Welcome to Hardy Smith’s blog, where he shares experience and insight learned through decades in the corporate world and advocating on behalf of nonprofits and associations across America.
Hardy’s mission is to help maximize the performance of nonprofits and associations and their essential leadership teams.
If you’re seeking to triumph over communication challenges, bring meaningful and manageable solutions to, and realize measurable results of your organization, this blog will give you more than ideas — it will maximize your team’s performance like never before.
To stay on top successful teams must consistently execute the fundamental details their success is built on.
What is your nonprofit doing to ensure your perfect board stays perfect?
Four terrific books as recommended reading for nonprofit, association, and chamber of commerce leaders.
Nonprofits can create magical results by thinking like a magician
How can organizations continue to benefit from valuable board members after their board term has ended?
My heart attack experience helped me better understand the importance of nonprofit boards.
Research shows we often make decisions based on assumptions that may not be true. So It’s important to challenge your decision making process.
Volunteers can be the secret sauce for success or a real pain to deal with. Here are 9 success tips for leading volunteers.
Nonprofits can get better results from board recruiting when they work in advance to find needed replacements.
It’s the half-way point for this year. Where is your nonprofit on achieving it’s priority goals?
Volunteers are the secret sauce for success for many organizations. However in many situations volunteers can be more of a pain than a help.
To stay on top successful teams must consistently execute the fundamental details their success is built on.
What is your nonprofit doing to ensure your perfect board stays perfect?
Four terrific books as recommended reading for nonprofit, association, and chamber of commerce leaders.
Nonprofits can create magical results by thinking like a magician
How can organizations continue to benefit from valuable board members after their board term has ended?
My heart attack experience helped me better understand the importance of nonprofit boards.
Research shows we often make decisions based on assumptions that may not be true. So It’s important to challenge your decision making process.
Volunteers can be the secret sauce for success or a real pain to deal with. Here are 9 success tips for leading volunteers.
Nonprofits can get better results from board recruiting when they work in advance to find needed replacements.
It’s the half-way point for this year. Where is your nonprofit on achieving it’s priority goals?
Volunteers are the secret sauce for success for many organizations. However in many situations volunteers can be more of a pain than a help.
