FAQs 1 — Monisha Kapila

Publications & Media

Leadership Transitions
From Transition to Transformation: Leaning in to Support During Periods of Leadership Transition
Leading Forward, March 2024
https://www.leading-forward.org/perspectives/from-transition-to-transformation

Reimagining Leadership Transitions
ProInspire, To be published in 2025

Shared Leadership
Operationalizing Co-Leadership Structures: Lessons from the Nonprofit Intermediary Field
Nonprofit Quarterly, August 1, 2023
https://nonprofitquarterly.org/operationalizing-co-leadership-structures-lessons-from-the-nonprofit-intermediary-field/

Reimagining Leadership: The Co-CEO Model at ProInspire
ProInspire, January 17, 2023
https://www.proinspire.org/reimagining-leadership-the-co-ceo-model-at-proinspire/

Three Nonprofits Share Their Approaches to Co-Leadership
The Bridgespan Group, March 23, 2022
https://www.bridgespan.org/insights/nonprofit-leadership/approaches-to-nonprofit-co-leadership

Sunsets and Spinoffs

Making the Hard Decision to Sunset a Nonprofit Organization
Upswell, October 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaxEic552eE

Boards
When Sunsetting Your Nonprofit is the Hardest (and Best) Option
BoardSource, Jun 1, 2022
https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/sunsetting

Failure Is Not an Option: How Nonprofit Boards Can Support Leaders of Color
Nonprofit Quarterly, Jun 19, 2020
https://nonprofitquarterly.org/failure-is-not-an-option-how-nonprofit-boards-can-support-leaders-of-color/

Organizational Culture

Advancing Racial Equity Inside Foundations — Lessons from the Field
Center for Effective Philanthropy, February 1, 2024
https://cep.org/blog/advancing-racial-equity-inside-foundations-lessons-from-the-field/

4 Proven Ways to Advance Racial Equity
The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Dec 2, 2022
https://www.philanthropy.com/article/4-proven-ways-to-advance-racial-equity?

Supporting Your Team During Times of Unprecedented Change
Georgetown University Center for Public & Nonprofit Leadership, March 24, 2020
https://cpnl.georgetown.edu/news-story/supporting-your-team-during-times-of-unprecedented-change/

Management and Leadership

Want to be a successful nonprofit manager? Master these 3 key relationships
Idealist, Jul 9, 2013
https://www.idealist.org/en/careers/be-a-successful-nonprofit-manager

Talent
The Business Case for Investing in Talent
Stanford Social Innovation Review, May 7, 2014
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/the_business_case_for_investing_in_talent

The Case for Professional Development in the Nonprofit Sector
Huffington Post, Dec 4, 2013
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-case-for-professional_b_4375355

Fellowship Programs
Social Impact Fellowships: Building Talent in the Social Sector - Industry Report
ProInspire, May 2015
https://www.proinspire.org/industry-research/

How Fellowships Can Inform Talent Management
Stanford Social Innovation Review, May 11, 2015
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/how_fellowships_can_inform_talent_management

Fellowship Programs: Honoring Family Legacy and Building Future Community Leaders
National Center for Family Philanthropy, 2016
https://www.ncfp.org/event/fellowship-programs-honoring-family-legacy-and-building-future-community-leaders/

Careers
From business to development: 3 things 'sector switchers' should address
Devex, Dec 2, 2013
https://www.devex.com/news/from-business-to-development-3-things-sector-switchers-should-address-82425

Finding a Job Where You Can Make a Difference
Huffington Post, Dec 13, 2012
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nonprofit-jobs_b_2269136

Determined To Make A Difference: How Young Professionals Are Changing The World, One Cause At A Time
Huffington Post, Mar 29, 2012
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/determined-to-make-a-diff_b_1387780

ProInspire Articles and Publications

A DECADE IN THE MAKING: ProInspire’s Lessons on Leadership and Equity Work
ProInspire, Dec 2019
https://www.proinspire.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ProInspire-10yr-Impact-Report-final.pdf

Personal Profiles

SEI25 Series: Monisha Kapila (MBA 2005), Founder & CEO, ProInspire
Harvard Business School, June 6, 2019
https://www.hbs.edu/socialenterprise/blog/sei25-series-monisha-kapila-mba-2005-founder-ceo-proinspire/

Creating a Pipeline of Talent to Address the World’s Challenges
Harvard Business School Alumni Bulletin, Aug 10, 2015
https://www.alumni.hbs.edu/stories/Pages/story-bulletin.aspx?num=4866