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Leadership’s Biggest Perk—Giving Others a Boost

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Encouraging a colleague to shoot for that sought-after certification, offering advice on an important project, or simply inspiring the confidence to see future potential, are the less visible activities that make leadership meaningful. Most CEOs are lucky enough to have a mentor or two in their past.

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Onboarding the Board—Your Opportunity to Promote Peak Performance

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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. It’s a good idea to include people from outside your organization’s playing field who can introduce a different point of view and push the group forward.”.

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What leadership skills do nonprofit emerging leaders need to succeed?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Are leadership skills different for emerging “Millennial” leaders than for people from different generations? The report offers some great tips and advice to those managing emerging leaders on how to mentor them. Or is there a set of skills fundamental to every level?

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What Does It Take to Become a Great VP of Advancement?

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Where Should a VP of Advancement Start Out? All three vice presidents followed different routes. We relied on each other for advice early in our careers and now, decades later, I continue to learn from her. And to the management of a fundraising team. Teambuilding Is a Learned Skill Leadership can be lonely.

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10 Essential Strategies For Surviving Bad Nonprofit Bosses

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Bad nonprofit bosses come in many different forms and are a result of personality, background, and character flaws. Here are ten lessons in surviving and moving forward when reporting to a leader who clearly lacks leadership skills and leaves co-workers wondering what they are doing in such positions of authority in the first place.

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How to Become a Nonprofit Leader

The Modern Nonprofit

At any age, with the desire and expertise, you can become a nonprofit leader who makes a difference. Find a mentor. You’ll hear this advice over and over again from successful people with diverse backgrounds, from the likes of Oprah Winfrey to Steve Jobs. To find a mentor, look within your organization.

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Ways that Emerging Nonprofit Leaders Can Build Virtuoso Listening Skills

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It’s a pilot supported by the Packard Foundation that tests different approaches to emerging leaders professional development. The specific practice skills include these three: Ask empowering questions. Use reflective listening skills and clear communication to adjust. 5: Don’t interrupt or jump into giving advice.

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