NonProfit Leadership Center

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Reflection Take time to reflect on your past leadership experiences and outcomes from the previous year. Share your learnings and insights with your team to foster a culture of continuous growth. The post Three Ways to Enhance Your Leadership Growth in 2024 appeared first on Nonprofit Leadership Center of Tampa Bay.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

And while I wasn’t so naïve to think that the title didn’t come with assumed and real power, it certainly wasn’t my vision of leadership. And I knew the most important thing I had to do, in those first weeks and months, was to address this culture I had inherited. I too had that kind of boss (more than once). We all have.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JANUARY 11, 2021

Kimberly Zhang recently published How To Be Successful In Leadership As an Introverted Leader , and here is a summary of what she shared: Focus on Your Strengths. It used to be that introverts were only thought of as either passive or stand-offish – not great qualities for a leader. Break Out of Your Comfort Zone.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

MARCH 6, 2023

Here at the Nonprofit Leadership Center, we believe spring is the perfect time to make plans for your personal and professional development. new training events and certificate programs to help you renew your commitment to growth and to nurture your organization’s learning culture. We’ve launched 17 (yes, 17!!!!)

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NonProfit Leadership Center

JUNE 24, 2024

Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Addressing overwhelm and chaos in the workplace requires a leadership paradigm shift that replaces the traditional, top-down leadership model with one that emphasizes empathy, understanding and inclusiveness. One such approach nonprofits should consider is mindful leadership.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

MAY 6, 2024

But what is positive leadership and why should you focus on it? 4 Essential Strategies for Embracing Positive Leadership Positive leadership enables extraordinary performance by cultivating an environment that encourages and empowers employees to perform at their best.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 15, 2024

By SSIR Editors To make progress on complex societal challenges, we need good leadership. But to develop innovative solutions—and to implement these solutions at the scale of the problems—we also need to reimagine what good leadership means. We invite you to lead with us. Ethics and Nonprofits by Deborah L. Rhode and Amanda K.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 14, 2025

By Hayley Roffey For some organizations, co-leadership starts from the top down. We had seen inspirational examples of co-leadership in partner grassroots organizations worldwide. But GFC had already benefitted from co-leadership at regional levels, as well as on our board, with co-chairs.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 15, 2025

By Ashley Lanfer & Kelly Mangiardi Dozens of articles have proposed co-leadership as an attractive option for nonprofits, presenting the structure as a healthier, more relational, and less isolating way to work, as well as an appealing on-ramp for chief executives of color. Many nonprofits are finding these arguments compelling.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

AUGUST 14, 2024

His life’s work revolves around empowering youth, fostering leadership, and driving social change. Under his leadership, the foundation has flourished, touching countless lives and creating ripple effects of positive change. But Norentz’s role extends far beyond the foundation.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

With considerate leadership and thoughtful planning, though, these barriers are easy to dismantle—such as by using technology that allows staff to make presentations in their home language. Some challenges may be less tangible, such as cultural differences and values. Courageous leadership is built on heroic leadership.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JANUARY 31, 2024

What is Courageous Leadership? Courageous leadership is built on heroic leadership. In ancient storytelling, heroes usually possessed a virtue that the author wanted the culture to emulate and begin to reproduce within the body politic. Nonprofit leaders must be courageous because of the work they do.

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Image credit: skyNext on istock.com “We have observed a disconcerting pattern where Black women leaders are vacating their roles, with some leaving the non-profit sector altogether, citing hostility toward their leadership, strain on their health and well-being, unfair job expectations, and limited opportunities for career progression” (3).

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Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The phrase “culture eats strategy for breakfast” is often true – certainly there are situations where strategy is consumed by culture – but strategy and culture are not mutually exclusive. Values both reflect, influence, and reinforce culture, and we wanted ours to be able to help us make decisions and get things done.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

JUNE 19, 2023

When an organization experiences a shift in leadership or structure, it presents an important opportunity to engage staff in building the culture, team and vision for the future — one where everyone feels valued and supported. How would you define our organizational culture today?

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NonProfit Leadership Center

JANUARY 29, 2024

The Nonprofit Leadership Center is thrilled to announce two well-deserved promotions for staff members Meriel Martínez and Jamiel Maze. Meriel Martínez Assumes New Position as Director of Programs & Inclusion Meriel Martínez has been promoted to director of programs and inclusion at the Nonprofit Leadership Center.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 15, 2023

from Pixabay Race plays an outsized role in how people experience leadership, with White leaders widely considered to be the norm. 1] In spite of the salience of race in the experience of leadership, there is not much study of the Black leadership experience. Image Credit: Van3ssa ? A somewhat different perspective.is

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NonProfit Leadership Center

DECEMBER 19, 2022

During the past year, nonprofit leaders turned to the Nonprofit Leadership Center for resources and support to strengthen their organizations and communities. Nonprofit Leadership Center Board Member and DEI Committee Chair Christopher Johnson answers these questions and more. 6 Traits of Inclusive Leadership. READ ARTICLE.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

