This document provides resources for preparing for a nonprofit CEO interview, including sample interview questions, tips, and links to additional materials. It lists 10 common nonprofit CEO interview questions and provides detailed answers for each. Additional resources listed include interview guides, questions for different types of interviews, how to prepare for an interview, and tips for following up after an interview. The document aims to equip candidates with comprehensive preparation materials for a nonprofit CEO role interview.
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“Strategies to Create Highly Motivated Leaders”
Dr. Leahcim Semaj
Annual Conference of the Joint Committee for Tertiary Education (JCTE)
Holiday Inn Hotel, Montego Bay, St. James
December 8 & 9, 2016
Shanelle Newton Clapham and Paul Bailey discuss how to integrate your online and offline fundraising channels to acquire new regular giving donors for your charity.
What are the eight characteristics of high performing teams? How can leaders impact on these eight areas? This session looks at some practical and easy to implement tools for team leaders to improve the performance of their team.
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At the core of this issue is the basic question: "What exactly is a strategy?"
Often times, companies will confuse strategy with actions, making it impossible to establish the clear and critical linkage between the two. Strategy provides the context for effective action plans, and it is essential that companies and, in particular, product managers, understand the relationship between the two.
In this webinar, we will explore the all-important topic of what a good strategy looks like and, more importantly, how we can turn this strategy into a best-in-class action plan that will serve to bind cross-functional teams together and enable companies to achieve measurable successes for their products and services in the marketplace.
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The 6 Patterns of High Performing TeamsDeidre Paknad
Great Teams Exhilarate — What Sets Them Apart?
There is nothing quite like the sensation and satisfaction of being on a high performing team. I’ve had this luck and pleasure a number of times in my career, but it’s rarer than I’d like. High performing teams seem to generate their own energy and elevate everyone on the team to their full potential.
Despite achieving more, working on these teams is less taxing — the workday feels shorter and less frustrating.
So what sets high performing teams apart and why aren’t all teams so successful and fun?
High performing teams aren’t just a collection of strong individual performers, although that certainly helps. They don’t leave great performance to luck or personality, they design for success.
Here are 6 tangible and actionable attributes of high performing teams:
1. Defined Goals
Defined goals and a clear plan to achieve them are essential to great performance. Abstract annual goals aren’t enough — teams need shorter-range, compelling and clear goals that unify and galvanize them on shared purpose. Sequencing these to an annual result works well, but it’s key the team wants to achieve the goals.
2. Committed Actions
Successful teams write down the committed actions each person owns on the path to goal achievement (and they waste less time determining who owns what). Members feel a sense of personal ownership and have a shared intention to accomplish the results they’ve committed to the team week over week. Making progress on actions aligned with a goal people believe in energizes people and elevates their performance, according to author and Harvard professor Teresa Amabile.
3. True Transparency
Facts and status enable members of the team to work more effectively together, pivot or adjust course quickly on unforeseen events, and execute with greater efficiency and predictability. Embracing transparency is one of the most distinct features of high performing teams (and a stark contrast to the politicized and professional “ball hiders” that frequent lesser performing teams). Moreover, the activity required to achieve transparency improves the odds of goal achievement: people with written goals and actions alone have a 43% goal achievement rate while adding status reports against goals boosts the likelihood of achievement to 76%.
4. Unabashed Accountability
The team leader and members hold themselves and each other accountable for their commitments and goal achievement week to week. When the team or a person comes up short, it’s not swept under the rug — it’s triaged and addressed quickly to get back on track to goal. There is a uniform expectation of each other, that when combined with a uniformly high level of commitment to goal, are the essence of a high performing team’s greatness.
5. Frequent Feedback
Members of the team get and ask for regular feedback on their work. Learning members get positi
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Visit: https://www.sequentlearning.com/webinars/item/turning-strategy-into-action-using-product-line-strategies-to-drive-your-or
Most companies intuitively know the importance of having a clear strategy to drive the success of their businesses, but when it comes to actually developing those strategies at a product line level and turning them into actionable plans, companies sometimes fall short.
At the core of this issue is the basic question: "What exactly is a strategy?"
Often times, companies will confuse strategy with actions, making it impossible to establish the clear and critical linkage between the two. Strategy provides the context for effective action plans, and it is essential that companies and, in particular, product managers, understand the relationship between the two.
In this webinar, we will explore the all-important topic of what a good strategy looks like and, more importantly, how we can turn this strategy into a best-in-class action plan that will serve to bind cross-functional teams together and enable companies to achieve measurable successes for their products and services in the marketplace.
