Welcome to O.D. Fridays at DonorDreams blog. Every Friday for the foreseeable future we will be looking more closely at a recent post from John Greco’s blog called “johnponders ~ about life at work, mostly” and applying his organizational development messages to the non-profit community.
It is that time of the year when non-profit leaders set the stage for the next year. This time of the year is always critical and tripping up usually means the next year won’t be a banner one. Here is just a small sampling of what is on the plates of many non-profit executive directors:
- Budget construction
- Resource development / revenue planning
- Program planning
- Year-end holiday fundraising and stewardship strategies
- Working with the board development committee to complete year-end board volunteer evaluations
- Developing annual performance plans for the upcoming year for staff
- Completing year-end evaluations
Interesting enough, in my experience, it is the last three bullet points that get swept under the rug by so many non-profit organizations.
Today’s blog post is short and sweet because it is the end of the Mayan calendar and I have a few things to do before the world ends. So, please ask yourself the following questions:
- Are you anxious about evaluating your employees?
- Have you neglected to put 2013 annual performance plans together for your staff?
- Have you let your Board Development / Board Governance Committee off the hook yet again when it comes to year-end board evaluations?
If you answered ‘YES’ to any of these questions, then please “click-through” and read John’s most recent post titled “There Is No Crying In Performance Reviews!”
Not only does he “hit the nail on the head,” but I don’t have any personal stories that are better than the ones he shares.
If you didn’t get a chance to read this month’s guest post from Dani Robbins, then you may want to click here and circle back to her thoughts on year-end evaluations for board volunteers. I urge you to consider what Dani says and compare it to John’s post about employee evaluations. Does John’s organizational development insights and suggestions also ring true when it comes to year-end board member evaluations. If so, what can you do to support your Board Development Committee to have “AUTHENTIC” and “GENERATIVE” conversations with their peers?
Enjoy the last day of civilization as we know it (just kidding) . . . and Here’s to your health!
Erik Anderson
Founder & President, The Healthy Non-Profit LLC
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