Learn How To Become a Better Leader Today
Strengthen your leadership and increase your impact with this free, self-paced course covering eight foundational leadership principles along with exercises and tools to apply them immediately.
The Applied Wisdom for Nonprofits Leadership Course includes:
- 19 five-minute videos.
- Real world examples from nonprofit leaders.
- Simple but thought-provoking exercises.
This online course is free and always will be. Also, we will never sell or otherwise distribute your contact information.
What You’ll Learn
Applied Wisdom for the Nonprofit Sector is classic wisdom that you can rely upon throughout your career, delivered in bite-sized pieces designed to fit easily into your day:
- How to intentionally shape a powerful culture that is in full alignment with your organization's core values.
- Practices to build respect and trust across your nonprofit.
- Why bad news is good news, and how you can take advantage of it.
- How to widen your perspective and grow your skills as a strategist.
- What goes into building a strong infrastructure, and what most inspires donors to fund capacity-building.
- How to remain agile and maintain a clear focus on a core set of priorities.
- Techniques for moving ideas into action – and managing the consequences.
- What it means to "own the monkey" – how to empower your employees and hold them accountable.
Real Life Examples
The video series contains course instruction plus real-life examples from three accomplished nonprofit leaders.
Ahmad Thomas
CEO, Silicon Valley Leadership Group
Gabriela Chavez-Lopez
Executive Director, Latina Coalition of Silicon Valley
Michael Elliott
President & Executive Director, Valley Health Foundation
“I believe that every person, regardless of their education or training, is capable of improving their leadership and management skills.”
Explore the Modules
Each module includes video lessons, reflection exercises, and downloadable resources to deepen your understanding of the eight practical insights from Applied Wisdom for the Nonprofit Sector.
Culture
Cultivating Culture Lesson
Learn the impact and importance of organizational culture, with specific steps you can take to intentionally shape your organization's culture for greater resilience and impact.
Start Module → 02Respect and Trust Your People
Discover how a culture of fundamental trust and respect is essential for every organization, with tools and practices for building respect across a diverse team.
Start Module → 03Bad News is Good News
Learn the power of discovering problems early and often, with practices for early problem detection and strategies for discussing bad news with your board.
Start Module →Planning
Develop Court Sense
Learn how to identify driving forces outside your organization and manage the change that comes with adapting to external factors.
Start Module → 05The Whole Job
Explore how committing to build your organization's capacity and funding that commitment leads to greater excellence and impact.
Start Module → 06Prioritize and Focus
Learn how to set and stick to a small set of priorities, and how to work with your board to keep your organization on track.
Start Module →Implementation
Book It and Ship It: Course Module
Tackle one of the biggest leadership hurdles -- moving ideas into action. Learn when to act and how to manage the inevitable bumps in the road of implementation.
Start Module → 08Who Owns the Monkey?
Build a culture of accountability and empowerment with a framework for holding accountability conversations and using structure and processes as foundations.
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