Download or read book Change Your Career Transitioning to the Nonprofit Sector written by Laura Otting and published by Kaplan Publishing. This book was released on 2007-05-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Workforce Transitions from the Profit to the Nonprofit Sector written by Tobie S. Stein and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last 20 years, the number of professional managers displaced from US corporate jobs has increased dramatically. This has coincided with the rapid expansion of employment in the US nonprofit sector; a sector that has a high proportion of managerial and professional workers among its employees. Workforce Transitions from the Profit to the Nonprofit Sector examines the career sequences of dislocated white-collar corporate managers who want to move to the nonprofit sector. It highlights the managers' motivations, the structural barriers which prevented them from making the transition, and the methods of penetrating the barriers. It uncovers the reasons why some corporate managers are able to make the transition and why others do not. Finally, it presents the methods of adaptation that were utilized in their new environments. This volume will be of interest to human resource managers in the profit and nonprofit sectors, sociologists, occupational researchers, and organizational psychologists.
Download or read book The Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers for Sector Switchers written by Steven Pascal-Joiner and published by Idealist.org. This book was released on 2008 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Joan Garry s Guide to Nonprofit Leadership written by Joan Garry and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-03-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nonprofit leadership is messy Nonprofits leaders are optimistic by nature. They believe with time, energy, smarts, strategy and sheer will, they can change the world. But as staff or board leader, you know nonprofits present unique challenges. Too many cooks, not enough money, an abundance of passion. It’s enough to make you feel overwhelmed and alone. The people you help need you to be successful. But there are so many obstacles: a micromanaging board that doesn’t understand its true role; insufficient fundraising and donors who make unreasonable demands; unclear and inconsistent messaging and marketing; a leader who’s a star in her sector but a difficult boss… And yet, many nonprofits do thrive. Joan Garry’s Guide to Nonprofit Leadership will show you how to do just that. Funny, honest, intensely actionable, and based on her decades of experience, this is the book Joan Garry wishes she had when she led GLAAD out of a financial crisis in 1997. Joan will teach you how to: Build a powerhouse board Create an impressive and sustainable fundraising program Become seen as a ‘workplace of choice’ Be a compelling public face of your nonprofit This book will renew your passion for your mission and organization, and help you make a bigger difference in the world.
Download or read book Mission Driven written by Laura Gassner Otting and published by Elevate Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mission Driven: Moving from Profit to Purpose aims to help the jobseeker -- whether a student, a mid-career professional or a retiring Baby Boomer -- take advantage of the many career opportunities burgeoning in the non-profit sector by answering these questions and more: • Is now the right time for me to transition into the nonprofit sector? • Will my skills transfer to the nonprofit sector? • How do I even begin to move from the corporate to nonprofit sector? The nonprofit sector is changing to accommodate the enormous richness of experience all of these individuals can bring with them. This book endeavors to help each of them find their place in the new nonprofit sector.
Download or read book Disrupt Your Career How to Navigate Uncharted Career Transitions and Thrive written by Antoine Tirard and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-09-27 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professionals face many critical crossroads in their careers, sometimes unpredictable, sometimes more expected, but for which they were often not truly prepared. This book discusses many such career transitions - from leaving a corporation to joining a non-profit, evolving from athlete to executive, or returning to a former employer. Using the stories of 50 leaders from all over the world, the authors describe what provokes the change, the challenges it creates, how the individual is surviving the transition, and what effective leaders do to navigate and grow from it. Disrupt Your Career offers a simple, easy-to-use framework to help make the most of any uncharted transition. Drawing on examples of a wide range of companies, it also provides recommendations to help organizations better acquire, develop and retain talent.
Download or read book From Making a Profit to Making a Difference written by Richard Mervin King and published by Planning Communications. This book was released on 2000 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unprecedented numbers of entry-level workers to CEOs are racing to join the 10 million Americans working for non-profits. Applying 30 years experience in non-profit recruitment and management, King reveals the inside secrets for switching to non-profits: strategic volunteerism, building a non-profit contacts network, gaining credibility in a non-profit community, learning how non -profit leaders think and hire, writing effective resumes even when you lack any non-profit experience, and more.
Download or read book The Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers for Sector Switchers written by Steven Joiner and published by West Hills Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive resource for transitioning professionals pursuing new career options in the nonprofit sector. Topics include: why nonprofit; myths and facts about nonprofit; nonprofit hiring practices; the challenge of sector switching; self and career assessment; networking strategies; evaluating organizational culture; negotiating the best deal; starting your own nonprofit; nonprofit speak 101.
Download or read book Managing Executive Transitions written by Tim Wolfred and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009-06-09 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Essential Guide for Managing Leadership Turnovers A leadership transition can be a time of high vulnerability for a nonprofit organization. On the other hand, an executive turnover offers unique opportunities for renewal and fresh thinking. Managing Executive Transitions shows how this state of transition can give board and staff members a chance to put things back together in new and creative ways—to discard some old pieces and to bring in fresh elements. Nonprofit boards and executive directors will find practical advice on how to manage leadership turnovers in ways that can heighten mission impact while avoiding potential downsides. Author Tim Wolfred recommends a transformational process of three phases: Prepare, Pivot, and Thrive. In the Prepare phase board members, staff, volunteers, and funders engage in an efficient process for updating the agency's strategic directions and crafting a profile of the skills needed in the next executive. In the Pivot phase a search ensues, conducted by a board reinvigorated and excited about the agency's future impact. In the Thrive phase the board engages the newly hired executive as a leadership partner and gives him or her clear performance priorities derived from the strategic directions. Engaging case studies and hands-on tools such as planning agendas, timelines, sample letters, and communication tips will smooth the transition to new executive leadership.
