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Why do organizations struggle with turnover, burnout and employee engagement?
Sometimes the obvious explanation isn't the root cause. High turnover, burnout, low engagement and hiring difficulties can be symptoms of deeper organizational challenges involving leadership, structure, culture, talent strategy, people practices or systems and processes.

The length of a nonprofit strategic plan depends on your organization's goals, resources, and stage of growth. Learn how to determine the right planning horizon for lasting impact.

Written in partnership with Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee.

More than a year has passed since Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee joined the DBD Group team for two learning sessions focused on identity, difference, communication, and building stronger relationships.

The conversations have stayed with us and continue.

That may be one of the best measures of meaningful learning. Not whether we remember every slide or concept, but whether something changes the questions we ask, the assumptions we notice, and the way we approach the people around us.

When we recently reconnected to reflect on those sessions, we kept coming back to one idea: the goal isn’t to arrive at a place where we know everything. The goal is to keep learning.

For nonprofit leaders, that distinction matters.

By Anne Derber and Michele Goodrich

If you’re lucky, your organization will achieve key milestones or anniversaries. Maybe you’ll celebrate how many years you’ve been in service to your community or perhaps you’re marking programmatic milestones such as number of pets adopted, ministry impact or neighborhoods served. Whatever you’re celebrating, you have the opportunity to use that milestone to enhance the culture of philanthropy in your organization.

When it comes to Annual Campaigns, the success of your campaign is directly affected by the success of your volunteer leaders. And you, as a nonprofit executive, can have a great impact on their success.