Leadership: An Essential Ingredient for Achieving Scaled Impact
Impact , Initiative for Nonprofit Talent and Leadership , Leadership , Nonprofit , White House Council on Community Solutions , workforce No Comments »Guest post by Anne Sherman, vice president for Nonprofit Strategy, at Growth Philanthropy Network
Like many in the social sector, I believe strongly that leadership and talent development are important factor in the effectiveness of nonprofit organizations. Having worked for over 12 years with nonprofits and foundations on strategic planning, I have witnessed first-hand the myriad ways in which leaders—working at all levels of an organization—can make or break a nonprofit's ability to advance on achieving its mission. Weak leadership capacity can be a death knell for a program or an entire organization. Strong leadership capacity, on the other hand, can really distinguish an organization in terms of programmatic quality and impact, success in raising money, and readiness for growth.
