Jul 30, 2026
Reflections from host Sarah Olivieri ...
"Run It Like A Business"
There is a quiet belief inside a lot of nonprofits that running things like a business would somehow cheapen the mission. That budgets, product thinking, and direct asks belong to the for-profit world, and that the...
Jul 27, 2026
The Budget Layout Trap with Sarah Olivieri
Money gets tight. The bank balance looks thin, or the bottom line slips into the red, and the first move almost everyone reaches for is the same one: cut expenses. It feels responsible. It feels like control. And when your budget lumps every expense...
Jul 23, 2026
Reflections from host Sarah Olivieri ...
The Trap of Being the Most Capable Person in the Room
There is a particular kind of nonprofit leader who is very good at almost everything. They can build the budget. They can write the grant. They can run the intake, fix the database, cover the...
Jul 20, 2026
Episode Description
Most leadership books focus on the individual, their style, their skills, their presence. What rarely gets named is the leadership structure itself, the actual model your organization runs on. Sarah would argue that structure is at least half of good leadership, and...
Jul 16, 2026
Reflections from host Sarah Olivieri ...
The Power Of Shared Infrastructure
There is a quiet assumption baked into how most nonprofits operate. If you need something, you build it yourself. Need a fundraising event, plan one. Need HR, handle it in-house. Need systems, cobble them...