Download or read book The Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers for Sector Switchers written by Steven Joiner and published by Idealist.org. This book was released on 2010 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers for Sector Switchers is the comprehensive resource for transitioning professionals pursuing new career options in the nonprofit sector. Get indispensable advice, relevant strategies, and nonprofit-specific resources to strengthen your job search. Written by nonprofit career experts, The Idealist Guide is easily accessible and convenient to read. If you are a "mid-career transitioner," a "re-careerer," an "encore careerist," a "bridger," or a "sector switcher" this book is meant for you. Topics Include: - Why Nonprofit? - Myths and Facts About Nonprofits - Nonprofit Hiring Practices - The Challenge of Sector Switching - Self and Career Assessment - Networking Strategies - Evaluating Organizational Culture - Negotiating the Best Deal - Starting Your Own Nonprofit - Nonprofit Speak 101 Written by the staff of Idealist.org with guest sections by other nonprofit experts. Idealist.org is the leading organization in the field of nonprofit careers. Idealist.org runs the website where people and organizations can exchange resources and ideas, locate opportunities and supporters, and take steps to turn their good intentions into action.
Download or read book The Mission Driven Handbook written by Laura Gassner Otting and published by Elevate. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This companion handbook for Mission Driven: Moving from Profit to Purpose will help the job seeker – whether a student, a mid-career professional or a retiring Baby Boomer – by putting the knowledge they have learned from Laura's book, Mission Driven, into action.
Download or read book HBR Guide to Changing Your Career written by Harvard Business Review and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your next act starts now. You're ready for something new, but it's hard to start over. Just the idea of trading the security you have now for the unknown or throwing away the education and time you've invested in your current career can plunge you into a swirl of indecision and anxiety. But mixing things up every few years is an increasingly normal and cyclical part of a healthy work life--a way to gain new skills and stretch your existing ones by applying them to different contexts. Whether you know what you want to do next or you're still evaluating options, the HBR Guide to Changing Your Career will help you: Imagine other professional selves Identify the skills you need--and those you already possess that will transfer to another industry Assess the financial implications of the change you're considering Try out new roles without endangering your current job Explain a seemingly winding career path Pitch yourself into a new role
Download or read book Make the Jump written by Marcia Ballinger and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Managing to Change the World written by Alison Green and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why getting results should be every nonprofit manager's first priority A nonprofit manager's fundamental job is to get results, sustained over time, rather than boost morale or promote staff development. This is a shift from the tenor of many management books, particularly in the nonprofit world. Managing to Change the World is designed to teach new and experienced nonprofit managers the fundamental skills of effective management, including: managing specific tasks and broader responsibilities; setting clear goals and holding people accountable to them; creating a results-oriented culture; hiring, developing, and retaining a staff of superstars. Offers nonprofit managers a clear guide to the most effective management skills Shows how to address performance problems, dismiss staffers who fall short, and the right way to exercising authority Gives guidance for managing time wisely and offers suggestions for staying in sync with your boss and managing up This important resource contains 41 resources and downloadable tools that can be implemented immediately.
Download or read book Make Your Mark written by Nurys Harrigan-Pedersen and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make Your Mark guides those who want to change their career route to create an empowering, re-warding, and fulfilling journey towards having a job they love. What would it be like to have a job that makes you so happy you could sing, where your professional goals are aligned and make a significant impact in your personal life and on your family, those around you, and the world? For over fifteen years talent management and staffing expert Nurys Harrigan-Pedersen has helped professionals create career maps that have dramatically changed the course of their lives with the belief that everyone deserves to have a job they love. Follow the insightful and practical steps outlined in this guide and create a unique map that will make your life soar to unprecedented heights. Make Your Mark is the GPS of your professional life and will help you move forward with renewed enthusiasm and purpose. The best part: This GPS is programmed by you!
Download or read book The Encore Career Handbook written by Marci Alboher and published by Workman Publishing Company. This book was released on 2012-12-26 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until recently, most Americans equated the end of a successful career with the beginning of retirement. No more. Now they want to stay in the game (or better, change the game). They want to leave a mark. Make a difference—and continue to make money. From Encore.org, the leading organization in the field, comes a road map to every step of the encore career journey. Here’s how to plan the transition. How much you need to make. The pros and cons of going back to school. When to volunteer, and when to intern. How to network effectively and harness the power of social media. Who’s hiring and for what jobs? (Check out the Encore Hot List of 35 viable careers). A comprehensive, nuts-and-bolts guide, filled with inspiring stories and answering—in extensive FAQ sections—the concerns of its readers, this book is everything you need to help you strike a balance between doing good and doing well--in a way that will sustain you through this new stage of life.
Download or read book Managing Leadership Transition for Nonprofits written by Barry Dym and published by FT Press. This book was released on 2011-02-17 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nonprofits leadership transitions are a time of exceptionally high risk. Here, three internationally-respected experts show how to systematically identify, introduce, support, and monitor leaders in ways that enhance rather than undermine their performance. They explain why leadership transitions are so challenging for nonprofits, and show how to replace chaos and crisis with proven, sustainable leadership transition plans. Writing for all nonprofit board members, leaders, aspiring leaders, and stakeholders, the authors demonstrate how to: Maintain organizational momentum, continuity, and credibility through the transition Find leaders who align well with your organizational values and its evolving culture Avoid fighting, rumors, accusations, and the common mistakes that derail nonprofit leadership transitions Build a sturdy bridge between departing and incoming leaders Set appropriate expectations for both boards and leaders, and guide them to complement each other successfully Plan succession and continuity for the long-term Use transitions to advance the organization’s mission
