How to Suck and Still Do Good: The Badass Nonprofit Executive’s Guide on Staying Mission-Minded, Staying in the Game, and Not Losing Your Ever-Loving

You got into this work because you care. You’re still here because you’re brave. And now

you’re exhausted.

Welcome to nonprofit leadership-the job that asks you to do everything, fix everything,

raise everything, and somehow stay passionate enough to rally the troops every Monday

morning.

This isn’t a manual for perfect leadership. It’s a candid, compassionate field guide for

nonprofit women who are showing up, sucking at parts of it, and still doing good. With bold

humor, lived experience, and well-timed rants, Kalan Chapman Lloyd offers real-talk

strategies and soft landings for the leaders holding it all together with duct tape and drive.

Inside you’ll find:

- Practical tools for managing boards, donors, volunteers, and chaos

- Boundary-building advice (without the guilt trip)

- Reflections to keep you rooted in your mission

- A literal permission slip to suck-and lead anyway

Whether you’re the CEO, executive director, founder, or the accidental leader who just

wanted to help-this book is for you.

You don’t have to be flawless to be effective. You just have to stay human, stay mission-

minded, and stay in the game.

About the Author

Kalan Chapman Lloyd is an award-winning author, attorney, and nonprofit executive who

leads with grit, heart, and strong coffee. She believes leadership is messy, mission work is

holy, and sucking at parts of your job doesn’t disqualify you from doing it well. This is her

fourteenth book-and definitely her most honest.