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M E N T O R I N G C O N F E R E N C E

Thriving in this Economic Climate by Making People Count

Mentors plant & shape trees… Rarely do they realize the shade of those trees

Economic Crisis

Effects society as a whole:

Job loss

Decreases in income

Declines in the production of products & services

Managing a Nonprofit in a Crisis

75% are feeling effects of downturn

52% have already experienced cuts

28% have a “well-defined” contingency plan

74% have less than 6 months of operating reserves

Bridgespan Group “Managing in Tough Times” survey 11/04/08

How are you managing the crisis?

Vision, Mission, & Goals

FOCUS, FOCUS, FOCUS

Make sure your Vision is clear and understood by all

Focus on your primary Mission

Goals…help you keep your eyes on the target

Remind others of your target

Celebrate your successes!

Why do people work for nonprofits?

Money?

Benefits?

Recognition?

How have your employees and volunteers been impacted by this economy?

The People PrincipleBook by Ron Willingham

People have unlimited potential that has been largely unrecognized and untapped. When discovered and accessed, this potential can lead them to far greater levels of productivity than they ever imagined, causing them to feel better about themselves and enjoy life more.

When have you been mentored?

Identify a person in your life

whose belief in you

influenced you

to be where

you are

today

How to influence people?

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of being.

Effective mentoring begins by seeing greatness in people who don’t see it in themselves and then helping them discover it. It’s treating people as if they were what they can become.

TRUST

Few things help an individual more than to

place responsibility upon him and let him know that

you trust him.Booker T. Washington

What can you do “add value” to the job?

Make the work have purpose

Help people see the impact of their work

Make it fun

Offer flexibility…hours and location

Mentor your individual team members…

Mentoring

People will just naturally get more done when you regularly

and systematically mentor them into new levels of self-discovery

and personal effectiveness.

Shout goals for all to hear!Write goals for all to see!

What gets measured gets accomplished!

Inspect what you Expect!

Mentoring Process – 5 Steps

ASK – about their goals

LISTEN – without interruptions

COACH – knowledge, skills, or actions

PRAISE – specific behaviors

CHALLENGE – to become their best

Affirmation Cards

I Believe in YOU!

Thank you for committing to this goal:

I believe in you and your ability to reach this goal because of these strengths I see in you:

I have High Expectations!

I believe that you can perform on the level of:

I believe this because of these strengths I see in you:

Managing versus Mentoring

You Manage Things

You Mentor People

Managing is something you do “TO” people

Mentoring is something you do “WITH” people

Mentoring is a privilege & an awesome responsibility

Does your team know how much you care about them?

1. What are your main interests outside of work?

2. What do you like to do in your spare time?

3. What events in your life brought you to where you are today?

4. If you could change things in your life, what would you change?

5. What’s the most important thing you want out of your job?

6. Who has been the greatest influence in your life?

7. As a child, what did you want to become when you grew up?

8. How would you do your job better?

9. If you didn’t have to work, what would you do with your life?

10. Who in your life positively encourages your development?

Build your team members…Build your organization!

Resources

The People Principle

Ron Willingham

Resources

Ukeless, Jacob “Doing More with Less.” https://www.policyarchive.org/bitstream/handle/10207/17727/Jack%20Ukeles%20on%20Doing%20More%20With%20Less-May%202009.pdf?sequence=1

“Bridgespan Group “Managing in Tough Times” Survey. November 14, 2008. www.bridgespan.com

Head, George L. “Sustaining Nonprofits During Economic Downturns.” NonProfit Risk Management Center. http://nonprofitrisk.org/library/articles/strategy09002003.shtml

Male, Richard. “How to Prepare Your NonProfit for an Economic Recession.” Grassroots Fundraising Journal, May/June 2008. www.grassrootsfundraising.org

Seltzer, Michael “A to Z Survival Guide for Uncertain Times.” Philantopic. October 15, 2008 http://pndblog.typepad.com/pndblog/2008/10/the-a-to-z-nonp.html

http://www.ogilvyonrecession.com/northamerica/Doing%20More%20with%20Less.pdf