by Valyrie Laedlein
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Role:To lead a group of under-available, over-committed volunteers responsible Read more >>
News & Views
A blog for those interested in what affects, motivates and drives the New York City Nonprofit Sector — written by CRE’s crackerjack consulting team. We hope you use this space to share your thoughts, ask questions and engage in conversations about our city, social justice and the nonprofit sector.
Becoming a Strong Board Chair
Are You a T-Shaped Manager?
By Jean Lobell A brief article in the Human Resources Magazine – The Future Manager is T-Shaped -- captured my imagination for the second time. Read more >>
What Makes a Difference in Leadership Development -- A View from the Field
by Mohan Sikka - Last month, my colleagues Jean Lobell, Carolyn Sauvage-Mar and I published an article on CRE’s Leadership Caucus in The Nonprofit Quarterly. Read more >>
Handling the Unexpected
by Holly Delany Cole - In the lives of nonprofit leaders, there probably isn’t a day that goes by when something ‘unexpected’ doesn’t happen – some welcome, some that present additional challenges. These may be matters such as a valuable Board member calling to say they are taking a new job in another city and will be resigning from the board, to a funder calling to say that they will move the consideration of your grant to an earlier (or later) Board meeting, to learning that a building in which you rent space for some programs has been sold and the new landlord wants you out as soon as possible. This is the world of nonprofit leaders, but there’s evidence that most are pretty good at managing it. Read more >>
Is the Nonprofit Sector Missing an Opportunity to Leverage the Talents of Gen X and Gen Y Leaders?
by Richard A. Brown, Vice President, American Express Philanthropy - Today's emerging leaders are the best educated, the most diverse and the most technologically savvy generation in our nation's history. Generation Xers & Yers are committed to serving in the nonprofit sector, are passionate about the mission-driven organizations where they work, and many have been actively serving in the sector as community volunteers since a very young age. Their commitment to "do something" is evident in the associations they have created to organize themselves, the organizations they have established to tackle intractable social issues, and the hard won achievements they have secured supporting established nonprofit organizations. Read more >>
What Is It About Boards?
by Valyrie Laedlein - The Board of Directors. Mention the phrase to many Executive Directors, and you’ll get rolling eyes, a sigh, a weary shaking of the head, sometimes an earful. It’s the rare nonprofit executive who will respond with an enthusiastic assessment of his or her Board.
What is it about Boards that makes them such hard-to-develop, low-yield assets? Read more >>
"What Do Nonprofit Leaders Do In These Difficult Times?"
by Barbara Turk -- When the house of cards built by the banking and insurance industries began to topple, we could only begin to guess at the long-term damage that would result for non-profits and their clients. It was immediately clear, however, that non-profit leaders would be tested. Would they have what it takes? Is there particular things leaders need to do when faced with exceptional uncertainty? Read more >>
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