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Job Description: NPO CEO [Chief Everything Officer]
We are looking for a dynamic, mission-driven rockstar to join our lean team. As a NPO CEO Chief Everything Officer, you will be expected to build the plane while flying it


When Good Workers Leave Bad Leaders
Much has been said about the inability of Non-Profits to retain staff. What we don’t often refer to are those staff that do stick it out for


The Non Profit Founder Syndrome
When this incredible individual becomes and remains the pivot of the organisation, or becomes the person who has a stranglehold on organisational development and maturity, you are left with Non Profit founder syndrome.


Second Line Leadership: Civil Society
Competent and passionate leadership has always been considered vital in every civil society organisation. However who is the best person to lead an organisation is not always so easy. Due to lack of funding and the subsequent lack of supportive management structures, leaders in the civil society field are quite often a person who is appointed on the basis of balance of various prospects. The leaders are expected to be inter alia financial managers, fundraisers, high level s


WTF is going on in the NPO Field in SA
Around 10 000 New NPO's are registered annually in SA. Why?


NPO's Need More Leaders and Less Managers: Leadership in Non-Profits
Leadership is one of the most talked about, but least understood concepts in the Non-Profit field.


DSD Funding Strategy - A Plethora of Mini-Me's? DSD Funding for NPO
Are NPO losing their visions/mission for a TPA


Sabbaticals in the Non Profit Sector
The Practice of providing Civil Society Organizations Leaders the opportunity to step away from their organizations, on a sabbatical period is also known as creative disruption. On the part of the leader the sense of disruption can spark creativity, new perspectives on leadership, job longevity, greater confidence, and better relationships with staff, board and community as well as a new vision.
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