Posts in Leadership
12 keys to a nonprofit collaboration process

To collaborate with other nonprofits, our strategic alignment collaboration model outlines the key elements for leadership to integrate internal purpose with external partners.  To collaborate with others effectively, you will need a clear internal plan for your organization that states the basis for your need to collaborate and the types of organizations and programs you want to collaborate with. Without that, it will be difficult to have expectations of partners if your own house isn't in order. Next, build your leadership and collaboration skills: authentic communication, conflict resolution, critical thinking, running effective meetings, accountability and measures, and project management. Finally, identify partners and complete the steps of a structured partner plan to build collaborative programming and projects.

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Hiring The Right Fit with Insight

Kolbe RightFit™ is the program that makes finding the "right" person for the right job easier and less expensive. Statistically proven, it assists companies in screening and selecting the best job applicants by determining who has the necessary instincts. RightFit ends the headache of guessing how well a prospective employee will perform, by rating each candidate on a scale from "A" to "F," and providing information on how the applicant will take action according to job requirements.

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Passion primer for leadership

In our strategic growth planning and organizational design work with leaders, we have completed projects ranging from community planning to revenue-building project management to redesigning teams to achieve clearer organizational and operational objectives in a wide variety of for-profit, nonprofits and government organizations. One thing remains true – consistent change and momentous growth endeavors are only achieved to the extent to which optimistic, influential and trustworthy leadership is present.

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Three parts of the mind

Long ago, experts in the field of psychology (Plato, Aristotle, etc.) determined that there are three parts of the mind that we each have. These three parts make up our whole person. These three parts represent how we feel, do, and think during our individual creative processes.

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