In the blog “Interim EDs: Making a Good Thing Work for You,” I wrote about the purpose and value added by engaging an interim executive director (ED) while you and other members of the Board of Directors step back and take some time to assess your organization’s current needs and prepare yourselves and the staff for working with a new permanent ED. In this post, I share my best advice on the Board’s role in this temporary relationship, focusing on how to partner with your interim ED and what to expect.
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February 24, 2014
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February 19, 2014
I recently attended a talk on compassionate management with LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner and Wisdom 2.0 founder Seth Gordhamer. In the course of their conversation, Weiner made the case for compassionate management that focuses on the whole person, is grounded in empathic listening, and allows an employee to bring their “whole self” to their work. He also reminded us that it takes energy to work with people in a compassionate way. As a result, compassionate management has to be embraced by an entire company in order for it to succeed. He believes that compassionate companies are better positioned to thrive and so it is not only the right thing to do but also the smart thing to do.
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February 4, 2014
A few years ago the Center for Creative Leadership, among others, began to examine whether the field of leadership development is still meeting the needs of leaders given the rapidly changing landscape in which they now lead.
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January 22, 2014
A few months after I started working at CompassPoint, I had the opportunity to take the course How to Develop Your Professional Development Plan. We increased our self-awareness through reflecting on previous jobs, proudest accomplishments, and even favorite childhood pastimes, and each workshop participant was encouraged to craft a “purpose statement” to guide our professional development planning.
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January 15, 2014
This is a “white water” time in health care. The historic Affordable Care Act is opening access to health insurance to our country’s most vulnerable people (except the undocumented), yet it’s also straining our already overwhelmed public health system. For Bay Area cancer service providers like the Women’s Cancer Resource Center (WCRC), where I serve as executive director, the layoffs and program closures resulting from the “Great Recession” and the exit of the American Cancer Society from direct service have brought additional, formidable gaps in fragile safety net services.
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January 8, 2014
I’m not a big fan of New Year’s resolutions. They feel like a bit of a set up. However, several years ago my partner and I each resolved to fail spectacularly in at least one thing each year.
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January 6, 2014
In addition to the 200 workshops CompassPoint delivers annually, you can also bring us in-house for trainings specifically for your staff – from a one-day Supervision workshop for your managers to a series on creating a culture of shared leadership within your organization. Here’s how we used in-house training to improve how the Center for Youth Wellness communicates its financial data:
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October 16, 2013
I am very honored to work for Little Tokyo Service Center, a multi-purpose social service agency in downtown Los Angeles. My colleagues and I are like one big family and we are very supportive of one another. Hearing about office politics from my friends at other agencies, I feel I could not ask for a better place to work.
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October 11, 2013
In Part 1 of this 2-part series on nonprofit governance, Marla Cornelius wrote about the executive director’s role in governance. This week, in part two, she discusses the board’s role in this interdependent partnership. Marla is a Senior Project Director at CompassPoint and Board Chair at DataCenter: A Research Justice Organization.
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October 9, 2013
In this CompassPoints of View blog post, we talk with Senior Project Directors Michelle Gislason and Marissa Tirona about peer coaching circles: how peer coaching circles came to CompassPoint, how we use them in our work, what the future of peer coaching circles holds, and why we like them!
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