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Soft Skills Support Hard Leadership Challenges

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Focus on Mentoring Sue is a relationship builder. Mentoring is something I am passionate about,” Sue advised. Whether it’s coaching professional staff or volunteer leaders, I find joy in watching people grow and excel. Invest in Training “It’s incumbent on organizations to invest in their volunteers.

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Volunteer Week: Orientation for Your Leadership

Greater Giving

Celebrate and Empower: Volunteer Orientation for Your Board and Committees during Volunteer Week This Volunteer Week, let’s not only celebrate the incredible impact volunteers have on our organizations, but also empower our Board members and event committee members to be champions for volunteer engagement.

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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. Volunteers join the board because they are inspired by your mission. Ask a senior volunteer to describe how the organization enriched their professional life. To bring the facts to life, tell stories.

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Your 2024 New Year's Resolution Check-In

Eric Jacobsen Blog

New Year's Resolutions for leaders : Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved (..)

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Are nonprofit volunteer retention strategies vital to a thriving team?

ASU Lodestar Center

rely on volunteers to provide their critical mission-focused services. So, what do these volunteers get out of serving? The answers stem from how volunteer management and key organizational leadership view volunteer retention - the ability to keep volunteers long-term. Volunteers feeling overloaded.

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How to Engage Employees in National (Virtual) Volunteer Month

Saleforce Nonprofit

Each April, hundreds of thousands of companies and nonprofits celebrate National Volunteer Month in the United States — and millions more throughout the year celebrate across the world. This year will be a bit different, as many employees are still working remotely and in-person volunteering is not always possible. About the Authors.

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70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)