Author Archives: ashwill22

Microfinance is one of my research interests. It is a pity that my group project with The Foundation for International Community Assistance (FINCA) could not work out due to its transition in leadership. However, the strategy theory I learned this … Continue reading →

Nearing the end of the semester, and with finals almost behind us, it may be time for us sit back and reflect upon all we have learned.  Yeah. You guys can do that on your own time. Teamwork is a … Continue reading →

I recently came across an article in the Harvard Business Review that describes, “The Best Way for New Leaders to Build Trust”. It highlights the experiences of Jim Dougherty, a veteran software CEO and entrepreneur who is also a senior … Continue reading →

In this week’s reading “How Management Teams Can Have a Good Fight” the author outlines a number of key elements their research has shown to reduce interpersonal conflict in organizations. One of the points was to “Focus on the Facts” … Continue reading →

Our discussions in last Wednesday’s class have mainly focused on creating measures of performance. The AARP case was a clear example of how complicated and difficult it is to create metrics that measure performance. From the AARP dashboard, I found … Continue reading →

Graduate students are a strange bunch. We have the idealism of undergraduates balanced against the reality of work and life experience. Graduate students in a class for Strategic Management for Nonprofit and Public Organizations class naturally have the idealism to … Continue reading →

One of the reasons I was excited about taking this strategy class is to apply what I learn to the nonprofit I run, Food Recovery Network, or “FRN” as we usually call it. FRN’s mission is to recover food from … Continue reading →

There is something about setting goals that seem impossible and unreachable. While it might seem daunting to pursue them, it provides another thrill and satisfaction if you can achieve even a quarter of the unreachable goals that you have set. … Continue reading →

One of our earlier speakers said that one of the problems with the nonprofit industry is that there are simply to too many of them. Listening to our speaker on Tuesday evening made me wonder if there really are too … Continue reading →

In my wildly tentative “life plan”, I’ve always thought I’d first work in the nonprofit field for a couple of decades, and then go into consulting. This was my understanding of how leadership and strategy careers advance (and isn’t this … Continue reading →