A Five-Part Development Series for Nonprofit Leaders
Nonprofit Leadership Advancement Program
About
BVU’s Nonprofit Leadership Advancement Program is a five-part professional development series that provides relevant, evidence-based training for local nonprofit executives.
The program was launched in 2018 with Ratliff & Company, Ohio’s largest full-service talent management consultancy, out of the belief that nonprofit leaders should have access to the same type of high-caliber training offered in the business sector.
Since then, hundreds of nonprofit executives have built their skills, knowledge, and networks through this powerful cohort-based program that features personalized learning through individual and team-based assessments.
Whether you are a current executive director or have plans to move into a more significant role, NLAP will transform the way you lead. To apply, please email Tricia Stevenson, BVU’s Director of Leadership Development, at tstevenson@bvuvolunteers.org.
Curriculum & Fees
5 SESSIONS | 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM | INDEPENDENCE, OH
Session 1: Your Resilience Strategy
A gift for you! Nonprofit leadership brings fulfillment and challenges. In this experiential workshop, you will learn and practice how to better manage yourself and coach your team during the highest stress times. Build your strength, and that of the team members around you to meet those demands and keep the gifts and positive impacts of nonprofit work front of mind. Applies to SELF-TEAM
Session 2: Neuroscience, Emotional Intelligence & Nonprofit Leadership
Understand your emotional intelligence through your personal EQI 2.0 Leadership Assessment and build new approaches to increase your influence-with your board, your team and with all in the community you serve. By understanding yourself, you can develop excellence in how you work with others and know where to focus your energy based on your assessment’s data. Applies to SELF –TEAM- ORGANIZATION
Session 3: Leaders Coaching Clinic
Team members’ relationships, both with you and with each other can seem like the most challenging aspect of leadership! Don’t lose sleep anymore over worrying about a “sticky situation.” Learn to coach for performance and improvement to generate trust and commitment. Includes managing the most difficult situations with a structured coaching conversation, where all can walk away feeling understood and aligned. Applies to TEAM- BOARD
Session 4: Strategic Thinking and Planning
Simplify your nonprofit Strategic Planning initiatives! Learn the architecture of smart strategy in three approaches. 1. Honest Diagnosis 2. A Clear Strategic Approach and 3. Coherent Actions. Take away tools to apply to any strategic initiative, big or small, including your nonprofit’s major strategic plan. Strategic Leadership will become an everyday process instead of a once every three-year event. Applies to ORGANIZATION- BOARD
Session 5: Effective Board Leadership
Interactive workshop that addresses the role of board and staff leaders in guiding and shaping a board to advance the organization to achieve full potential. Topics include role of the board, best practices in governance, meeting management, board communications, and succession planning. Applies to ORGANIZATION- BOARD
CONTACT US FOR PRICING INFORMATION
*Thanks to support from our foundation partners, the vast majority of Cleveland and Akron area nonprofits are eligible for subsidies.
Upcoming Sessions
Sponsor information is available on individual event pages.
Facilitators
Alison Arkin
Senior Vice President/ Practice Lead, Leadership Development - Ratliff & Company
Aneta Ardelian Kuzma
Senior Leadership Development Consultant/Executive Coach - Ratliff & Company
Julie Clark
Chief Program Officer - BVU
Velvet Landingham
Senior Leadership Development Consultant/Executive Coach - Ratliff & CompanyHear from Participants
