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Careers and Recruiting Newsletter
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| Leadership Priorities: What Facets of Management Shouldn’t You Delegate? |
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There aren't enough hours in a day for a nonprofit leader to effectively address all of the issues vying for his or her attention. Delegating some of the responsibilities, and the attendant decision-making authority, can help. However, there are two critical areas of responsibility that should not be assigned to anyone but the top manager: aligning staff and other stakeholders around a common set of priorities, and developing the organization's leaders.
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The Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF), with a budget exceeding $7 million and a staff of 45, was at the cusp of a major growth phase in 2004 when Elizabeth Ortiz was brought in as chief operating officer by Founder and Chief Executive Officer Clara Miller. Though Miller had considered other for-profit/nonprofit “sector-switchers” for the job, none seemed to be a good fit. Ortiz brought to the table a nuanced set of skills from her banking career, including leadership and relationship–building experience, as well as work on nonprofit boards that would help guide the organization through a period of rapid growth without sacrificing its core values.
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Discussion
Does your organization have a formal training and development program for its staff? If so, what key components deliver value? If not, how does your organization develop its future leaders and/or provide opportunities for professional development?
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Poll
What is the biggest challenge to keeping staff and other key stakeholders aligned around a common set of priorities at your organization?
- Senior staff turnover
- Changing economic times
- Maintaining regular communication channels
- None of the above
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College Summit
Executive Director
New York, NY
A national nonprofit founded in 1993, College Summit partners with school districts and states to increase their college-going rates by fostering a culture where going to college is the expectation of every student, not the exception. College Summit is the country’s largest high school college-going culture provider, currently equipping 165 low-income high schools in 12 states and the District of Columbia, serving more than 25,000 students. College Summit New York, the largest school-wide college access provider in New York City, faces an extraordinary opportunity: scaling results to achieve city-wide impact.
College Summit is seeking an Executive Director, New York (ED), who will help drive the post-secondary dialogue in New York (working both at a systems-level and with individual high schools to equip them with the tools required to increase their college enrollment results) and will also be a core member of College Summit’s national leadership team. In New York, the ED will ensure that the organization can increase the number of students served annually from 6,000 to at least 10,000 by 2012. Overseeing a current operating budget of $1.8 million, the ED will focus significantly on fundraising (corporations, foundations, individuals), developing a strong advisory board, initiating/deepening robust relationships with diverse partners (the New York Department of Education, community organizations, and school administrators), and overseeing overall programmatic results. S/he will lead a high impact team of 11, and support that team’s growth to nearly 20 by 2012.
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Dancewave
Board Member
Brooklyn, NY
Dancewave, a nonprofit youth arts organization that offers NYC young people unique exposure to world-class performing arts training, seeks board members with vision, commitment, passion, and a sense of stewardship. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to be involved on the ground-level as Dancewave negotiates future growth and its long-term strategic development. Dancewave’s board of directors provides strategic leadership to and oversight of the achievement of the organization's financial, operational, and programmatic goals. Dancewave is seeking directors with media and public relations, accounting, legal, nonprofit management, human resources, and philanthropy skill sets.
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