Good to Great: Growth Strategies for Up-and-Coming Nonprofits

3 stages to the next level

According to Collins, organizations can go from good to great through three practical stages: disciplined people, disciplined thought and disciplined action.

Disciplined people. Great nonprofits have leaders who are ambitious for the cause, the organization and the work, but not for themselves. They are selfless and have a fierce determination to do whatever it takes to deliver results with humility and will. So what separates these so-called "level 5" leaders from the growing sector of competent, professional nonprofit leaders?