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The Art of Hiring Leaders
http://theartofhiringleaders.wordpress.com
Ideas, thoughts, suggestions for nonprofits as they begin and conduct executive transitions. Information for boards to strengthen the work they do. Ways to help nonprofits be even more effective. Tips for executive directors on beginning a job or assessing one's effectiveness.
- Added on: Mar 25th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Barbara Gilvar
- Listed in: Beliefs & Causes Career & Jobs
- Tags: search boards executive directors nonprofits search committees executive transitions
Recent Posts
Interview questions – the most effective
A participant in a recent seminar asked how to keep interview questions from being too vague. Great question and I will have to answer it in several dimensions. First, questions that a candidate can answer with a “yes” or a “no̶...
Do I hire people just like me?
More than likely, if you hire people just like you there will be a certain comfort. But, is comfort what you want? How far will comfort take you as you work to accomplish a list of goals? It takes a certain confidence to assess your own strengths and...
The Committee on Trustees
Another question from the Nonprofit Roundtable was: “What can you do if you have a difficult/disruptive board member?” The answer is not simple but a Committee on Trustees can do much to strengthen your board overall. Boards often have a ...
Recruiting Board members
I did a session on leadership for the Nonprofit Roundtable of the Oakland Chamber of Commerce this week and had some thoughtful questions from the audience. Several of the questions concerned the Board. “What do you do if the Board is not very...
Marketing your organization
When a nonprofit is engaged in an executive transition, it wants to be as attractive to candidates as possible. The announcement of the position of executive director can include highlights of the organization, its achievements, successes and goals. ...
Evaluating candidates/attracting candidates
Too often search committees are intent on getting to the evaluation stages – first applications, then interviews. What often gets lost in the heat of evaluation fervor is the fact that the candidates are also evaluating the organization. From ...
