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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

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Executive Director, Arthritis Foundation, Western PA Chapter – Pittsburgh, PA

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Senior Vice President, Community Giving and Fundraising, United Way of Allegheny County – Pittsburgh, PA

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LEADERSHIP PROFILES: Assessing and Adapting Your Management Style

Tuesday, March 23, 2010
8:30 am — 4:00 pm
Dewey & Kaye Offices

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Building Senior Leadership Teams

Trust, common goals, defined roles and good relationships lead to organizational sustainability

By Leslie Bonner, Senior Consultant, Dewey & Kaye

Leadership of a nonprofit is a shared activity. Successful organizations are led not just by an Executive Director or CEO, but include a high performing and cohesive team of senior leaders. Unfortunately, many senior leadership teams face challenges that include: unclear role definitions, silo thinking, communication disconnects, poor meeting management, and lack of alignment on goals, processes and priorities. A focus on developing senior leadership teams will bring a return in both personal growth and more sustainable organizations and help in succession planning. (For more about the business case for investing in leadership team development, see the next article.)

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The Business Case for Building Leadership Teams

By Leslie Bonner, Senior Consultant, Dewey & Kaye

While we cannot promise you an immediate financial return on your investment in team and leadership development, we can point to proven benefits that result from a well–executed team development plan.

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Invitation for Nonprofit Senior Leadership Team Members and CEOs to participate in Dewey & Kaye Research

We are seeking Executive Directors/CEOs who would be willing to be interviewed as part of our study. Please contact Leslie Bonner at lbonner@deweykaye.com to participate.

Executive Directors and members of Senior Leadership Teams are also invited to participate in a brief survey which can be found by clicking on this link or pasting this address into your web browser: http://research.zarca.com/k/SsTYSRsQXPsPsPsP

In the 1st Person: Life as an Interim Executive

By Geoffrey Stillson

When an organization loses key leadership and looks outside of the organization to find a replacement, a leadership vacuum may develop. If the organization does a full search to fill the position, it could take three to six months or longer to find the right new leader. Allowing an organization to go through this interim period without strong leadership can create challenges or let existing problems fester, even in an organization that has been functioning at a high level. This is particularly true in nonprofit organizations where next year's funding is generally a challenge and the second tier management (due to size and budget constraints) may not be strong enough to fill the void and continue agency momentum. This is when interim management is invaluable.

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Todd Owens Featured in Venture Outdoors Blog!

Dewey & Kaye Principal Todd Owens was recently featured on the Venture Outdoors blog. Todd is active in the outdoors and also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the organization. Click here to read more about him and how to get involved with this amazing nonprofit organization.

The Dewey & Kaye division of McCrory & McDowell LLC provides strategy development, planning, financial sustainability, facilitation, training and executive search services to help nonprofits, foundations, community collaboratives and government agencies address strategic, operational and administrative issues.

Founded in 1951, McCrory & McDowell LLC today ranks as one of the largest accounting and consulting firms in the region, offering a wide range of services through distinct, but integrated groups that include Dewey & Kaye, Diversified Medical Management, Three Rivers Institute, and McCrory & McDowell's accounting, tax, and business consulting practices.