JUNE 3, 2024

Nonprofit Leadership Center trainer and communications coach, BeverlyAnn Foster , offers five tips for navigating team dynamics to communicate with confidence. Healthy team dynamics promote a more collaborative workplace, a healthier culture, and more productive teamwork. Promote a positive team culture. Practice M.I.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Beyond representation: A commitment to DEI brings in new voices and perspectives The Ford Foundation’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion starts at the top, with our leadership: our executive team, our board of trustees, and our program officers, who decide where our funding goes.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Now through Friday, November 18, the Nonprofit Leadership Center is accepting submissions for its 2022 Nonprofit Holiday Gift Guide. We seek to feature gifts that are relevant and meaningful to people of all backgrounds, cultures and identities. SUBMIT MY NONPROFIT.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JUNE 5, 2024

Recognizing and celebrating the unique perspectives, skills, and experiences that each individual brings to the table is essential for fostering a culture of inclusivity and collaboration. Encouraging open dialogue and fostering a culture of curiosity and continuous learning are also key to promoting knowledge-sharing and collaboration.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

MARCH 8, 2023

And as the world continues to change, the Nonprofit Leadership Center does, too — always striving to be agile and responsive to the needs of our nonprofit community. The Nonprofit Leadership Center saw more people attend our professional development events and learning experiences than before the pandemic.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

JUNE 17, 2024

Retention Strategies for Nonprofit Organizations Creating a Positive Work Culture One of the most critical components to retaining your top talent is creating and fostering a supportive and inclusive workplace culture. THEY are your organizational culture. How do you do that? Just ask your employees.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

MARCH 4, 2024

There is a new face at the Nonprofit Leadership Center! Leading (and Learning) by Example Consistent with the insatiable curiosity, drive for excellence and commitment to continuous learning that are hallmarks of the Nonprofit Leadership Center, Isabella is also a self-proclaimed lifelong learner.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 13, 2025

By Sandhya Nakhasi , Jennifer Swayne Njuguna & Jess Yupanqui Feingold This week, SSIR is publishing a miniseries on co-leadership. Is co-leadership having a moment? Single leadership is still the default norm, or at least the devil we know. Weve learned that the move to co-leadership need not, at this stage, be ubiquitous.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 6, 2024

Melissa Morin Director, University of South Florida Foundation Melissa Morin, director at the University of South Florida Foundation, is one of 23 outstanding professionals of color selected to participate in the Nonprofit Leadership Center’s 2024 Advancing Racial Equity on Nonprofit Boards Fellowship. ” Harold Bryant Jr.,

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NonProfit Leadership Center

JULY 31, 2023

6 Reasons Funders Should Invest in Nonprofit Training & Development As a nonprofit that exists to support the capacity, growth and success of other nonprofits, the Nonprofit Leadership Center believes leadership and lifelong learning are inextricably linked. READ NEXT: Beyond Employee Training: How to Create a Learning Culture 2.

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Fundraising Leadership

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Many choices for great podcasts on leadership are available to listen and learn. million podcasts around the world to pick from, which ones are best for you as a busy person interested in womens business, leadership, and entrepreneurship topics? Lots of choices and options are good, but when you have close to 4.2

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NonProfit Leadership Center

OCTOBER 24, 2023

As Shola Richards took the stage at the 2023 Nonprofit Leadership Conference , he shouted Ubuntu to the crowd. Exhausted by what he describes as a soul-crushing culture, he decided to take his life by driving his car off an overpass in Los Angeles. Ubuntu is an African term that means “I am because we are.” Is it necessary?

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NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 14, 2023

As the Nonprofit Leadership Center prepares to bring nearly 1,000 leaders together for two days of collaboration and knowledge sharing, we are thrilled to announce that Ernest will be the emcee of our 2023 Nonprofit Leadership Conference: Together We Will on October 19 and 20. “As Every participant walks away with renewed promise."

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NonProfit Leadership Center

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The Nonprofit Leadership Center is currently accepting submissions for our 2023 Nonprofit Holiday Gift Guide. We seek to feature gifts that are relevant and meaningful to people of all backgrounds, cultures and identities. The deadline to submit a gift that benefits your nonprofit is Friday, November 24.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Interim President and Chief Learning Officer Dorothy Norris-Tirrell, Ph.D., CNP of the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance observed that recent years have seen numerous emerging technologies and changes in the eLearning space. How have eLearning and digital resources evolved in the last few years?

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 19, 2023

By Elikem Tomety Archer & Jessica Harrington In 2017, as part of her participation in the youth leadership program Global Citizen Year , Dora—an 18-year-old from Huntington Beach, California—spent seven months in Thiadiaye, Senegal. Leadership program projects are not typically designed with the long term in mind.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MARCH 8, 2023

Organizational Cultural Norms and Expectations Just about the same number of “people pleasers” pegged organizational cultural norms and expectations as the culprit. Our office culture places high emphasis on hierarchy, taking on work outside the scope of responsibilities, and always saying yes to our nonprofit’s leadership.” “I’ve

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NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

In short, Memphis developed a culturally rich Black middle-class neighborhood. In Memphis today—and indeed throughout the South—Black Americans are organizing to rebuild cultural institutions and restore Black economies. A Culture of Abundance So, who was Church, and what was his vision? People like writer Ida B.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 22, 2023

Nonprofit Leadership Center Trainer and Founder of Innovative Team Solutions, Margarita Sarmiento , says the key to leading effective meetings is to be more intentional before, during and after each meeting. Organizational culture is critical to the success of every nonprofit and its team members.

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