Executive Coaching Could Be the Best Way to Improve Nonprofit Leadership Efforts
A people-centered, rights-based approach to support today’s nonprofit executives
Because of the nature of nonprofits and community work, organizations require quick thinking and rapid adaptation. Leaders need to constantly change to sharpen their management skills, develop new ways of inspiring their staff, and evolve to meet their work’s changing requirements to meet their organizations’ changing needs and the communities they serve. However, constant change does not come without challenges.
Today’s nonprofit leaders are stressed, exhausted, and vastly overworked through no fault of their own. They are less likely than their private-sector peers to receive the resources or support needed to thrive in such a demanding position. With leadership offered only limited support and a staff that is too often overworked and undertrained, you have a formula for a failing organization, even more so in these challenging times.
Executive directors of nonprofits need support. They tend to burn out at a high rate, and — despite their passion and vision — often they lack training in the skills required to lead…
