Mission Maven

Name: Mission Maven
Address: P. O. Box 1901, Olympia, WA, 98507, US
Telephone: +13603521211
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Mission Maven

Taking you...and your organization…to new heights. Ever just need a safe place to talk about the challenges in your life? Work? Home? Friends?

Trudy can give you the space to share your stressers and give you coaching or advice, you choose. There is no right or wrong answer to how you live your life.

05/25/2026

Why Nonprofit Leaders Struggle to Retire — and How to Leave When It's Time
Sometimes founders and long-tenured leaders want to stay for the wrong reasons: they don't know what to do next, they haven't planned for their retirement, their identity is with the organization, or they don't think the organization can survive without them. Read more link in comments

05/23/2026

Going to miss Mr. Colbert for sure. This is one of his thoughts that I hope will stick with me.

05/22/2026

How do you handle this? People intimidated by your powerful existence.

05/04/2026

Can We Offer Each Other a Little More Grace? The Case for Private Correction in a High-Stakes World
Never publicly shame anyone — this approach leads to resentment, damaged morale, and a workplace culture headed toward toxicity. That's not a culture any of us wants to build — especially not in mission-driven organizations where trust and psychological safety are foundational. Link to full post in comments

04/20/2026

Are We Paying Consultants to Tell Us What We Already Know?
I'm not here to argue that outside expertise is always theater. It genuinely isn't. And after years of watching organizations navigate this, I'd say there are some situations where the outside voice isn't just useful — it's the honest choice.
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04/13/2026

You're So Tall! — Why We Need to Stop Treating Height Like an Open Invitation to Comment
Height is not a choice. It is not an achievement. It is not an invitation. It is simply a physical characteristic that some of us have, and that we've been reminded of — loudly, repeatedly, our whole lives — by people who thought they were being friendly.
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04/07/2026

Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't: The Impossible Tightrope of Letting People Learn

There is a specific flavor of this catch-22 that older women in leadership know intimately. When a seasoned male executive pushes back on an idea, he is often described as experienced, strategic, or decisive. When a seasoned female executive does the same thing, the word that tends to surface — sometimes said out loud, sometimes just hanging in the air — is controlling. Or difficult. Or threatened. See comments for link to full article

04/03/2026

You've Lost Your Mojo. Now What? Why This Happens (And It's Not Just Burnout)
Writing this wasn't just an exercise in sharing wisdom — it is me working through my own reckoning out loud, because that's the only way I know how to do hard things.
Before we can talk about getting it back, we need to be honest about what losing it looks like. And here's the tricky part: it rarely announces itself dramatically. It creeps.

In The Leadership Challenge, James Kouzes and Barry Posner write that the most effective leaders consistently "model the way" — they set the example by aligning their actions with their values. When you've lost your mojo, the first thing to go is usually that alignment. Your values haven't changed, but your actions start to drift. You stop taking risks. You stop challenging people. You start managing instead of leading.

link to my full blog post in comments

03/16/2026

Where Should Nonprofits Show Up in 2026?
You've got limited time and limited resources to invest. How do you make good decisions?
Here's what the platform-by-platform breakdowns don't capture: most nonprofits aren't under-resourced because they're on the wrong platforms. They're under-resourced because they're trying to maintain a full presence on too many platforms simultaneously — and doing all of them poorly as a result. Link to full article in comments

03/09/2026

When the Ground Shifts Beneath Us: Finding Our Footing in a Season of Nonprofit Grief
You can feel deep, bone-tired sadness watching colleagues you respect and admire lose positions they built their careers around. You can feel scared about whether your own organization will survive.https://www.yourmissionmaven.com/post/when-the-ground-shifts-beneath-us

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P. O. Box 1901
Olympia, WA
98507

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+13603521211

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http://www.yourmissionmaven.com/

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