"Know your strength. Own your power. Pursue your purpose." This fourth interview in the series Black & Bold: Perspectives on Leadership features Vernetta Walker of BoardSource, whose comments beautifully model the importance of reflection and self-awareness to grow and be effective as a leader.

In this third interview in the series Black & Bold: Perspectives on Leadership, Ify Walker describes instances of "taking back her time," navigating tensions between values and career, the importance of surrounding yourself with people who support you, and more.

This second interview in the series Black & Bold: Perspectives on Leadership features Tenicka Boyd, who shares insights from her leadership journey, books that have informed her social justice work, and words of inspiration for others.

In this first interview in our series Black & Bold: Perspectives on Leadership, we talk with Tyra Mariani about her career journey, what she has learned about being a successful leader, and what inspires and sustains her in her work.

Black & Bold: Perspectives on Leadership is a new interview series amplifying the voices of Black women in the social sector and their leadership journeys. Beginning February 14, this series is created and curated by Makiyah Moody as an act of resistance to the fallacy of white supremacy and a creative opportunity to connect people who are curious about the shared experiences of others.

When we asked readers what would make their current strategic plans more useful, roughly one-third expressed the need to do better at keeping the strategy alive on an ongoing basis. In this post, two organizations share how they are keeping their strategies front-and-center in their daily work.

Why should nonprofits even care about business planning? What are some of the pitfalls? What are the payoffs? In this post, we talk with two of our expert team members about how business planning for nonprofits can be not only practical but powerful, delivering meaningful value in ways you might not even expect.

Lisa J. Nutter lays bare the intricacies of financing scale and the challenges inherent within funding organizations equitably in the social sector. She asks, "How do we create a more flexible, innovative framework for how money is deployed and how do we look at problems to actually target the right resources at the right time?"

As the importance of bold grantmaking continues to grow, business planning offers a tool for funders and nonprofits to inform decision making and set the stage for success.

Increasingly, nonprofits and funders are turning to business planning to help them turn their strategies into action. This post, the first in a series, explores how organizations can use business planning to adapt to sector trends, engage funder partners, and achieve success.