A Word on Kindness

Thanks to Career Strategist and Master Certified Coach Michele Woodward who kindly allowed us to re-publish her recent blog post.

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On Being Kind

Meaning and purpose.

Integrity.

The power of choice.

Defeating stress.

How to listen.

These are all topics you and I have [...]

COF Seeks Candidates for Career Pathways Philanthropy Leadership Program

The Council on Foundations has set an early application deadline of February 20,2012 for its Career Pathways leadership program. Career Pathways is a twelve-month experience that seeks to increase the number of candidates from diverse backgrounds in the philanthropic leadership pipeline.

The program is conducted annually for approximately a dozen mid-career professionals who have [...]

How Attitudes Toward Change Affect Decision-Making

Thanks to the folks at Training who have given us permission to reprint this article,“How Attitudes Toward Change Affect Decision-Making”by Tracy C.F. Brown which specifically highlights making better philanthropy decisions.

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The Change Style Indicator can identify factors that can impact a group or organization’s readiness to deal with and sustain [...]

Can’t Get No Satisfaction?

by Barbara Demarest

Mercer,who conducts the What’s Working(TM) survey,has asserted that “half of all US employees are really not happy.”When the economy is down,people understandably stay with jobs they don’t find satisfying. There is no support for transitioning to a different,more satisfying job. The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s recent article:[...]

Do-It-Yourself Career Development

by Barbara Demarest

With the economy causing everyone to tighten their belts a bit,many of us are finding we have to “do-it-yourself” in some areas where we might once have had professional help. Specifically,we have to actively manage our own careers including keeping an eye on our own training and development. These [...]

Learning Path:Networking Advice for African-Americans in Philanthropy

LearnPhilanthropy has been reaching out to the field and asking for “how to…”learning paths from practitioners. ”How tos”include things such as how to develop a skill,prepare for a new role,be more effective in a current role or learn something important to one’s career.

This post is from Karen McNeil-Miller who is [...]

Learning Path:How a Young Professional Can Prepare for Advancement

LearnPhilanthropy has been reaching out to the field and asking for “how to…”learning paths from practitioners. ”How tos”include things such as how to develop a skill,prepare for a new role,be more effective in a current role or learn something important to one’s career.

This post is from Karen McNeil-Miller who is [...]

Learning Path:How to Prepare for Work in Corporate Citizenship

LearnPhilanthropy has been reaching out to the field and asking for ”how to…”learning paths from practitioners. ”How tos”include things such as how to develop a skill,prepare for a new role,be more effective in a current role or learn something important to one’s career.

This post is from Ann Cramer who is [...]

Learning Path:Getting Grounded When You Are New to Philanthropy as a Mid-career Program Officer or CEO

LearnPhilanthropy has been reaching out to the field and asking for “how to…”learning paths from practitioners. ”How tos”include things such as how to develop a skill,prepare for a new role,be more effective in a current role or learn something important to one’s career.

This post is from Judy Mohraz who is [...]

Ten Things I Always Tell a New Grantmaker

Spring 2011 Update:We’ve started a new series of posts around “learning paths”which help people develop a new skill or perspective helpful to their current job or future career aspiration. We’ve added this post from Joyce White to the learning path collection.

In a recent conversation with Joyce White,Executive Director of Grantmakers of [...]