Chapter 12 From project management to capacity building to strategic evaluation
NGO leaders, especially founders, are strongly mission-driven and have a clear vision of a better society they seek to create. But being mission-driven is both a strength and a weakness for an organization. It is a strength, because it motivates and empowers. It is a weakness, because it may blind the leader who does not want to hear about barriers, problems, or failures in daily work or in evaluation results. Just about every organization I have supported has leaders who say, “We are the best!” Part of my job as consultant for 25 years with more than 75 clients with many repeat assignments was to show them they could be and should ...
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