by Ellis Katsof | Jul 26, 2024 | Nonprofit, Osborne Insights Blogs
In today’s increasingly complex and interconnected world, not-for-profit organizations (NFPs) face a myriad of risks that can affect their ability to achieve their mission and serve their communities effectively. While NFPs often operate under tight budgets and...
by Anne Bloom | Jan 23, 2024 | Business, Nonprofit, Osborne Insights Blogs
I recently had coffee with a colleague who is the President of a company providing DEI training. The President was meeting with a new prospect, a Vice President, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for a large organization. The VP DEI met my colleague and immediately...
by Judy Fantham | Jan 18, 2024 | Nonprofit, Osborne Insights Blogs
We just brought a new puppy into our household. Our relatives were incredulous and my first cousins asked pointedly “why I would do such a thing?” It is a fair question. After all I am transitioning from roles that required intensive full time leadership...
by Judy Fantham | Dec 12, 2023 | Nonprofit, Osborne Insights Blogs
As an Executive Director a Strategic Plan was critical in ensuring my organization stayed aligned with the North Star of our mission and helped us set or re-set our sights in a changing universe. Nonetheless strategic planning demanded capacity I did not have. As a...
by Anne Bloom | Nov 16, 2023 | Business, Nonprofit, Osborne Insights Blogs
A recently published law firm article reported that the number of workplace investigations in Ontario is skyrocketing. This is largely due to statutory changes that have come into effect over the last few years including Workplace Health and Safety and AODA (the...
by Ellis Katsof & Anne Bloom | Nov 1, 2023 | Business, Nonprofit, Osborne Insights Blogs
In February 2021 I (Ellis Katsof) wrote a blog about what I believed was the greatest challenge facing the Not-For-Profit (NFP) sector, “Investment in leadership development and capacity-building”. Today, together with my colleague Anne Bloom, we are writing about a...
