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 [...]

Calling for an Assist!

brain stealing not required

There are plenty of good ways to learn from your colleagues,ranging from the informal (a shout or IM over the wall) to the extremely structured. In this week’s Learning about Learning post,we introduce a technique called “Peer Assist,” which provides a structured (and socially acceptable) way to steal the brains tap the insights [...]

Using a “Coaching Approach”to remove the barriers that get in the way of success.

Thanks to our guest blogger,Melodie Howard,for an insightful suggestion about learning to take a coaching approach to conflict.

Conflict is inevitable. A certain amount of it is productive. However,not many people like it and few more know how to understand and manage it comfortably and confidently.

Conflict often starts with a lack [...]

Another Multiplier Effect:Invest in Talent Development – Part Two

LearnPhilanthropy is re-publishing learning posts from the blog team covering the Council on Foundations Annual Conference in Philadelphia. This is the second of a two-part guest post by Daniel Jae-Won Lee,Executive Director of the Levi Strauss Foundation.

by Daniel Jae-Won Lee

Foundation leaders are called upon to deliver on a number of fronts:driving [...]

Another Multiplier Effect:Invest in Talent Development – Part One

LearnPhilanthropy is re-publishing learning posts from the blog team covering the Council on Foundations Annual Conference in Philadelphia. This is the first of a two-part guest post by Daniel Jae-Won Lee,Executive Director of the Levi Strauss Foundation

by Daniel Jae-Won Lee

What would happen if foundations invested – and invested seriously – in developing [...]