If you've noticed fewer job postings, longer hiring timelines, and radio silence after interviews, you're not imagining it. The summer months often bring a noticeable slowdown in recruitment. Hiring managers take vacations, interview schedules become harder to coordinate, budgets are reviewed before the fall...
If you work in the nonprofit sector, advocacy is likely already part of your everyday work. You show up for your community, champion your organization’s mission, and help tell stories that inspire action. But as career development practitioner Wanda Kusumajuda Pichette asked...
Grant writing can feel like a marathon, one that never ends. With the constant juggling of deadlines and proposals for different funders, it’s easy for even the most dedicated nonprofit teams to hit a wall. While grants are an essential...
This article was previously published by CareerWise and is reprinted with permission. “Just one more minute.” “Just one more tweak.” Sound familiar? These thoughts surface at the finish line – the final email, the report, the outline. That is the undercurrent of...
How did you learn to lead? Was it a bad boss? A graduate program? Trial and error? I love asking this question in workshops and coaching conversations. People often pause, realizing that being a leader has become so intrinsic to who they are that they’ve forgotten how they got there. ...
Like many professionals, I came into the nonprofit sector because I wanted my work to matter and genuinely wished to contribute to something beyond myself. That sense of purpose is powerful because it has helped me to stay committed through...
In the nonprofit sector, urgency often feels unavoidable. When funding is uncertain, community needs are growing, and the stakes are human lives, it can feel irresponsible not to operate in crisis mode. Many women leaders I work with say the same thing: “If I don’t...
As leaders, we often believe our job is to have all the answers. To know everything. To never look uncertain. But here’s what that belief actually costs us. It keeps us stuck, it keeps our teams stuck, and it quietly drives us toward burnout. ...
Most people join the nonprofit sector because they care. They care about their communities, their clients, and their missions. And when you care deeply, it’s easy to slip into “doing whatever needs to be done,” even when it’s outside your...
In the nonprofit sector, confidence is often measured indirectly. We talk about capacity, resilience, competence, and commitment. We assess leadership through outputs delivered, crises managed, funding secured, and communities served. And yet, many women leaders I work with — accomplished,...
