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Want To Be a Leader? Get to Know Yourself

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And, without self-awareness, it’s impossible to be a role model for others. Despite these and plenty of other reasons to take a deep dive into you, Eurich’s research also revealed that, based on her definition, only about 10-15% of people are truly self-aware. Career coaches and mentors are great. It sounds simple.

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Robin Seaman, Agent of Inclusion

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The sister, the aunt, the friend, the mentor. Our crowd sourced model couldn't scale to meet this need. How the Bookshare she helped build became the model for the global Treaty of Marrakesh ratified by fifty countries, including the United States in the last few months. That's the Robin we all collectively know personally.

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How Can Nonprofits Build High-Performing Teams?

ASU Lodestar Center

The Center for Creative Leadership suggests leaders adopt a 70/20/10 Model for learning and development “which asserts that adults learn approximately 70 percent through on-the-job stretch opportunities, 20 percent through coaching and mentoring, and 10 percent through training programs to grow discreet skills.”.

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Do Capacity Building Programs Help Nonprofits Achieve Better Results?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Our role was to coach, support, mentor where necessary – but never to lead. The lack of results achieved through an expert led model led to the emergence of a new way of working where leadership of change and the definition of results was in the hands of the countries and organizations doing the work.

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Geek Heresy

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

A mentor is going to have a more powerful impact over somebody than YouTube videos. He seems to define social entrepreneurs as rapacious for-profit businesspeople who are modeling “themselves on the Steve Jobses and Mark Zuckerbergs of the world.” Avoid indiscriminate dissemination of packaged interventions.

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Diversity and Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I think the first step is definitely a focus on community environment. Are there good mentoring models? Will this effort in the python community pan out? I think it’s a great start. Is it friendly? Is it welcoming? Is it easy for new developers to start, and get deeper in? All of that makes a huge difference.

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Diversity and Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I think the first step is definitely a focus on community environment. Are there good mentoring models? Will this effort in the python community pan out? I think it’s a great start. Is it friendly? Is it welcoming? Is it easy for new developers to start, and get deeper in? All of that makes a huge difference.