Lab Narrative Design Toolkit
- The Berkeley Group – Ethical Storytelling for Nonprofits: Why and How?
- The Opportunity Agenda – Amplify Your Voice Tools
- La Piana Consulting – Navigating Founder Transitions
- La Piana Consulting – Navigating Succession Planning
- La Piana Consulting – Succession Planning Toolkit
- Stanford Social Innovation Review – How to Build Nonprofit Talent Systems During Times of Rapid Growth
- BoardSource – Executive Transition and Succession Planning Guide
Tool & Methodologies to Assess Organizational Culture & Take Action
Creating Equitable People & Culture Operations as a Global Organization
Life after BUILD: Strategies for Organizational Sustainability and Resilience
How and When to Pivot Strategy
Developing Socially Responsible Investment Strategies
Creating a Healthy Organizational Culture & Effective Internal Communications
Reduce Your HR Worries and Woes: HR Strategy & Best Practices for Growing Organizations
Scaling Organizational & Leadership Structure in a Fast Growth Environment
Strategy Development & Scaling for Reaching New Heights
IT Systems and Cybersecurity in the Age of Trolls, Phishing, Malware, and Ransomware
5 Common Mistakes Nonprofits Make with Data and How to Avoid Them
Governance: Building a Great Board for a Growing Organization
More about our work with the Ford Foundation's BUILD grantees:
La Piana Report: How do we grow with fresh eyes and an old soul?: BUILDing for Growth Final Report
La Piana Report: BUILDing Climate Community Report
La Piana Blog: What We Learned from 50 Nonprofits Navigating Rapid Growth
Article: How the Ford Foundation Helped Grantees With an Unusual Problem: a Surge of Cash (The Chronicle of Philanthropy)
Article: Riding the Wave of Abundance by Senior Consultant Humberto Camerena (Stanford Social Innovation Review)
Report: Emerging Impacts: The Effects of MacKenzie Scott’s Large, Unrestricted Gifts (The Center for Effective Philanthropy)