Tag: Uncertainty
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What If Your Job Could Be Anything You Wanted?
At some point in your working life, you’ve probably heard, or even said yourself, “That’s not my job.” Perhaps you’ve encountered or deployed the more polished and weaponized version: “That’s not really in my job description.” In conventional workplaces, these phrases sound reasonable on the surface. People have responsibilities outlined in their job descriptions, and…
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Five Leadership Tensions You’re Probably Navigating Alone
If you’ve ever felt like leadership is harder than it should be, you’re not imagining things. Most leaders I know aren’t struggling because they lack talent or dedication. They’re struggling because they’re caught between competing forces that no one ever helped them see clearly, let alone navigate. I call these leadership tensions, and after twenty-plus…
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I’m Struggling to Focus on Anything But Crisis
I have to be honest, the work I’m doing feels rather insignificant given the state of the world at present. I’m struggling to focus on what I consider an important and impactful purpose when everyone, including myself, is not just distracted by but deeply emotionally impacted by the heinous actions and terrifying images coming out…
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Looking Toward 2026: Making Friends with Uncertainty
“In these uncertain times…” How many times have we heard that phrase lately? How many times have we written it ourselves? At some point, if everything is always uncertain, the phrase loses its meaning. More importantly, it reveals that we’re not actually struggling with uncertainty itself but rather our relationship to it. We’ve been taught…
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Uncertainty as Opportunity: Leading Through the Unknown
The ground feels like it’s shifting beneath the nonprofit sector. Funding streams that seemed stable are disappearing overnight. Policies that once supported your work are being reversed or weaponized. The communities you serve are facing threats that stretch your resources in ways you never anticipated. This isn’t the manageable uncertainty of strategic planning or program…