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Leadership
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Effective nonprofits invest in their leadership. They plan for transition, and are agile in order to be responsive to provide best services and achieve the organization’s mission. Leadership is developed internally as well as externally. Values have been articulated and practices are expressed in policies and team building, and staff are engaged in decision making.
Professional Development and Learning:
Resources:
Nonprofit Executive Director / CEO
- New ED Onboarding Guide and Template - CompassPoint (PDF)
- Nonprofit Executive Director Role & Responsibilities - Boardsource (Guide)
- Becoming a Leader - Leading Your Own Development - NonprofitReady (Video)*
- Developing the Capacity to Think Strategically - NonprofitReady (Online Course)*
- Executive Director Job Description Sample - The Bridgespan Group (Sample)
- Insights into Great Relationships: Board Chairs and Executive Directors - National Council of Nonprofits (Guide)
- Leading a Nonprofit Organization - Tips and Tools for EDs and Team Leaders - Strengthening Nonprofits (Guide)
- Nonprofit Leaders Weigh-In on Paths to Improved Management - Public Interest Management Group and NAO (White Paper)
- Nonprofit Leadership Development Toolkit - The Bridgespan Group (Toolkit)
- Ready to Lead? Next Generation Leaders Speak Out - The Annie E. Casey Foundation (Report)
- The Importance of Leadership in Nonprofit Organziations - Third Sector Company (Article)
Nonprofit Culture, Teams & Meetings
- Building a Culture of Empowerment for High Impact - National Council of Nonprofits (Article)
- Building High-Performance Nonprofit Leadership Teams - The Bridgespan Group (Article)
- Dealing with Difficult Boards: Tips for Executive Directors - Charity Village (Article)
- Organizational Culture: A Nonprofit's Get-Started Guide - MissionBox (Guide)
- Productive Nonprofit Staff Meetings - Peel Leadership Centre (Resource)
Succession Planning / Executive Transition
- Executive Transition - Boardsource (Guide, Tools, Templates)
- Executive Transitions - Grant Makers and Nonprofit Leadership Change - GrantCraft (Guide)
- Finding the Right ED: Creating and Managing an Effective Search Committee - Bridgespan (Article)
- Founders: Navigating Founder Transitions - Nonprofit Notes (Article)
- Founder Transitions: Creating Good Endings and New Beginnings - The Annie E. Casey Foundation (Guide)
- How to Find Success in Succession Planning - The National Council of Nonprofits (Guide & Tools)
- Sample Interim Executive Director Job Description (Example)
- Succession Works Better When Founder Has Continuing Role, Study Finds - Philanthropy News Digest
- Will We Get There Hire by Hire? Reflections on Executive Leadership and Transition Data Over 15 Years - CompassPoint (Report)
Succession Planning Toolkits
- Building Leaderful Organizations: Succession Planning for Nonprofits - The Annie E. Casey Foundation (Toolkit)
- Emergency Succession Planning Toolkit - Executive Transition Initiative (Toolkit)
- Nonprofit Executive Succession-Planning Toolkit - Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Toolkit)
- Preparing For Your Community Action Agency's Future: Sustainability, Succession & Transition - Community Action Partnershp (Don Tebbe) (Toolkit)
- Part 1: Organizational Sustainability Planning Guide
- Part 2: Executive Succession Planning Guide
- Part 3: Executive Transition Management Guide
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
- NAO Equity and Inclusion Lens Guide (Guide & PDF)
- Awake to Woke to Work: Building a Race Equity Culture - Proinspire (equityinthecenter.org)
- Building a Race Equity Culture (Infographic)
- Crowdsouorcing Anti-Racism Communications - The Communications Network
- DEI Spectrum Tool - Meyer Memorial Trust
- Diversity Toolkit: A Guide to Discussing Identity, Power and Privilege - University of Southern California (Tool)
- Healing Divides Starts with Conversation - Living Room Conversations
- Lessons from the Cultural Competence Learning Initiative - CompassPoint (Report)
- Race to Lead: Confronting the Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap - RacetoLead.org (Report)
- Race to Lead: Women of Color in the Nonprofit Sector - RacetoLead.org (Report)
- Sample Cultural Equity Statement - Americans for the Arts (Template)
- Support an Inclusive Culture - NonprofitReady (Curriculum)*
- Ten Lessons for Taking Leadership on Racial Equity - The Aspen Institute (Guide)
- What Is Culture - Mammoth HR (Article)
Asset Framing
- The Power of Asset Framing: A Conversation with Trabian Shorters - The Skillman Foundation
- You Can't Lift People Up by Putting Them Down: How to Talk About Tough Issues of Race, Poverty, and More - The Chronicle of Philanthropy
- Driving Social Impact Through Community and Storytelling - Forbes
Equity Audit & Assessment Tools
- Global Diversity and Inclusion Benchmarks - The Centre for Global Inclusion
- Meyer DEI Spectrum Tool 2018 - Meyer Memorial Trust
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