During my lifetime as a person with a disability it often seems that we are the “canaries in the coal mines,” buffeted by health care, legislative and public policy changes on the state and national level. Organizations like Courage Center help even out the rough...

About a month ago, I attended a four-day “High Performance Leadership and Team Intensive” designed and lead by members of the human performance consulting firm, Performance Unlimited. I have attended too many leadership development workshops, seminars and classes to count and I enjoy learning new...

Let’s say you work for a small nonprofit in Minnesota.  Let’s also say you focus on environmental and sustainability issues.  When you’re looking to expand your network and brush up on skills, sometimes it’s good to be surrounded by other nonprofit folks doing similar work,...