HeyJaredOn Nonprofit Leadership, by Nick Grono
Thoughts and observations on nonprofit leadership, drawing on my book "How to Lead Nonprofits" and my experience of the last couple of decades as a nonprofit leader and board member.
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The personal side of leadership (opens the original)
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I gave a farewell speech of sorts last week at the exuberant event that Freedom Fund’s ever-generous board chair, Molly Gochman, hosted for us during UNGA week in NY. It’s very much a time of reflection for me. It can’t help but be - given I’m stepping down as CEO in 10 weeks after almost 13 years in the role - and friends and acquaintances are regularly asking me how I’m feeling. In addition to the pride I feel for everything that The Freedom Fund and its partners have done over that time to su
Revisiting Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs (opens the original)
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Sarah and I stopped by Princeton University on our way to NY today. I’m always a bit nostalgic when I return to this campus.It’s been 23 years (!) since I did my Masters in Public Policy here at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs – the year after September 11. It was a time of rupture and reconfiguration in international affairs – just as it is now, a
5 Tips for a new nonprofit CEO (opens the original)
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These tips from the London Business School Professor, Herminia Ibarra (see at foot of this post) are great advice for a new CEO stepping into a corporate boardroom – and they also work for nonprofit leaders.I’m a huge fan of Herminia Ibarra’s books on leadership, and they are two of the very small handful of leadership books I recommend to others (see comments for details).Here are how her 5 tips for a new corporate CEO apply to nonprofit leaders – and to the CEO transition at The Freedom Fund:1
How to plan your own succession (opens the original)
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I've spent the last year or so planning my departure from the Freedom Fund after 12 years as CEO. I've now written about what I learnt from the process for the The Chronicle of Philanthropy and also talked about it with the Nonprofit CEO podcast. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BGN9!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2F
How writing my book has changed my career plans (opens the original)
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It's been two years since my book, “How to Lead Nonprofits: Turning Purpose Into Impact” was published, and what a joy it's been having it out in the world! Though I didn't expect it to shape the next stage of my career quite as much as it has.<source type="image/webp
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