Stop Working Harder. Start Working Smarter.
About this episode
Kari Anderson discusses how nonprofits can improve productivity by addressing workflow issues rather than simply working harder.
Feeling overwhelmed? Your nonprofit might not have a people problem. It might have a workflow problem. In this episode of Kari's Confessions: A Nonprofit Exec Tells All, Kari Anderson draws on 30+ years of nonprofit consulting experience to unpack why so many teams feel busy all the time yet struggle to move the mission forward. Kari shares practical lessons from working with hundreds of nonprofit organizations, including how to tell urgent work from important work, why unclear handoffs drain more energy than heavy workloads, and how to fix the meeting culture that eats your team's week. She also gets honest about fundraising systems, board governance, and the hidden cost of avoidance in nonprofit leadership. In this episode: Why outcomes, not tasks, should drive your team's priorities The simple exercise that reveals where your energy is leaking How to define "done" and eliminate endless revision cycles Why revenue is a system, not an event The one conversation that saves more time than any software Whether you're an executive director, board member, or emerging nonprofit leader, this episode will help you build a productive team without burning it out. Subscribe for weekly…
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