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Good CEO, Bad Call—How to Recover

.orgSource

If you sense a problem brewing, you may already be knee-deep in a hot mess. While naming the problem may be extremely unpleasant, clarity is the beginning of a solution. If you don’t already have those mentors in place, it’s past time to begin developing an executive support system. Talk to your team. Not exactly.

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Celebrating Women in Tech: An Interview with Qgiv’s Female Leaders

Qgiv

Women can bring a different viewpoint and a problem-solving skillset that’s needed within the field. Sandra: If you’re good at your job, there’s always a path to leadership within the organization. After a few months without a job, I was open to anything and happened to stumble open a job at Qgiv.

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Best Strategies To Reframe The Fundraiser’s Role To Achieve Nonprofit Success

Bloomerang

It’s all their fault, because it was their job – not anyone else’s. So, the fundraiser is looked upon as someone who did their distasteful job (no big deal), and now is asked to do even more next time. The average new fundraiser leaves their job in only 16 months. The fundraiser serves as mentor, sage, advisor, and guide.”.

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The Facts Behind Youth Volunteers, And How To Get More

TechImpact

Perhaps it’s because of the people they’ll meet, or because they’ll pick up a valuable skill they can point to during their next job interview. The truth is, youth bring a fresh perspective, to a lot of classic problems, and their ingenuity might surprise you. Provide mentors.

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The Critical First Years Of Your Professional Life

Eric Jacobsen Blog

His lessons are based on his four decades of experience in the work world, along with research and dozens of interviews with business experts. Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management New Job' "The book contains all the lessons you''ll need to learn about functioning at work ," explains Dilenschneider.

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Take Command -- How To Be A First Responder In Business (Interview With Author Jake Wood)

Eric Jacobsen Blog

While most of our jobs don''t involve leading a tour of Marines through an ambush, or rushing into a relief zone just decimated by a hurricane, in today''s fast-paced, hyper-competitive business environment, we are ALL on the front lines, says Wood. And we can all benefit from a strategic way to approach problems and decisions," he adds.

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Guest Post: Celebrating Beth’s Five Years As Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The job of figuring it out within the Packard Foundation fell to the Organizational Effectiveness (OE) program , which works closely with our grantees to strengthen their ability to adapt and thrive in complex environments. The only problem was, we were just as lost as the nonprofits we wanted to help. If not more so.

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