Lack of strategy…a fundamental problem

“The fundamental problem is that many nonprofits don’t have a strategy; instead, they have a mission and a portfolio of programs. But they hardly make deliberate decisions about which programs to run, which to drop, and which to turn down for funding. What most nonprofits call “strategy” is really just an intensive exercise in resource allocation and program management.”

— HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Nonprofits and the Social Sectors (featuring “What Business Can Learn from Nonprofits” by Peter F. Drucker) (HBR’s 10 Must Reads) by Harvard Business Review, Peter F. Drucker, et al.