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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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Investing in Growth: Leaders’ Professional Development Plans

The NonProfit Times

This requires embracing opportunities for skill development, whether through reading books and articles, attending conferences and workshops, or participating in online courses and webinars. 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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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. Ideally, one of these meetings will be a welcome from the executive director, which includes his or her unique advice and views on board service.

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Nurturing Growth: The Heartbeat of Development In Grant Writing

The NonProfit Times

We turn to each other for advice, innovative ideas, or insights into new technologies that streamline our processes. It’s a vibrant community where expertise is freely shared, lived experiences are valued, and support is readily available. Swern is development director of the New Jersey Highlands Coalition in Boonton, N.J.

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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? Flickr Photo by Flower Factor.

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

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We relied on each other for advice early in our careers and now, decades later, I continue to learn from her. If they have the work ethic, the drive, the tenacity, and mostly the adaptability—to me, the top skill for a fundraiser—we can teach them everything fundraising, the giving mechanisms, and how to make the ask,” White said.

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10 Essential Strategies For Surviving Bad Nonprofit Bosses

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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. The micro-manager : A wise leader places their emphasis on supporting the success of staff members, not doing their jobs.