The other day I told a new coaching client something that I often say to the nonprofit leaders I work with: “Don’t worry, what you are experiencing is very normal in the nonprofit sector.” But suddenly it occurred to me, why are so many limits and restrictions “normal” in the nonprofit sector? Why do we live by a set of norms in the sector that serve only to hold social change back?

What if we instead create a “new normal” for the nonprofit and philanthropic sector in which we uncover limiting beliefs and replace them with empowering practices?

Here are some ideas for where we start to cross out a few of the most egregious “norms”, and replace each with something much more powerful:

  • Nonprofit leaders and funders are equal partners
  • The business and nonprofit sectors are treated equally
  • Abundance drives social change

Read the full article about powerful nonprofits by Nell Edgington at Social Velocity.