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Executive Director 101: Leadership, Management, and Strategy Intensive

June 27 - 30, 2016

Topic: Executive Coaching

Provider/Presenting Organization: Compass Point Nonprofit Services

Location: San Francisco Bay Area

https://www.compasspoint.org/ed101

As an executive director, how do you powerfully lead your organization through complex challenges so you can improve the communities you serve and achieve social equity?  How do you align your organization, staff, and board around impact and achieve financial sustainability? As daunting as these questions can seem, they are fundamental executive leadership responsibilities. 

ED 101 offers an executive-level curriculum of frameworks and tools covering key leadership, management, and strategy content that give executive directors the confidence to deal with the challenges that face nonprofits. This 4-day program will draw on research, the experience and knowledge of CompassPoint’s leading experts, and the collective wisdom of the participants to create a powerful space to think creatively, try on fresh ideas, learn new strategies, and identify action steps to confidently lead yourself and your organization. 

Over the course of four days, participants will engage in topics including:

  • Organizational sustainability: linking strategy and finance;

  • Building effective boards: roles, responsibilities, and powerful partners;

  • Revenue and fund development;

  • Leadership;

  • Performance and staff management.

This Executive Director 101 is right for you if:

  • You are a new executive directors/CEO. Note: by the time of the class it’s required for you to have attended at least one board meeting as the ED and have been in the position for at least 3 months;

  • You are an experienced executive director who wants to deepen your leadership and management practice and strengthen your organization;

  • You are an executive director who is open to other’s ideas, excited to learn with peers, and ready to share your experience as an ED with others. 

For more information, visit the workshop website here.