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Soft Skills Support Hard Leadership Challenges

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What can we do to ensure they have the skills to understand a challenging landscape and make the wise decisions needed for success? Lately, I’ve been speaking and writing about the importance of emotional intelligence and how the softer skills add a critical dimension to digital initiatives. How do we bring novice players up to speed?

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Leadership’s Biggest Perk—Giving Others a Boost

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Most CEOs are lucky enough to have a mentor or two in their past. The rise of diversity, equity, and inclusion as a priority, coupled with the imperative to utilize talent more effectively, signals the need for a more deliberate approach to mentoring. Be Intentional What can we do to facilitate more deliberate mentoring relationships?

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Want To Be a Leader? Get to Know Yourself

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Be the change. Our research shows that people who know how others see them are more skilled at showing empathy and taking others’ perspectives. Career coaches and mentors are great. Become an active listener by practicing these skills. Ask open-ended questions that invite feedback and follow-up. It sounds simple.

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Tips to strengthen your volunteer program and empower member volunteers

Nimble AMS

The peer groups also offer opportunities for member v olunteers to develop more skills and become leaders. Mentor/Mentee program. Be open to suggestions! These peer groups allow PEAK Grantmaking members to more easily connect, build relationships, and advance their careers.

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Embracing Change: A Post-Pandemic Nonprofit Sector

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Success was defined simply: avoid layoffs, sustain programming, and keep actual (or virtual) doors open. Bring in folx with an external perspective, whether you engage your board or work with a team of skilled volunteers to complete an audit of your programming.

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How to Become a Nonprofit Leader

The Modern Nonprofit

Find a mentor. Similarly, Cendana’s advice to those interested in pursuing executive leadership roles is to find an executive director who is willing to mentor you. Mentors can make introductions for you and give you key insights that would take you years to learn on your own. And it’s true!

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RiseUP Update: Let’s make real industry change together

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I have to imagine that if we’d kept our application period open for longer than two weeks, we could have reached hundreds (thousands? I dunno, I dream big) more people who have everything it takes to succeed—except an open door. I clearly love talking about this, and would be happy to do more of it with you.