Inspired Nonprofit Leadership

453: Are You Playing Leadership Whack-A-Mole with Sarah Olivieri

September 7, 2026·21 min
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Episode Description Many nonprofit leaders treat strategy, operations, and team as three separate pillars in their organization, but in fact, they are part of one integrated system. In this episode, Sarah goes into strategy, operations, and team as the who, what, where, when, and how of running a great nonprofit. She shares how these are built into her Impact Method®, which she developed back in 2017. In This Episode, You'll Learn Why strategy, operations, and the team have to work as one system How the who, what, where, when, and how fit together Why a team problem may actually start with strategy or operations How the Impact Method® keeps strategy current every two months Why distributed leadership removes decision bottlenecks Who This Episode Is For • Executive directors whose weeks feel like one long game of Whack-A-Mole • Leadership teams working on strategy, operations, and people separately • Leaders who fix one problem only to watch another one pop up • Anyone whose strategy looks good on paper but stalls in practice About Your Host, Sarah Olivieri Join the Inspired Nonprofit Leadership Newsletter for weekly tips and inspiration for leading your nonprofit: https://www.inspirednonprofitleadership.com/ Resources mentioned: Work with Sarah (short application, for teams of three or more lea

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