Angie McLeod

Having worked alongside countless dedicated non-profit leaders, I know that many are becoming burnt out. Exhausted. Deflated. Tired of continually striving t...

Consistent and varied community engagement is key. Recently I wrote an article about the importance of non-profits building strong relationships with stakeho...

It’s worth it to make connections and ask for help. Often, when I help organizations with strategic planning, they want to get input from those who they serv...

The reality is that not all conversations go the way we want them to. Some plug along in neutral, wishy-washy by their very nature. Others we know going in a...

Judith E. Glaser, founder of the Creating WE Institute and author of Conversational Intelligence, notes that 9/10 conversations miss their mark. As someone w...

Our brains are intrinsically wired to release a number of neurochemicals—some that lead to stress and arousal, and some that lead to a sense of connection, c...

Do you remember in school when teachers made us come up with group rules before starting a group project? It was an important lesson. Collaboration is a grea...

You’ve got to have friends. Being a leader in business—whether you run a non-profit or a small business, can be lonely. You have a lot of responsibility. Lim...

I’ve spoken in the past about gremlins … those nasty monsters that sit on your shoulder and tell you what you cannot do. They tell you all kinds of negative ...

Collaboration. It’s a term that many throw around as a means to achieving better results in business. Yet so few of us actually implement it in business. But...

Networking is an essential part of building a strong business. Or so the story has gone for decades. Get out there. Meet people. Identify needs. Solve proble...

As a community developer, I’ve long known how important is to feel like we belong: that we have a tribe of likeminded individuals in our corner; that we have...

I’m learning a lot of new terms of late. And today I found a term that really resonated with me: collective intelligence. Why does this resonate with me so s...

I found some statistics online about the success rate of goal setting and accountability systems from the Association of Training and Development (now the As...

Ongoing mastermind groups are an investment in business growth. However, many entrepreneurs hesitate to make this investment. Why? Some think of the process ...

March 8th marks International Women’s Day. This year’s theme is #beboldforchange. Women around the world are striving together to forge a better world – a mo...

I know when you read the term literacy, you mind automatically goes to reading and writing. And that is a part of literacy, but it’s not the whole. One of ...

Did you know that October is small business month? It’s time to celebrate our choices and how our combined efforts impact our local economy. Keep up the g...

I don’t love networking. I know that those of you who know me are likely saying ‘yeah, right Angie!?!” And I get that as most people see me as outgoing and ...

You know how sometimes you just “click’ with a person. It’s like you’ve found someone who thinks like you, but challenges you all the same? Someone who you ...