Leadership
March 25, 2019 | by Julie Struble | Feature, Human Resources, Indianapolis, Leadership
By Julie Struble, Charitable Advisors Research repeatedly confirms that employee engagement drives organizational success. We know it’s important,but have trouble with misunderstanding of expectations and turn-over. At last month’s HR peer group, Tony Dill, owner of HR Partnerships, discussed employee engagement with HR professionals at the HR peer group. With several decades of both […]
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February 25, 2019 | by Charitable Advisors | Feature, Leadership
By Lynn Sygiel, editor, Charitable Advisors For over two years, Candice Perry has worked to develop nonprofit leaders. In her position as the Welborn Baptist Foundation Nonprofit Excellence Officer, her key responsibilities have been to strengthen nonprofits executives and develop a talent pipeline. The foundation is based in Evansville and serves the Tri-state area. Perry […]
Tags: : Welborn Baptist Foundation, Evansville, Nonprofit Excellence
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February 25, 2019 | by Charitable Advisors | Feature, Leadership
By Lynn Sygiel, editor, Charitable Advisors When Rev. Donovan Coley joined the board at the Fort Wayne Rescue Mission in 2006, he felt the organization had lost its way. The agency, established in 1903, was doing good work, he said, but its impact on the community was limited, and it didn’t have executive leadership. “By […]
Tags: capacity building, Foellinger Foundation, Fort Wayne’s Rescue Mission, Welborn Foundation
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July 16, 2018 | by Charitable Advisors | Feature, Leadership
By Caitie Deranek Stewart, board member, YNPNIndy and YNPN National The nonprofit sector in Indy faces some pretty monumental challenges: homelessness is on the rise, the opioid epidemic is hitting our community hard and the school violence seen in other places is now happening in our own backyard. As professionals passionate about creating safe, healthy […]
Tags: July 2018, YNPN national conference, young professionals
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June 11, 2018 | by Charitable Advisors | Feature, Leadership
By Lynn Sygiel, editor, Charitable Advisors Diversity. Its definition may vary, but its merits are championed in just about all walks of life: schools, the political arena, the entertainment industry and especially the workplace, which includes the nonprofit world. For over two decades, BoardSource, a Washington, D.C.-based organization designed to support today’s nonprofit leaders, has […]
Tags: diversity, Indianapolis Foundation fellows, The Speak Easy
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September 18, 2017 | by Charitable Advisors | Feature, Leadership
By Lynn Sygiel, editor, Charitable Advisors Historically, the United States has not always been inclusive, and workplaces have been no exception. But in today’s political, economic and global business environment, diversity has become increasingly important. It now impacts brand, corporate purpose and performance. And while the business environment recognizes the value of inclusion, nonprofits seemingly […]
Tags: changing, diversity definition, perspectives
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August 21, 2017 | by Charitable Advisors | Leadership, Sponsor Insight
By Sara M. Johnson, FACHE Director, Executive Education,IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI While relaxing on a recent cruise to Cuba, I started thinking about leadership (I know…I can’t help it). Ever an observer and student of leadership and organizational culture I was struck by lessons that can be learned on both […]
Tags: application, essons, focused attention
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July 31, 2017 | by Charitable Advisors | Feature, Leadership
By Lynn Sygiel, editor, Charitable Advisors Nonprofit networks vary in shape, size and mission. Some are satellites of national organizations and others establish connections and facilitate collaboration. Ask Tracey Horth Krueger or Kelly McBride about the Domestic Violence Network (DVN) in Indianapolis, and they’ll tell you that after 20 years, it is still vibrant and […]
Tags: connector, domestic violence, DVN
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January 23, 2017 | by Charitable Advisors | Feature, Leadership
By Lynn Sygiel, editor, Charitable Advisors Leadership can be nurtured and cultivated. And in the past year, the Fort Wayne-based Foellinger Foundation has taken on that job. Since 2008, the foundation has worked to strengthen nonprofits in the Fort Wayne area, but it hasn’t stopped with its Invited-Initiative. Last year, it launched the Foellinger Center […]
Tags: adaptive, Center for Nonprofit Adaptive Leadership, Foellinger
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August 29, 2016 | by Charitable Advisors | Feature, Leadership
By Bryan Orander, president, Charitable Advisors Next week is Labor Day when the focus is on jobs. As the U.S. recovers from the recession of the previous decade, the labor market has tightened. Amid whispers that the country is moving towards statistically full employment, many employers are reverting to a basic method of recruiting and […]
Tags: compare 20 positions, Indiana nonprofits, salary survey
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