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The Amazing 8
What the Most Successful Nonprofits Do Differently (And Consistently)
Over the last 20 years, we’ve partnered with 1,300+ nonprofits – from lean, gritty nonprofits with annual revenue of $700K to complex $1.3B nonprofit organizations. Different missions, cities, boards, and budgets…yet the same pattern kept showing up. The most successful nonprofits do the same eight things!
This resource not only shares the “amazing eight,” but gives a double click to each of them. You can use this as something you work through alone, or with a team.
IMPACT OS INFO PACK
In this free download, you will have access to the most important content of the Impact OS. You will have the rationale for a nonprofit operating system, as well as the metaphors we use to explore it. Finally, you’ll have all of the components, frameworks and tools that we use to customize the OS to a nonprofit’s unique DNA.
Nonprofit Impact Report
5 MINUTE SURVEY // FREE REPORT
The Nonprofit Impact Report uses carefully crafted questions designed to benchmark your nonprofit’s health across three critical dimensions: organizational, missional, and cultural. Each question ties directly to one of the 8 essential components of nonprofit success. When answered honestly, the report gives you a clear picture of what’s working, what needs attention, and where you have the greatest opportunity to grow.
Other Resources
12 NONPROFIT STATS INFOGRAPHIC
In this free download, explore the 12 statistics that ever nonprofit leader needs to know about as they navigate leading without giving up on impact.
Featured Articles
Top 10 Reasons this is the EOS For Nonprofits
[ We have an ongoing EOS vs ImpactOS series of articles to help people make the decision that’s best for them. Find all articles here. ] For years, the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) has been the go-to playbook for fast-growing businesses looking to scale...
Cracking the Nonprofit Compensation Formula
When Anna handed in her resignation, no one was surprised—but everyone was heartbroken. She’d been the operations director at a mid-sized nonprofit for four years. She held the place together with spreadsheets, pep talks, duct tape, and dreams. She was the kind of...
Do Nonprofits measure the wrong things?
Fancy Dashboard / Wrong Data Let’s talk about one organization we worked with—a thriving community-based nonprofit with a heart of gold and a dashboard that looked like it belonged in NASA mission control. They were tracking everything: number of meals served, kids...
5 Common Roadblocks to Nonprofit Growth
"You don’t have a people problem. You have a system problem pretending to be a people problem." You’ve got the mission. The team. The receipts. People should be throwing parades for the impact you’re making. But behind the scenes? It feels like your wheels are...
Why do business leaders struggle leading nonprofits?
It can sometimes seem like business leaders often glide through their corporate kingdoms like confident superheroes—sealing deals with swift signatures, rallying staff with unstoppable optimism, and planning strategies that dazzle quarterly reports. Then, driven by a...
Why EOS Doesn’t Work for Nonprofits
[ EOS vs. ImpactOS Article #1. Find all articles here. ] The Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) has blown up for small and mid-sized businesses — and for good reason. It gives leaders simple tools, clear roles, and a way to cut the noise so teams actually move....