What are InnovateHers?

In a recently published book Barbara "Bobbi" Kurshan and Kathy Hurley coined the term to describe women with entrepreneurial mindsets used to build or scale an organization for a purpose or more significant cause.
Their book, InnovateHers: Why Purpose-Driven Entrepreneurial Women Rise to the top, examines the stories of many women entrepreneurs globally, from every demographic and every walk of life to determine the particular entrepreneurial mindset and skills they demonstrate and how they may be different from their male counterparts, or the general population.

These women have started businesses, and nonprofits, and are even internal entrepreneurs within corporations. The stories throughout the book are grounded in research, using the EMP (Entrepreneurial Mindset Profile).

I too have focused my work on innovation-oriented purpose-driven nonprofits, particularly in the education space. Many of these organizations are formed and led by women.

What has struck me is how the nonprofit field has not yet embraced an entrepreneurial mindset and behavior. 

This book sheds some light on the key characteristics, mindset, and skills that women leaders need to become entrepreneurial in their approach to solving society’s most pressing challenges.

Key takeaways include:
·      Gender-diverse leadership leads to better business results.
· women lift each other up.
·      Women engage different traits and skills to be successful.
·      Entrepreneurial mindset and skills can be cultivated and developed.
·      We need to begin earlier to develop these skills in young girls and women.

I would highly recommend this insightful work. (See first comment below for a link to the InnovateHers website.

If you are a nonprofit leader who desires to bring an entrepreneurial approach to your strategy and fundraising and business development efforts, contact me at: lpoller@agilefundraisingstrategy.com

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