Change is constant, and the need for periodic renewal is one of the only certainties in business. Unfortunately, the best practices associated with successful change management initiatives are often poorly understood.
Aspiring change agents greatly increase their chances of success by considering the factors most likely to drive and enable organizational change and incorporating those factors in a comprehensive strategic change management initiative.
Slide deck going over DISC Is personality types. Learn what Encourager personalities are, their strengths and blind spots, how they prefer to work, what they are motivated by, what they are drained by, and common jobs that they enjoy.
Slide deck going over DISC Cs personality types. Learn what Editor personalities are, their strengths and blind spots, how they prefer to work, what they are motivated by, what they are drained by, and common jobs that they enjoy.
A snapshot of your preferences
A Zip Code, not your home address
Tool to help understand your strengths and limitations
Tool to help build relationships
The 6 Patterns of High Performing TeamsDeidre Paknad
Great Teams Exhilarate — What Sets Them Apart?
There is nothing quite like the sensation and satisfaction of being on a high performing team. I’ve had this luck and pleasure a number of times in my career, but it’s rarer than I’d like. High performing teams seem to generate their own energy and elevate everyone on the team to their full potential.
Despite achieving more, working on these teams is less taxing — the workday feels shorter and less frustrating.
So what sets high performing teams apart and why aren’t all teams so successful and fun?
High performing teams aren’t just a collection of strong individual performers, although that certainly helps. They don’t leave great performance to luck or personality, they design for success.
Here are 6 tangible and actionable attributes of high performing teams:
1. Defined Goals
Defined goals and a clear plan to achieve them are essential to great performance. Abstract annual goals aren’t enough — teams need shorter-range, compelling and clear goals that unify and galvanize them on shared purpose. Sequencing these to an annual result works well, but it’s key the team wants to achieve the goals.
2. Committed Actions
Successful teams write down the committed actions each person owns on the path to goal achievement (and they waste less time determining who owns what). Members feel a sense of personal ownership and have a shared intention to accomplish the results they’ve committed to the team week over week. Making progress on actions aligned with a goal people believe in energizes people and elevates their performance, according to author and Harvard professor Teresa Amabile.
3. True Transparency
Facts and status enable members of the team to work more effectively together, pivot or adjust course quickly on unforeseen events, and execute with greater efficiency and predictability. Embracing transparency is one of the most distinct features of high performing teams (and a stark contrast to the politicized and professional “ball hiders” that frequent lesser performing teams). Moreover, the activity required to achieve transparency improves the odds of goal achievement: people with written goals and actions alone have a 43% goal achievement rate while adding status reports against goals boosts the likelihood of achievement to 76%.
4. Unabashed Accountability
The team leader and members hold themselves and each other accountable for their commitments and goal achievement week to week. When the team or a person comes up short, it’s not swept under the rug — it’s triaged and addressed quickly to get back on track to goal. There is a uniform expectation of each other, that when combined with a uniformly high level of commitment to goal, are the essence of a high performing team’s greatness.
5. Frequent Feedback
Members of the team get and ask for regular feedback on their work. Learning members get positi
DISC Assessment Facilitation Guide - LeadershipHellen Davis
Use our DISCflex Facilitation Guide to teach workshops on DISC. The PPT has notes for the facilitator and will walk you thru how to use DISC with a team or group.
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1. Top 10 nonprofit ceo interview questions and
answers
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3. 1. Why do you want this nonprofit ceo job?
Again, companies want to hire people
who are passionate about the job, so you
should have a great answer about why
you want the position. (And if you don't?
You probably should apply elsewhere.)
First, identify a couple of key factors that
make the role a great fit for you (e.g., “I
love customer support because I love the
constant human interaction and the
satisfaction that comes from helping
someone solve a problem"), then share
why you love the company (e.g., “I’ve
always been passionate about education,
and I think you guys are doing great
things, so I want to be a part of it”).
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4. 2. What have you learned from mistakes on the nonprofit
ceo job?
Candidates without specific examples often
do not seem credible. However, the example
shared should be fairly inconsequential,
unintentional, and a learned lesson should
be gleaned from it. Moving ahead without
group assistance while assigned to a group
project meant to be collaborative is a good
example.
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5. 3. What challenges are you looking for in this nonprofit ceo
position?
A typical interview question to determine what you
are looking for your in next job, and whether you
would be a good fit for the position being hired for,
is "What challenges are you looking for in a
position?"
The best way to answer questions about the
challenges you are seeking is to discuss how you
would like to be able to effectively utilize your
skills and experience if you were hired for the job.
