A regular E.D. review is one of the best ways to ensure your nonprofit’s leadership is performing in a way that best serves your community and organization. Find out how this at times pain-staking process can be smooth and productive with this streamlined resource.

Becoming an effective manager is integral to your ability to be a great leader and to drive scope and impact in your work. Learn how to set new staff and volunteers up to succeed, do what you can to build their professional capacities and drive retention, and empirically evaluate their performance.

This presentation provides space for nonprofit leaders, particularly CEOs/EDs, senior management staff, and board members, to explore best practices in succession and transition planning.

Because founders—regardless of the sector—are remarkably good at many things, and they should steer clear of others. The key to a founder’s long-term success is self-awareness and self-mastery.

Checklist: People

This resource was created for both board and staff leaders as they consider the pros and cons of entering into an employment agreement with the Executive Director.

Quick Win: People

There is a lot of evidence to suggest that the first 90 days sets the overall tone for the tenure of a new E.D.

Quick Win: People

Joan publishes quite a bit of useful free resources and downloads over on JoanGarry.com. As a convenience for Lab members, we are publishing all of them here in one place!.

Resources: People, Leadership, Fundraising

Here’s an idea for a dynamic presentation format any E.D. can use at a board meeting.

Quick Win: People

One of the single most important responsibilities of the Board of Directors is the Annual Review of the staff leader. This template will both facilitate the review and help all E.D.s understand their most important tasks.

Template: People

You probably know I think the relationship between the board chair and ED is absolutely critical. But how do you set this relationship up for success? Here’s my advice.

Course: People