It is an amazing gift when a peer sends you the unicorn you have been trying to hire. That's happened twice in this cohort!
That kind of trust reaches past hiring. At this session of the Nonprofit Leaders Forum, the conversation moved in every direction: handing work across and down, and raising what needs addressing.
Most nonprofit leaders lead from the middle, responsible for results without the final say. That is where good ideas can get stuck, and where honest conversations with peers help.
What leaders are trying: asking whether it is a specific issue, how often it happens, and whether they can track it; planning the conversation instead of raising it in passing; bringing data when things are not moving, and handing the meeting notes back as data; and asking in every meeting who is taking ownership.
One agency left with three new places to recruit interns.
Thank you to NAMI DuPage (https://namidupage.org) for hosting us. We saw its print shop, a social enterprise where volunteers prepare to return to work, and the new intake space in The Living Room, now open 24/7.
The Nonprofit Leaders Forum brings together mid-level leaders from agencies funded by the Bloomingdale Township Mental Health Board (https://bloomingdaletownship.com), in partnership with Good Works Results LLC (https://www.goodworksresults.com). Learn more at www.goodworksresults.com/forum.
Proud to collaborate with these dedicated organizations: The Alive Center, Bloomingdale Township Youth Service Bureau, DuPage Health Coalition, DuPagePads, ICNA Relief, NAMI DuPage, NuPAGE Communities, NEDSRA, Teen Parent Connection, United Cerebral Palsy Seguin, and YWCA Chicago.