You can also mention that you are motivated by
challenges, have the ability to effectively meet
challenges, and have the flexibility and skills
necessary to handle a challenging job.
You can continue by describing specific examples
of challenges you have met and goals you have
achieved in the past.
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6. 4. Describe a typical work week for nonprofit ceo position?
Interviewers expect a candidate for employment to
discuss what they do while they are working in
detail. Before you answer, consider the position
you are applying for and how your current or past
positions relate to it. The more you can connect
your past experience with the job opening, the
more successful you will be at answering the
questions.
It should be obvious that it's not a good idea talk
about non-work related activities that you do on
company time, but, I've had applicants tell me how
they are often late because they have to drive a
child to school or like to take a long lunch break to
work at the gym.
Keep your answers focused on work and show the
interviewer that you're organized ("The first thing I
do on Monday morning is check my voicemail and
email, then I prioritize my activities for the week.")
and efficient.
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7. 5. What is your biggest weakness?
No one likes to answer this question because it
requires a very delicate balance. You simply can’t
lie and say you don’t have one; you can’t trick the
interviewer by offering up a personal weakness
that is really a strength (“Sometimes, I work too
much and don’t maintain a work-life balance.”);
and you shouldn’t be so honest that you throw
yourself under the bus (“I’m not a morning person
so I’m working on getting to the office on time.”)
Think of a small flaw like “I sometimes get
sidetracked by small details”, “I am occasionally
not as patient as I should be with subordinates or
co-workers who do not understand my ideas”, or “I
am still somewhat nervous and uncomfortable with
my public-speaking skills and would like to give
more presentations and talk in front of others or in
meetings.” Add that you are aware of the problem
and you are doing your best to correct it by taking
a course of action.
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8. 6. Why should the we hire you as nonprofit ceo position?
This is the part where you link your skills,
experience, education and your personality to the
job itself. This is why you need to be utterly
familiar with the job description as well as the
company culture. Remember though, it’s best to
back them up with actual examples of say, how
you are a good team player.
It is possible that you may not have as much skills,
experience or qualifications as the other
candidates. What then, will set you apart from
the rest? Energy and passion might. People are
attracted to someone who is charismatic, who
show immense amount of energy when they talk,
and who love what it is that they do. As you
explain your compatibility with the job and
company, be sure to portray yourself as that
motivated, confident and energetic person, ever-
ready to commit to the cause of the company.
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9. 7. What do you know about our company?
Follow these three easy research tips before your next
job interview:
1) Visit the company website; look in the “about us”
section and “careers” sections
2) Visit the company’s LinkedIn page (note, you must
have a LinkedIn account — its free to sign up) to view
information about the company
3) Google a keyword search phrase like “press releases”
followed by the company name; you’ll find the most
recent news stories shared by the company
Remember, just because you have done your
“homework”, it does not mean you need to share ALL of
it during the interview! Reciting every fact you’ve
learned is almost as much of a turn off as not knowing
anything at all! At a minimum, you should include the
following in your answer:
1. What type of product or service the company sells
2. How long the company has been in business
3. What the company culture is like OR what the
company mission statement is, and how the culture
and/or mission relate to your values or personality
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10. 8. Why do you want to work with us?
More likely than not, the interviewer wishes to see
how much you know about the company culture,
and whether you can identify with the
organization’s values and vision. Every
organization has its strong points, and these are the
ones that you should highlight in your answer. For
example, if the company emphasizes on integrity
with customers, then you mention that you would
like to be in such a team because you yourself
believe in integrity.
It doesn’t have to be a lie. In the case that your
values are not in line with the ones by the
company, ask yourself if you would be happy
working there. If you have no issue with that, go
ahead. But if you are aware of the company culture
and realize that there is some dilemma you might
be facing, you ought to think twice. The best
policy is to be honest with yourself, and be honest
with the interviewer with what is it in the company
culture that motivates you.
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11. 9. Did the salary we offer attract you to this nonprofit ceo
job?
The interviewer could be asking you this
question for a number of reasons.
Obviously, the salary is an important factor
to your interest in this job, but it should not
be the overriding reason for your interest. A
good answer to this question is, “The salary
was very attractive, but the job itself is what
was most attractive to me.”
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12. 10. Do you have any questions to ask us?
Never ask Salary, perks, leave, place of
posting, etc. regarded questions.
Try to ask more about the company to show
how early you can make a contribution to
your organization like
“Sir, with your kind permission I would like
to know more about induction and
developmental programs?”
OR
Sir, I would like to have my feedback, so that
I can analyze and improve my strengths and
rectify my shortcomings.
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