Nonprofit Leader & Operator
Growing Organizations Through Systems & Strategy
Stephen Perkins is a nonprofit operations leader and strategist who helps teams align people, processes, and purpose for greater impact. He currently serves as Chief Operating Officer of the American Conservation Coalition (ACC), where he oversees national operations and the advancement of organizational priorities.
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When to hire, and when to just do less
I’ve sometimes seen a desire to throw $100,000 in salary and benefits at a “bandwidth problem” when it’s really just a prioritization problem.
Managers should ask these questions every week
When’s the last time you sat down with a list of your direct reports and asked yourself what they need, what they’re struggling with, and what growth for them that week could look like?
Get to the point
Ever look up a recipe and find a short novel before the recipe itself? Or maybe you received an email from someone, and after three paragraphs, you still don’t know what they want. Maybe it’s a report or memo that buries the top line info in fluff and filler. One