Podcast Episodes

99: The Four Problems Every Scaling Nonprofit Consultant Is Quietly Dealing With

Your calendar is full, your clients are happy AND you are the busiest person in your own firm.

That is not the same as building one.

This fall I spen…

15 hours ago

Announcing Compass Live: A Two-Day Strategic Planning Experience in Nashville (5 Seats Left)

Last fall, a client told me she would have paid $10,000 for an experience I had only ever offered inside my year-long mastermind. I could not stop …

2 months, 2 weeks ago

98: Case Study: Rebuilding a Team You Love for a Firm That Scales, with Frances Roen of Fundraising SOL (Fractional to Scalable #12)

You built a team. So why does everything still run through you?

A year ago, Frances Roen was so stretched she had to step out of an Impact Collective…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

97: How to Replace Fractional Retainer Contracts With Scalable High-Ticket Projects (Fractional to Scalable Series #11)

You know your retainers have a ceiling. You have even picked your specialty.

But your calendar is full, your fractional clients still need you, and…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

96: How to AI-Proof Your Nonprofit Consulting Business (Fractional to Scalable Series #10)

If you've been quietly wondering whether the shifts you're feeling in your business are temporary, or something bigger, this episode names it.

All …

5 months ago

95: Why Your Clients Are Too Small (Fractional to Scalable Series #9)

You keep saying yes to small organizations whose missions you love.

The dollars are precious. The ED is exhausted. You have the exact skill set they …

5 months, 3 weeks ago

94: THE LOOP - Maxed Out, Pipeline Thin, and Stuck in the Middle (Fractional to Scalable Series #8)

You are at maximum capacity. Your calendar has no whitespace. You know you need help, but you cannot justify hiring yet.

This is the loop.

It is n…

5 months, 3 weeks ago

93: [client success] Robin Engle on Building a Major Gifts Offer that Funds Movements (Fractional to Scalable Series #7)

What if you could go from GENERALIST fundraising consultant to a FOCUSED firm with a SCALABLE offer - in just five months?

That's exactly what Robi…

6 months, 1 week ago

92: The Grief Inside the Growth (Fractional to Scalable #6)

Building a scalable consulting firm means making moves that grow your business. It also means saying goodbye to people and clients you genuinely lov…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

91: The Messy Middle→Why Building a Scalable Consulting Firm Gets Harder Before It Gets Easier (Fractional to Scalable #5)

Here is what nobody tells you about building a scalable consulting firm: it gets harder before it gets easier.

In this episode, I walk you through …

6 months, 3 weeks ago