It’s never too early to start pondering one’s personal and professional legacy. Leaders who want to leave behind a strong record of achievement should consider the legacies that other leaders have left behind.

Ashoka, one of the world’s premier organizations for social entrepreneurs, interviews Bill Meehan and Kim Starkey (formerly Kim Jonker) about the ideas and aspirations that led them to write the book Engine of Impact.

Sally Osberg, former president and CEO of the Skoll Foundation, discusses lessons that she has learned about the leadership strengths of women, the strategic role of branding, and the value of having an effective board.

Academic programs devoted to nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and social entrepreneurship are growing in number. How can we ensure that students are learning something of value in these programs?

At colleges and universities, social entrepreneurs and nonprofit leaders are attracting more and more attention—both from students and from scholars. It’s an important trend that deserves close scrutiny.

High-performance nonprofit organizations closely resemble high-performance companies—except for crucial ways in which they don’t resemble companies at all. Sharon Oster's recognition of this changed the field of nonprofit organizational strategy.

After sitting down with Christopher Dawes, who served as CEO of Packard Children's for nearly two decades, we continue by sharing insights from Susan Packard Orr, the esteemed philanthropist whose leadership has made Packard Children's the most high-performing children's hospital in the nation.

Christopher Dawes, former president and CEO of Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford and Stanford Children's Health, offers wisdom on the value of preparation, the benefits of bringing people together, and the need for focus and vision.

The real work of change today happens within teams of people who come together around specific goals. This way of organizing work has become a key factor in equipping nonprofit organizations to achieve extraordinary impact.