Performance in Action

How does an organization increase its revenue—to deliver more services—by 62% over five years? CEO Wendy Foster shares four key lessons for fundraising capacity, resource investment, board engagement, and cash reserves.

When faced with complex problems, harnessing the insights of people across your organization can yield creative solutions. Lawrence School leaders share their strategy for collective problem-solving.

After seeing three generations of women and a baby arrive together to seek assistance, Matt Huckabay started to question whether his organization was succeeding at interrupting the transmission of violence from one generation to the next. Not knowing was unacceptable.

In the midst of significant (60%) growth, Friends of the Children’s leadership teams across the country are finding the Performance Practice helpful. Follow their progress here.

Lou Salza won’t let past successes lull the leadership team into complacency, so he introduced the Performance Practice to trigger a fresh, collective look inward. Read his point of view.

Southview Community Church—on a mission to reach people who don’t go to church—found that the Performance Practice gave them a new perspective on how to involve the congregation effectively in advancing its goals.

A strategy update and a renewed focus on results followed when the board of a young organization used the Performance Practice to examine its role and trigger discussion about how to meet its mission.

The story of how Cheryl Hollis coached a WINGS leader to succeed shows what disciplined people-focused management looks like—and the dramatic difference it can make. It’s part of WINGS for kids’ secret sauce.