Leadership Development Content Topic Results
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January 2013
An Evidence-Based Leadership Intervention for Latina Survivors of Domestic Violence
Publisher(s):The Líderes program was created in 2003 in response to Latinas in the Twin Cities of MN asking for leadership opportunities in their communities. In 2006, Casa de Esperanza developed a curriculum for the Líderes and in 2011 it was adopted by Caminar Latino in Atlanta, GA, and adapted for women survivors of domestic violence.
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January 2013
The Leadership in Leaving
Publisher(s): This report is the second in a series that examines different aspects of a transformational moment for the nonprofit sector. It focuses on the nonprofit leader’s decision to leave a long-term executive position, highlighting the leadership in leaving as an often neglected aspect of a nonprofit leader’s role that is a key in understanding and successfully completing the exit process.
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October 2012
6 Ways Successful Teams Are Built to Last
Publisher(s): This article discusses key leadership skills required to build and maintain effective teams.
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September 2012
Action Planning Workbook: Building Your Organization's Capacity for Primary Prevention: Developing an Action Plan
Publisher(s):This workbook provides a framework for coalition leadership and staff to discuss, identify and operationalize changes intended to integrate prevention into their organization.
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April 2012
12 Performance Appraisal Best Practices
Publisher(s):Performance evaluations should be beneficial to both your organization and your employees. This resource explains how to set up a performance review plan so that your organization and employees get the most benefit from performance reviews.
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January 2012
Creating Accessible, Culturally Relevant, Domestic Violence and Trauma Informed Agencies: A Self Reflection Tool
Publisher(s):Accessing Safety and Recovery Initiative (ASRI), National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health (NCDVTMH)
This tool uses questions and discussion prompts to guide agencies through a self-reflective process, beginning with imagining how accessible, culturally relevant, and trauma-informed (ACDVTI) work might be carried out in their organization, and then thinking through the first steps and additional resources that will be needed for creating change.
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January 2012
Vision for Change: A New Wave of Social Justice Leadership
Publisher(s):This report details the specific findings of the Building Movement Project's conversations with diverse younger nonprofit leaders, focusing on what it takes to do their jobs and makes recommendations for concrete change that will support their visions, and help to build a stronger progressive infrastructure for all stakeholders.
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December 2011
An Executive Director’s Guide to Financial Leadership
Publisher(s): This article from Nonprofit Quarterly provides information on how executive directors of nonprofits can guide their organization to sustainability, rather than just managing its finances.
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December 2011
Moving beyond Penn State: Bystander training as leadership training
Publisher(s):Jackson Katz shares lessons from the Penn State University sexual abuse case in this three-part series on bystander intervention as a continuation of their support of and focus on this approach to sexual violence prevention. This article discusses building male leadership.
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February 2011
Nonprofit Management - Information & Resources
Publisher(s):The selected websites on this page provide free information and resources on areas of interest to the nonprofit community: accountability and evaluation, advocacy, communications and marketing, foundations and grantmaking, fundraising and financial sustainability, governance, management and leadership, staff development and organizational capacity, technology and volunteer management.
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January 2011
Secondary Traumatic Stress: A Fact Sheet for Child-Serving Professionals
Publisher(s):This fact sheet provides a concise overview of secondary traumatic stress and its potential impact on child-serving professionals. It also outlines options for assessment, prevention, and interventions relevant to secondary stress, and describes the elements necessary for transforming child-serving organizations and agencies into systems that also support worker resiliency.
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January 2011
Structuring Leadership: Alternative Models for Distributing Power and Decision-Making
Publisher(s): In this report, the Building Movement Project set out to identify and document multigenerational leadership models that do not concentrate authority and responsibility in one top person, with a focus on increasing organizational impact.