What’s the benefit of running a successful non-profit? The short answer: You’ll be able to impact more lives and have fewer leadership headaches. In this post, Toni Jackson shares four strategies for non-profit leaders. Following her strategies, you’ll avoid operating in a way which undermines your organization’s sustainability and day-to-day effectiveness.
”Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.”
John F. Kennedy
As I developed a clearer sense of the gifted person whose words and wisdom will be shared in this new Series, Toni Jackson, the famous words of Pres. Kennedy (above) and a well-known Bible scripture came to mind. The scripture:
As a Christian prays, to connect with God, a cheerful volunteer donates their time to connect with their community. Jackson is a proud Christian woman who has generously volunteered throughout her life – to support a wide range of organizations and community causes.
A Housing Specialist for the City of High Point (NC), she has volunteered countless hours – and managed volunteers too. However, if you look only at Jackson’s paid employment, you’re missing out on a lot of what has allowed the married mother of two to make her mark.
A Series on Your Outcomes Well featuring Toni Jackson begins today.
In the biography at the bottom of this Series-launching post, her career, volunteer work, awards, and family are described.
Read More Community Service & Volunteering Avail Much: Toni Jackson
It takes more than passion to be a true leader. Listening and loyalty are also important. Delquanda S. Turner has personally observed qualities which I feel represent true leadership.
Those seven (7) leadership qualities are:
These qualities are fully explored in two posts in the Series:
Read More Series Snapshot: Delquanda S. Turner (Non-profits)
Robin Morgan
Unconditional Service: Robin Morgan’s Non-profit Mission
“I was raised to be, not a servant, but a person who is willing to serve unconditionally. And the good Lord didn’t put you here to just make money, to just be a family. He put you here to leave a legacy.
And that can be knowledge, that can be money, that can be service. To me, it’s service. The more [people] I can connect with, the more people I can connect. I thrive on that!”
Unconditional Service: Robin Morgan’s Non-profit Mission
Financial Talk for Non-profits: From a Seasoned Pro
Good Non-profit Leaders: Seeing the Forest Too!
5 Habits of People who Start Non-profits Successfully
4 Must-have Qualities of Exceptional Non-profit Leaders
Non-profit Leadership: Tell-tale Signs of an Ineffective Leader
Sofia Crisp
Executive Director, Housing Consultants Group
“My journey started as a leap of faith and is now my passion! Seeing that box in the corner of my friend’s office moved me to think ‘out of the box’ – and launch, manage, and grow the non-profit organization I lead today . . . I have a great team of employees, contractors, and Board members that have allowed me to grow HCG to what it is today. This was not a one-woman journey”.
“While I didn’t think the journey would be easy, I had no idea how hard it would be! Do I have any regrets? No, none. The journey has been a mixture joy, pain, successes and failures. Every emotion necessary has been experienced; it’s part of why I believe the organization has been successful.”
Why I Started My Non-Profit (Sofia S Crisp)
Why I Started My Non-Profit (Sofia S Crisp)
Working ‘in your Gift’
Challenges I’ve Faced – Challenges I’ve Faced (Part 2)
Building the Right Board
Successes I’ve Achieved
My Non-profit Journey: Avoiding Mission Creep
Growing Pains
Time Management
Collaborations and Partnerships
Sofia Crisp: Where Do We Go From Here?
Read More Series Snapshot / Sofia S. Crisp: My Non-profit Journey
The decisions which a Leader consciously makes, to not do something, can be quite revealing of his or her leadership talents. In this Series post, Delquanda Turner offers another True Leadership quality; in her last post, the 6 Qualities of True Leadership were explored by her. In this post, a 7th Quality of such non-profit and community leaders will be shared.
It takes more than passion to be a true leader. Listening and loyalty are also important. In this post, Delquanda Turner sheds light on what six qualities she sees in those she feels are practicing true leadership. In the Grow section, additional perspectives on leadership, for those working for non-profits and community organizations, are offered.
As we talked with Delquanda Turner in mid-January, the community manager’s passion for engaging the community and families was refreshing and clearly heart-felt. Her insight into community planning, effective leadership, and non-profit organizations was hard to hide. As Community Planning Manager for the Juvenile Welfare Board in Central Florida, Turner spoke eloquently on several non-profit and community issues.
The gems the Your Outcomes Well Team gleamed from Turner, during this conversation, are the seeds for our 3rd blog Series – which begins today with this post.
Read More Kids Kept Well: Delquanda S. Turner’s Community Mission
A success-destined Executive Director is a visionary who goes well beyond their passion to achieve their organization’s Mission. Like such leaders, as she has demonstrated in this Series, Robin Morgan…
Read More Good Non-profit Leaders: Seeing the Forest Too! (Robin Morgan)
While the number of hours are the same for all of us, some manage their precious time much better than others. In this post Robin Morgan shares four behaviors which…
Better Outcomes through Best Practices (Non-Profit Leaders)