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How Fellowships Can Inform Talent Management
A new study traces the evolution of social impact fellowships and highlights what organizations can learn from the industry.
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A Culture of Care, Without Compromise
Four ways nonprofits can better advance their mission by building respect, responsibility, honesty, and kindness into their organizational culture.
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How to Build Better Bosses
Four steps organizations can take to strengthen their approach.
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Developing Resilient Global Leaders
To create lifelong global leaders, organizations need to help young people practice resiliency, reflection, and vulnerability.
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DIY Leadership Development
Two steps nonprofits can take to develop up-and-coming leaders day-to-day. Part of the Talent Matters series.
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Creating a Leadership Development Playlist
A customized approach to investing in leaders.
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What Is a Leadership Funder?
Foundations have supported leadership development for decades, but a shift in mindset and approach—if sustained and expanded—could lead to even greater impact.
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Supporting Nonprofit Leadership: A Pre-Flight Briefing
Three tips to help foundations supporting leadership development prepare for a successful journey.
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Investing in People Pays Big Dividends
A look at how one impact investor helps develop the talent that its portfolio organizations need to succeed.
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Helping Social Change Leaders Thrive
Lessons from the movement to end violence against girls and women.
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Leadership for Results
The first step in developing leadership to advance large-scale social change is clearly defining the intended results.
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The Power of Diverse Leadership
One of the most powerful strategies funders can pursue is to invest in the leadership of those most affected by problems in their communities.
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Investing in Leadership to Accelerate Philanthropic Impact
Why some foundations are making leadership development a core part of their grantmaking strategy.
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Building Values-Based, Results-Driven Leaders
Developing leaders who understand shared values and focus on results leads to successful, sustainable social change.
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Strategic Networking and Effective Leadership
Why strategic networking matters, and three ways to encourage new managers and other emerging leaders to do it.
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Winning the Talent Game
Nonprofits need to get smart about the competition for great talent.
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The Uncomfortable Truth About Talent Development
The toughest part of building a talent-rich organization is letting go of low performers—but it’s critical.
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Four Reasons to Champion Leadership Development
A behind-the-scenes look at the American Express Leadership Academy.
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Combatting Burnout in Nonprofit Leaders
Supporting the personal well-being of nonprofit leaders is critical to the success of effective organizations, and grantmakers can help.
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Leadership Development: Five Things All Nonprofits Should Know
Why leadership development takes courage but is the best investment a nonprofit can make.
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The Business Case for Investing in Talent
Every dollar invested in employee development yields more efficient and effective impact.
Nonprofit Management
Talent Matters
Nonprofits and other social sector organizations are successful (or not) because of their people. We have overlooked this truth for years, at the expense of the talent within our organizations and the missions we aim to achieve.
Leading organizations engaged in social sector capacity building have come together in recent years to discuss how to make talent a bigger priority. Here, we aim to advance that conversation in a three-part series. In part one, co-curated by ProInspire CEO Monisha Kapila and Net Impact CEO Liz Maw, eight different nonprofit leaders shared stories from the field and highlighted real-world results achieved through an emphasis on talent. In part two, Linda Wood of the Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund joined as guest curator, and shared perspectives from funders who invest in social sector leadership as a core grantmaking strategy.
In a third and final phase, we share six examples of how social sector organizations are putting talent development into practice in meaningful ways that will hopefully inspire others to do the same.
