Last week, I presented at the AFP LEAD conference and it was so wonderful to connect with other passionate nonprofit leaders and share wisdom. Each time I meet with you all in-person, my commitment to this work deepens.
At the conference, I presented twice:
Dropping the 9 to 5: Transitioning to Consulting
I LOVED being on this incredible panel and talking about the option to continue to work full-time and start a side business that feeds your soul. I started Monsoon Leadership to turn the tide of staff attrition in our nonprofit sector.
It’s so fulfilling to lead fundraising and communications at work, but I also felt called to serve our entire sector. Through coaching nonprofit professionals and teaching healthy management strategies, I’m doing what I can to strengthen our field. The work we do in nonprofits is big and bold and we need our top talent to tackle the world’s toughest issues!
Thank you to Laura McCarty Tufano, CFRE for inviting me on this panel, and thank you to my amazing co-presenters: Mark Egge and Simone Labony Labbance! What an honor to share a stage with you all.
Then, I taught a workshop:
How to Hire Top Talent (and Retain Them!)
It’s a joy to talk about equitable hiring and innovative staff retention practices early in the morning at AFP LEAD! I loved the engagement in the room of people sharing their own great tips or horror stories: we learn from both!
As someone who has built countless teams that retain, I love talking about hiring + retention together because retention begins with a hiring process that builds trusts and values the candidate.
These topics are so juicy and bring up tough questions because as a sector we are actively working to improve both and bring humanity back into the process. Tbh there were some thorny questions that made me think for a second: hiring practices are changing so much right now and we have to rethink every practice to ensure that we have equity in mind.
Even me who teaches this stuff, needs to stop and reflect and adjust my advice as we evolve these practices. I always want to be a trainer who is willing to learn and grow, so thank you to everyone who threw out tough questions: keep ’em coming!
Thank you to everyone in the room, and let’s continue this conversation to keep evolving our hiring and retention practices to honor people’s full humanity 😍
P.S. You can grab my new staff on-boarding template here!
I absolutely love teaching about how to curate a fulfilling career and how to manage and lead a team from your values. Interested in having me teach at your organization or membership organization? Hit “reply” or DM me on LinkedIn 📲
Together, we are building a better way to work together!
