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Flat, Tall, or In Between—Is It Time to Evaluate Your Organizational Structure?

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You are ready to add new categories of membership, sell products to a different audience, expand programs, or even revise the business model. You can take baby steps and evaluate which strategies are successful and which are not. These are telltale signs: Your strategy has changed. Remote work is challenging teams.

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For Positive Outcomes, Hold a Mirror Up to Board Performance

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Even with a friendly name like “feedback, check-in, or coaching,” a performance evaluation can be uncomfortable, or possibly downright scary. That’s probably why more organizations don’t have a process for evaluating the board of directors, or if they do, that assessment is not continuous. I’ll get on my Association 4.0

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Onboarding the Board—Your Opportunity to Promote Peak Performance

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And individual participation is seldom evaluated in any meaningful way. The matrix is a diagram that helps the board outline its current characteristics, pinpoints gaps in demographics or talent, and identifies what skills are needed in the future. Except for officers, most don’t receive financial compensation. Cultivate Diversity.

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Why Empathy is the Key to Outstanding Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations

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One crucial aspect of empathetic leadership is willingness – a willingness to help employees through their personal issues, recognizing that work and personal lives are becoming more and more intertwined. You need to provide opportunities for their continuous learning on the job and mentoring.

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Book Review: Engine of Impact – Essentials of Strategic Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector

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I wasn’t surprised to receive a copy from Mario Morino, the visionary behind the Leap Ambassadors Community and author of an influential book on the topic, Leap of Reason with a note mentioning that one of the authors, Meehan, is a long-time esteemed colleague and mentor. In other words, creating a strategic plan. Not in this book.

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How can professional development advance nonprofit performance and ensure sustainability?

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First, it helps with staff retention rates. Lastly, investing in PD means better-educated and more motivated employees to help reach the mission for which the organization is striving. Performance evaluations are an imperative aspect of leading and growing. Evaluations should not be about power, judgment, blame or failure.

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Four Critical Elements of Managing Development Officers

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Successful organizations create a quantifiable performance evaluation using fundraising software to identify the top 3–4 metrics. Senior officers can help mentor new staff. This can create a stronger team and help reduce turnover. Help create solidarity in your team with agreed-upon metrics.

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