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Investing in Growth: Leaders’ Professional Development Plans

The NonProfit Times

Nonprofit leaders need to commit to a mindset of continuous learning and professional development to remain relevant and effective in their current roles. Here are five reasons for investing in personalized professional development for leaders and strategies to support your professional journey.

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Onboarding the Board—Your Opportunity to Promote Peak Performance

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Beyond personal enthusiasm and professional recognition, volunteer leaders don’t have many concrete incentives to excel. A board matrix can be a powerful tool to point the selection process in positive directions. If you don’t have leaders with a range of professional backgrounds, there will not be a lot of new thinking.

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Hire Fresh Talent—But Before You Shop, Check the Fridge

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Applicants are seeking work/life balance, personal fulfillment, and career development. Personal fulfillment, career development, and work/life balance are among the intangibles that applicants are seeking. Be creative with the available tools.” However, the job of finding those talented individuals is increasingly difficult.

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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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Mentoring Staff New to Nonprofit Work

ASU Lodestar Center

But, when considering helping young graduates transition to a career in nonprofit or even helping a mid-career professional make the leap from a for-profit vocation to one in the nonprofit sector, there are a few basics to keep in mind when mentoring a new nonprofit worker.

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Step-by-Step Guide To Making A Hybrid Workplace Successful

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Identify how to best lead in hybrid work environments with the tools and competence to succeed. Ekelman : The key advantage to hybrid work is it provides employees with greater flexibility to manage what has become “work life balance” while providing employers with adequate opportunity for collaborative in person work opportunities.

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Interview with Carolyn Appleton: How to Launch Your Grant Writing Career

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CA: Those who have asked are of all ages, backgrounds, and life experiences. From accountants to college students, from administrators working in construction offices to legal professionals, many are considering new career directions to gain more meaningful work and to serve the greater good in their communities. My mind was a sponge.

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