I have taken a greater interest in leadership this year. This is me teaching how to build trust, deliberately, at your nonprofit job, to the Women in Philanthropy group in Holyoke, MA, in November 2017.

Why leadership?

Well, because our fundraiser turnover problem leads to our donor retention problem, which is under our nonprofit workplace culture problem, But all of this is REALLY stemming from leadership. (AND the overarching problem of the 3 pillars of white supremacy).

The fish rots from the head, so they say, so I’m learning everything I can about nonprofit leadership, so that we can do better, every day, to create the kind of world we want to live in, not just with our missions, but inside our day-to-day lives at our nonprofits.

This should be our legacy- not pointing the finger at the world, but first asking ourselves, are we TRULY living our values, cherishing our people, and making their world better, so they can help others?

If not, then we have work to do!

If you want to be a better nonprofit leader, we would love to support you on your journey. Check out these posts below. If you want more, we offer the Nonprofit Leadership Summit every year, and you can also click here to contact us to set up a time to talk.

 

Becoming a Better Manager

Which solutions focused questions can you ask today?
ROUNDUP: How to become a good fundraising manager
So You Want to Lead a Nonprofit Part 1
So You Want to Lead a Nonprofit Part 2
Managing and Motivating others, Part 1
Managing and Motivating Others, Part 2
Managing and Motivating Others, Part 3
How to be an executive director
14 Interview Questions for Executive Directors
How to be Chief Development Officer
23 Fundraising Career Mistakes I hope you won’t make
Octavia Butler on Leadership
12 Tips on How to Be A Good Nonprofit Leader, Shackleton Style!

 

Female Leadership

Let’s hear it for Asian Female Nonprofit Leaders!
Let us Now Praise Black Female Nonprofit Leaders!
How Can We Empower Women to Lead Nonprofits?
Does Your Nonprofit have a Gender Asbestos Problem?
Are You Attacked for Your Fashion? Gender Bias at Work
How to get out of a workaholic rut?

 

Board Member Relationships

8 ways to be a good board member
Who do you need on your board, and how can you get them there?
Grab that rusty board member and heave-ho matey!
Nonprofit Governance, What’s Your Flavor?
How to Make Your Board More Effective with Andy Robinson
YIKES! Whatever you do, don’t do THIS at your board meeting!
2 Exercises You Can Do with Your Board Tonight to help your nonprofit grow
Why Your Board is Not Motivated and What You Can Do About It
How to do a better board training with Andy Robinson

 

Hiring Staff

One startling simple tactic that stops hiring bias cold
What happens when you don’t pay a living wage
What would it take to make your fundraising 100% more effective?
Is there a lot of dead wood in your office?
Donor Sexual Harrassment and what to do about it
Firing your development director? 
The Secret Damage You Might Be Doing to Your Nonprofit Career Right Now
Moving Up In Your Nonprofit, How Does It Work?
Reverse Sexism in Fundraising is Not a Thing, Sorry
What the Hiring Manager Looks for in Fundraising
How to get into fundraising from sales or marketing
CHECKLIST: How to Grade Your Boss
Nonprofit Leadership Roundup

 

Motivating Staff

6 tips to be a better nonprofit manager
Do you really want to grow?
6 Questions to get the best performance out of your team
Do you need to hire a Development Director?
Strengths in Fundraising Work
Motivating and Managing with your strengths
13 Behaviors to Start Building Trust at Your Organization
6 Circles that will Change Your World-This chart shows you Hidden Workplace Dynamics
This ONE THING Makes Us Inefficient
Book Review: Mindset, the New Psychology of Success

 

Interviews

Positive management- How to inspire your team with Kishshana Palmer
8 Characteristics of a Good Fundraising Leader with Peter Drury

 

2017 Interviews
The Crisis of Nonprofit Leadership with Marc Pitman
Why is there a revolving door? One little word. Interview With Marc Pitman
What can we expect at the federal level for nonprofits? with Jennifer Chandler of the National Council for Nonprofits
What Now? With Ellen Bristol, author of Fundraising the SMART Way
The Opportunity that Nonprofits have NOW with Andy Robinson
What to do in times of turmoil with Jeff Schreifels of Veritus Group

 

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