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SARAH GUINN
N A T I O N A L S C H O O L - B A S E D
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