Recently Hannah Cavendish-Palmer from Valtas, Quinn Finnigan from ASP, and Becky Todd from CFO Selections teamed up for a webinar titled “Attracting and Retaining Talent and Navigating Leadership Transition.” They shared strategies for attracting great people, keeping top talent, and handing the baton off well when it’s time to go. We have their insights and […]
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The strength of any nonprofit organization rests significantly on the quality and engagement of its board of directors. Yet many organizations approach board recruitment haphazardly, treating it as an urgent scramble to fill vacancies rather than a strategic process for building leadership capacity. Similarly, once new members join, they’re often left to figure things out […]
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In our line of work, we talk to nonprofit leaders every day that are making career moves. Some are entering executive leadership roles for the first time after putting in their time on boards or in mid-level managerial roles. Some are seasoned nonprofit leaders that are making lateral moves from the helm of one organization […]
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As any mother will tell you, “You don’t always get what you want.” But then again, popular song lyrics will also tell you that in those times, “You’ll get what you need.” Growing up, whenever I asked my mom for a new toy or the trendy jeans of the time, her question back to me […]
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Nonprofit retention is a hot topic right now, and with good reason! Current nonprofit employment data tells us that voluntary turnover for nonprofit employees is at 19%, compared to a national average of 12% for the entire US labor market. And while this is across all levels of nonprofit employees, we have all witnessed that burnout at […]
According to employment data from the National Council of Nonprofits, 34% of nonprofit organizations have a job vacancy rate of 10-19%, 26% have a vacancy rate of 20-29%, and 16% have a vacancy rate of 30% or higher. That means that less than a quarter of nonprofits have a job vacancy rate of under 10%, which […]
In a recent all hands meeting our Nonprofit Executive Search Team came together with our consultants serving in interim nonprofit leadership roles to answer one (very big) question: “What is going on in nonprofit recruiting right now?” Everyone contributed insights into what the current nonprofit search landscape was looking like right now. The goal was to share […]
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Strategies and Tactics for Supporting Diversity in Hiring What is performative diversity? Performative diversity is when an organization advocates and affirms a commitment to DEI but takes no practical actions towards achieving it. Moving past affirmations and into action requires thoughtful, proactive, and concrete steps to foster a workplace that genuinely values a broadly diverse workforce. One […]
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Who are you? How do you interact with the world? When are you at your best as part of a team? These seemingly simple questions are actually landmines for many, perhaps most, of us when we think about our participation in life, and more specifically the workplace. Employers are not unique in raising the issues […]
Once upon a time, you would ask a person what they did for a living and they would likely tell you they were in sales. Or marketing. Or accounting. Or technology. Or one of several other common, easily-identifiable career categories.These days? Well, thanks to the increased “consumerization” of the labor market and the resulting hyper-specialization of most job functions, […]
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