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Leadership’s Biggest Perk—Giving Others a Boost

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Encouraging a colleague to shoot for that sought-after certification, offering advice on an important project, or simply inspiring the confidence to see future potential, are the less visible activities that make leadership meaningful. Most CEOs are lucky enough to have a mentor or two in their past. The success is shared.

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Tribute to My Mentor

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In honor of Gerry Davis, April 2018 My mentor passed away earlier this month. I have had the benefit of numerous mentors over my long career, but Gerry Davis was The Mentor. Gerry’s incredible advice guided me along my entire path, and so many crucial turning points went well because of Gerry’s invaluable insight and guidance.

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Onboarding the Board—Your Opportunity to Promote Peak Performance

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It’s a good idea to include people from outside your organization’s playing field who can introduce a different point of view and push the group forward.”. Ideally, one of these meetings will be a welcome from the executive director, which includes his or her unique advice and views on board service. Set Expectations. Create Synergy.

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Good CEO, Bad Call—How to Recover

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It’s “All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten” kind of advice. If you don’t already have those mentors in place, it’s past time to begin developing an executive support system. Fortunately, finding colleagues with whom you can share ideas and advice is easy. Take Joey’s advice. But be concise.

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5 Reasons Why You Should Make Mentoring A Priority

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Mentors: Bobby Deleon and Michel Daniel and students from ECHS - Speed Networking. Her book shares the secrets of how to do this. Porter has been a guest poster to this blog in the past and she offered to write up this guest post about mentoring. 5 Reasons Why Should Make Mentoring A Priority by Porter Gale.

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Advice That Could Lead To A Better Nonprofit

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Make sure your employees old and new share at least a resemblance of your own passion for your nonprofit’s mission. Finding a coach or a mentor can immediately impact your nonprofit, and yourself. The post Advice That Could Lead To A Better Nonprofit appeared first on Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology.

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For Positive Outcomes, Hold a Mirror Up to Board Performance

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Having to take over as a young leader for a beloved department head who passed away, the best advice I got was that I needed to build trust in order for the others to follow me.” You’ll want to enlist directors with influence to champion the idea. Individual talks with officers are another obvious route to introducing the topic.