Leadership, Nonprofit Boards
David Edell
[This article was originally published in eJewish Philanthropy, under the “Managing Your Nonprofit” category on 09/20/2018 – Original link available here] Ask any Board Chair if they know who will succeed them. (Ask any of those mentioned if they are sure they will accept.) Ask any nominating committee chair about the responses they get as they […]
Leadership, Nonprofit Boards
DRG staff
I’ve heard it said that people get hired for their IQ—but they get fired for their EQ. EQ, known less colloquially as emotional intelligence, is defined by Psychology Today as “the ability to identify and manage your own emotions and the emotions of others. It is generally said to include three skills: emotional awareness; the ability to […]
Interviewing for a Position, Leadership
Sara Garlick Lundberg
I sit in on hundreds of interviews with executives each year, and I’m struck by how frequently skilled and strong women exhibit these three diminishing habits. And they do so regardless of age, years of experience and seniority. Minimizing Accomplishments Job hunting is a vulnerable place to be, and it’s natural for the minimizing […]
Hiring & Recruitment, Leadership, Selecting A CEO
DRG staff
A decade ago, leaders were perhaps easier to define. In the days of contracts or fee-for-service reimbursements, boards relied on a steady hand at the top, a CEO with solid long-term experience in the IDD sector, skilled at overseeing all elements of his or her agency, from contracts to quality assurance to human resources to […]
Career Transitions, Leadership
DRG staff
Over the course of my career I have benefitted from many, many informal mentors. A common way that I’ve found to be “a giver” in our professional lives is through mentoring. There are several considerations to be made before jumping onto the mentoring bandwagon. Here are some of the things I’ve learned along the way […]
Hiring & Recruitment, Leadership, Selecting A CEO
DRG staff
A lauded human service organization finds itself at a crossroads. Its longtime CEO, who has ably led the organization for nearly two decades, is ready for retirement. When the board retains an executive search firm to help them identify their next leader, the search committee proves receptive to advancing someone from within the organization. But […]
Leadership
David Edell
I recently prepared for a seminar with the Strell Executive Leadership Fellows at the Hunter School of Social Work. The subject was “What are the Trends Affecting Non Profit Leaders in 2017.” Much has been written about the subject. As I re-read many of these articles, and interviewed nonprofit CEOs in a variety of service […]
Hiring & Recruitment, Leadership, Nonprofit Boards, Nonprofit Management
DRG staff
The emotional attachments that some nonprofit stakeholders possess are remarkably powerful. It takes enthusiasm, pride, dedication, and passion to coagulate a community of supporters who are loyal to an organization and its mission. These emotional attachments might include ideas, mindsets, feelings, programs, relationships, people, and places that are associated with a nonprofit. They may be […]
Leadership, Nonprofit Management
DRG staff
For Purna Rodman Conare, President and CEO of Cerebral Palsy of North Jersey (CPNJ), creativity and intelligence are among the key ingredients for effective leadership, but when coupled with humor, these qualities can help leaders navigate challenges, and make the world a better place for the most vulnerable populations. “It’s like going to the DMV […]
Hiring & Recruitment, Leadership, Nonprofit Management, Talent Management
DRG staff
In their article, “Why Diversity Programs Fail,” sociology professors Frank Dobbin of Harvard University and Alexandra Kalev of Tel Aviv University, suggest that programs aimed at forcing leaders to change their behaviors may actually “activate” bias, rather than reduce it. They argue that companies get better results of increasing diversity when they abandon the scare […]