Nonprofit Executive Staff Development

Executive Staff Development

Recent studies show that nonprofit organizations are acutely aware of their leadership development gaps, but unsure about how to address them. The nonprofit leadership teams that Bridgespan has surveyed single out leadership development and succcession planning as their most glaring organizational weakness. Contact Nonprofit Kinect today for a free consultation on how your organization can create a solid staff development plan.

While resource constraints are one challenge most nonprofits face, the biggest obstacle to improved leadership development may be the behavior of leaders. Many nonprofit leaders (including nonprofit boards) confront the question of leadership development only when faced with a succession crisis. And by then it may be too late.

Executive Staff Development Must Be Proactive--Don't Wait For a Crisis

A change of thinking is needed to overcome this obstacle. Nonprofits must treat leadership development not as an ad hoc response to crisis but as a proactive and systematic investment in building a pipeline of leaders within an organization.

An Executive Staff Development Plan will include such components as engaging senior leaders, maping out a vision of the future leadership team, developing senior leaders, seeking new leaders to fill gaps, and monitoring and improving the process of developing leaders.

Professionals at Nonprofit Kinect will work with your organization's Executive Director and Board to create a development plan for your executive staff so that when transitions are necessary, leaders at all levels are ready to answer the call.