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Career and Professional Development

Here you will find ideas, tools, and resources on developing nonprofit employees, building nonprofit careers, and developing nonprofit leadership skills.

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Evaluations for All: Even the CEO Deserves a Report Card

Making the evaluation process a natural part of the organizational culture can help align staff with strategic goals. But it doesn’t stop with staff. Establishing a culture where a formal, documented, fair, and pragmatic annual evaluation is routinely expected needs to extend to the CEO evaluation process, driven by the board.

When the Change Needs to Be You

When faced with organizational challenges, it’s easy for a nonprofit leader to lock in on everything other than himself to effect change. But what if he is the one who needs to change? In her column, Saroga.org’s Nicki Roth helps leaders assess their need to change and offers guidelines for changing leadership behavior.

A Good Book’s Role in Professional Development

Youth Villages CEO Patrick Lawler directly applied his appetite for reading and learning to helping his staff develop professionally. Here we share how he uses a reading list to help staff develop in their roles as well as his top ten book recommendations for nonprofit professionals.

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Stephanie Seale: Filling the Gaps

Stephanie Seale, senior manager/program developer at San Francisco-based Inveneo, knew from the time she graduated from college that she wanted to work in the nonprofit field. With an eye towards marrying that aspiration with her interests in technology and international work, she set about gaining experience in those interests and building skills that would help her progress in her nonprofit career.