What Makes for an Effective Nonprofit Leadership Development Program?

This article is reprinted from the LeadersMatter e-newsletter of The Bridgespan Group,one of LearnPhilanthropy’s content partners. Visit Bridgespan’s Bridgestar initiative to find the original article.

By Kirk Kramer and Julia Tao,The Bridgespan Group

“Leadership and learning are indispensible to each other.”

-President John F. Kennedy

A strong nonprofit sector requires strong [...]

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:[...]

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 [...]