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Be a Mentor, Thank a Mentor During National Mentoring Month

Saleforce Nonprofit

Each January, National Mentoring Month celebrates the people who guide our paths, support our journeys, inspire our next steps: mentors. One of my first mentors was a friend of my parents. January is National Mentoring Month. Have you ever thought about how that feeling could lead you to becoming a mentor yourself?

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Your 2024 New Year's Resolution Check-In

Eric Jacobsen Blog

New Year's Resolutions for leaders : Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved (..)

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3 Essential Questions to Assess Your Digital Transformation

Saleforce Nonprofit

If you’re curious about where your organization stands in its digital transformation, ask yourself three questions: 1. Data director Eric Dayton says their transformation work set them up to pivot strategically in 2020 when COVID-19 challenged every aspect of their model. Do we make decisions based on data and evidence?

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Onboarding the Board—Your Opportunity to Promote Peak Performance

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Assigning a mentor is one of the most effective strategies to ensure that new directors get up to speed quickly. In situations where first-timers are not acquainted with others in the group, a mentor can significantly increase their comfort level and their ability to contribute. Ideally, you might present both. Use the Buddy System.

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Want To Be a Leader? Get to Know Yourself

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And, without self-awareness, it’s impossible to be a role model for others. Career coaches and mentors are great. Ask open-ended questions that invite feedback and follow-up. Practice questioning your attitudes and intentions before every decision. It sounds simple. But it’s the assignment that’s easiest to fail.

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70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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How to Enhance Your Nonprofit’s Written Content with Artificial Intelligence

Nonprofit Tech for Good

” Its response neatly explained the nitty-gritty: “ ChatGPT is a large language model (LLM) developed by OpenAI. It is trained on a massive dataset of text and code, and it can generate text, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, and answer your questions in an informative way.

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