{"id":597245,"date":"2025-01-15T03:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T08:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joangarry.com\/?p=597245"},"modified":"2025-01-13T14:38:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T19:38:08","slug":"steering-through-storm-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joangarry.com\/steering-through-storm-of-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Steering Through the Storm: You\u2019re Not Alone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As you are reading this, I am on vacation. I feel a need for warmth in January and a need to reboot for the New Year. I feel lucky for this opportunity. So as I write this post in mid-December, I am thinking about what you might need to hear from me a month from now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This does not feel like a difficult task. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can that be, Joan? There is so much we do not know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

True. That said, a new administration in Washington has ripple effects in every nook and cranny of society and I believe we have to be ready for the strong possibility that the nonprofit sector is going to experience massive turbulence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I consider the new year, I believe each and every one of us needs similar arrows in our quiver. So let me get right to it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For each arrow, you\u2019ll find a need followed by a few resources to help you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EMBRACE THE UNCERTAINTY<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This is hard for high-performing, overachievers who are compelled to get As on their book reports. I see this all the time. It\u2019s one of the reasons that nonprofits get so messy and why I focus on the E.D. \/ Board Chair relationship<\/a>. Two high-performing deciders have to be co-pilots and embrace the uncertainty that comes with sharing leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The year 2025 will be filled to the brim with difficult conversations. Maybe you will need to navigate a relationship with a Gen Z employee and embrace the uncertainty about where power truly rests in your organization. Or what we even mean by \u201cpower\u201d\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe your board will feel pressure to lean away from diversity initiatives as Supreme Court decisions and those new to positions of authority take different positions on issues\u2026. Maybe it\u2019s a dinner party with relatives who feel very differently about issues than you do\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are two resources I believe you will find valuable \u2013 one is a podcast, and one is a book:<\/p>\n\n\n\n