For 25 years, I have worked with nonprofit leaders across the United States as they wrestled with strategy, growth, governance, and change.

This publication is a monthly series of stand-alone stories drawn from that work. Each story is anonymized to protect confidentiality while preserving the leadership lessons at its center.

Over these years, I have been amazed, informed, and inspired by the nonprofit leaders with whom we have engaged as they navigated the realities of their mission-driven organizations. To work closely with them has been an honor and a gift. My hope is that these stories share those gifts with you as well.