Ten New Leadership Skills For an Uncertain World

Bob Johansen, a professional Forecaster, has written a book called “Leaders Make the Future: Ten New Leadership Skills for an Uncertain World”. He writes about the VUCA forces operating in the world today, referring to the increasing amount of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity, that individuals and organizations are forced to face every day.

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Switching to Nonprofit Sector – Where Do I Look?

There is good reason beyond seeking a mission driven career to consider making a move to work in the nonprofit sector. Despite the economic downturn of the last two years, the sector continues to grow. In 2000, the number of nonprofits was about 800,000. By 2009, the number hit 1, 238,201! Nonprofits employ close to 10% of the country’s workforce. Most nonprofits are small – two thirds have budgets less than $500,000, but the top 5% have budget of $10 million or more.

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Is Switching To the Nonprofit Sector the Right Choice For You?

Thanks to such people as Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and Angelina Jolie, philanthropy and nonprofits now enjoy a glamorized reputation. I can’t count the number of times a disaffected accountant, investment banker or lawyer has said to me that they now dream of working for the Gates Foundation.

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The Four R’s – How Organizations Can Make the Most Of Using an Executive Recruiter

Engaging an executive recruiting consultant for your organization’s position search shouldn’t cause you anxiety. You hired a search consultant to ease your anxiety. So, take a look a my Four R’s to get some pointers on how to make the most of the relationship.

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Nine Rules For Successfully On-boarding To a New Position

I am working with a experienced client who just accepted a leadership position with an organization on the other side of the country. To displace his rumbling sense of guilt at his act of “disloyalty” – did he place his own career interests ahead of his allegiance to his current organization where he has been treated well for the past 13 years? – he is anxiously wondering how to prepare himself for his new role so that he makes and has a strong, positive impact from the start.

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