Leadership development programme for nonprofits
You have talented people in leadership roles but no structured investment in their development — growth is left entirely to chance and your pipeline is thin.
What you'll achieve
A cohort of stronger, more consistent leaders across your organisation, with shared language, tools, and a support network that outlasts the programme.
How a Nonprofit Builder consultant helps
- Design and deliver a bespoke programme combining workshops, peer learning, and individual coaching, built around the specific leadership challenges in your context.
Key deliverables
- Programme design and curriculum, facilitated workshop series, peer learning structure, individual coaching sessions, participant self-assessments, programme evaluation report.
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Free tools and guides to get started
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A Guide to Building a Successful Leadership Development Program
A step-by-step guide for organisations that design or fund leadership development programmes. It draws on evaluations of the fellowship programmes run by Schusterman and the Rockwood Leadership Institute. It sets out 5 recommendations: make space for openness, develop emotional intelligence, build relationships on purpose, design a sound coaching approach and promote collaboration across sectors. It also includes a programme-building checklist, evaluation findings and further reading on equity in leadership development.
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The Practice of Adaptive Leadership
A practical handbook on adaptive leadership for people leading change in organisations and communities. It builds on Heifetz's Leadership Without Easy Answers and Leadership on the Line. Using stories, diagrams, cases and worksheets, it helps readers tell technical problems from adaptive challenges, diagnose the system and themselves, and act when change meets resistance. Readers use the exercises alone or with a team to plan interventions and build their own leadership practice.
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