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Which leadership styles optimize organizational performance and impact?

ASU Lodestar Center

Concurrently, continued advances in technology and its ubiquitous influence on communications has allowed for workforce dispersion, autonomy and increased efficiency in addressing and responding to tasks. Hierarchies are becoming flatter, work more collaborative and co-location less relevant. Authentic engagement. Leader’s intent.

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How can professional development advance nonprofit performance and ensure sustainability?

ASU Lodestar Center

Professional development (PD) is the "process of improving and increasing capabilities of staff through access to education and training." While conferences were once the only idea in gaining professional development skills, peer-to-peer mentoring is shown to give the highest output of learned skills. Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz.

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Volunteer Training: Exceeding Expectations

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Developing a training program that exceeds the expectations of volunteers will impact retention, engagement, and referral sources for your nonprofit. A study, performed by Middlesex University for Work Based Learning, found that 74% of people felt they weren’t achieving their full potential due to lack of development opportunities.

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How can effective leadership succession planning result in nonprofit sustainability?

ASU Lodestar Center

Training, development and resource support are often scarce within the sector, leading to increased workload and decreased training for necessary roles, which adds to the “struggle to hire and train employees,” as Paul Light asserts. Develop a vibrant pipeline. Collaboration. Planning for the future – or living in the moment?

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Empowering Community Voices: The Strategic Advantage of Nonprofit Advisory Committees

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1 While all of these are useful tools for program development and planning, there is another strategy that provides consistent access to community input while also routinely building a supportive foundation from diverse, innovative ideas: the creation of strong advisory committees. Create structure.

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Why Empathy is the Key to Outstanding Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Joan Garry and I had the joy of collaborating on this article together based on a conversation we had recently. Empathy is contagious and influences and shapes a work culture of caring. You want to inspire curiosity beyond formal professional development activities.

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Money talks: Why tuning into the Giving Pledge matters 

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and around the world—be it through their investments in gender equality, the capacity to convene collaborators to streamline development financing for low- and middle-income countries, or the ability to make billion-dollar, long-term commitments in Africa.

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