Nonprofit Leadership - Keys to Success for Non profit leaders and their board members

January 19, 2016
Hosted by Maureen Metcalf

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Episode Description

Dani has served as an Executive Director, coached boards and now teaches at The Ohio State University focusing on nonprofit leadership. During this discussion she will answer several questions that relate to being effective either as a nonprofit leader or board member.

1. What is a nonprofit? (short answer)
2. You and I wrote a nonprofit leadership book together – why did you invest your time to do this?
3. What do you want leaders to understand about effective nonprofit?
4. What is a typical nonprofit structure?
5. What is the role of a nonprofit Board?
6. What should you know if you’re invited to serve? Is that different than what you should know if you’re already serving?
7. If you want to get involved in a nonprofit, either in Board leadership or as volunteer or staff, where should you to start?

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Maureen Metcalf

Maureen is the Founder and CEO of the Innovative Leadership Institute, a renowned executive advisor focused on making the world better through leadership! She helps clients strengthen their leadership talent pool so that leadership itself becomes one of your strategic advantages to co-create a thriving future.

Maureen brings 30 years of business experience to provide high-impact, practical solutions that support her clients' leadership development and organizational transformations. She is recognized as an innovative, principled thought leader who combines intellectual rigor and discipline with an ability to translate theory into practice in all her work. Her operational focus is coupled with a strategic ability to analyze, develop and implement successful strategies for profitability, growth and sustainability.

Maureen is the author of an international award-winning book series on Innovative leadership, including the Innovative Leaders Guide to Transforming Organizations, winner of a 2014 International Book Award and a regular contributor to Forbes.

As a board member/chair, Maureen has led multiple organizations through difficult transitions and is open to for-profit board opportunities. Before founding the Innovative Leadership Institute, she led consulting engagements for PricewaterhouseCoopers and Accenture across a broad range of industries, contributing to successful organizational transformation.

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