Brian Fraser
Lead Provocateur
Jazzthink
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fraser@jazzthink.com
The Power of Coaching for Nonprofits
I find that coaching colleagues often ignore the nonprofit sector as a market for paid coaching. Granted, there are lots of nonprofit leaders that want it for free. But there are an increasing number of voices, especially among funders, who are recognizing that coaching gives them the biggest bang for their buck – by far. Here are a couple of resources to help coaches who are putting together a business case for nonprofits.
The first is a series of video clips compiled by the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund to introduce people top the benefits of coaching. Especially powerful among these clips are those from Bill Ryan, who co-authored Governance as Leadership, one of the most influential books on nonprofit management written in the past decade.
http://www.haasjr.org/programs-and-initiatives/video/power-coaching]
The second is a report done by CompassPoint Nonprofit Services in San Francisco for Grantmakers for Effective Organizations entitled Coaching and Philanthropy. The report documents that coaching is being seen more and more by grantmakers as an effective intervention to fund, especially in helping to provide leaders with a safe place for reflection in turbulant times, to develop self-awareness for leaders, and to gain clarity and confidence throughout the organization. Click here to download an executive summary, the full report, an action guide for organizations, and an action guide for coaches from the CompassPoint website.
They can be downloaded for free from the CompassPoint website - http://www.compasspoint.org/research-reports.]
Nonprofits are facing tough challenges with sources of funding decreasing and demands increasing. Their leaders will benefit greatly from the provocative support that good coaches offer. I encourage you to watch and read the resources suggested here and find some nonprofits that could use your inspiring services.
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