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Greater Positivity, Better Productivity - Mission impossible, thought Greg Kimbell, director of computer systems for Cornell's Office of Alumni Affairs and Development: Convert a billion rows of data from an old mainframe to a new system in 18 months and, within the same timeframe, impose a new reporting structure so that staffers could more easily retrieve information about donors, pledges, and gifts. "All of us felt so overwhelmed we didn't know where to begin," Greg recalls. |
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Empowering Leaders - When Cynthia Chavez took the helm of LeaderSpring, a leadership development program in California's Bay area, she brought 23 years of experience in making policy, raising money, and building stronger communities across the nation. |
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Transforming Cultures through Trust - No matter who the people are, no matter what kind of organization they work in, communication and productivity break down for one reason: Lack of trust.
That's how Vikram Bhatt sees it, and he would know. An organizational development coach at Resonant Consulting, Vikram partners with us in India to bring coaching to vastly diverse groups. Most recently we collaborated to design and deliver a nonviolent communication workshop for the transgender community in Mumbai. At the same time, he was coaching three department heads at a financial services firm whose revenues weren't meeting expectations. |
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Non-profit Coaching and Philanthropy Partnership - Always on the lookout for new organizations in which to sow a coaching culture, we realized a few years ago, that we'd overlooked the neediest: the non-profits. Here were organizations whose very survival depended on their leader's ability to manage operations, launch initiatives, and raise funds—and yet, with scant resources at their disposal, rarely invested in leadership development. Here were executive directors caught between the grindstones of volunteer boards and underpaid staff, who sorely needed a sounding board to help them arrive at more creative solutions. Where were we? |
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Empowering Women to Lead - How do you help women and girls all over the world raise more money to fund the solutions they craft for themselves? The Women’s Funding Network is a catalyst for women’s philanthropy across the globe. It offers resources, leadership, and visibility to its 110-member network of grant-makers, propelling social change throughout the world. Some of its programs, like the Good Deed product line set to launch in supermarkets next year, directly benefit members with royalties from a brand that taps into consumer philanthropy. Others, like the SheSource Campaign, ensure that women become key spokespeople in the media. And still other programs quietly extend critical professional support to the directors themselves—women who are struggling to meet the needs of their underserved communities and overworked staff. |
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Results that Impact - Jerry and I are doing weekly coaching sessions. This is one of those added bonus type things you get when you have a great board of directors. Didn't know Jerry Colonna is an executive coach? Either did I, but he is, and a damn good one. He coaches several people, including the CEO's of other startups. Once a week for about an hour we talk about what it means to lead in a start up; what turns your crank, your fears, your weaknesses and what you can do about improving them, how your folks are doing, where to focus, what personal things might be going on that effect life and work, a broad range of things, all useful. And he does it in a way that's supportive but firm. |
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