{"id":11,"date":"2017-03-22T15:59:26","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T19:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fundthepeople.org\/toolkit\/making-the-case\/leaders-talk-about-talent\/"},"modified":"2018-02-09T21:20:29","modified_gmt":"2018-02-10T02:20:29","slug":"leaders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fundthepeople.org\/toolkit\/casemaking\/leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaders Talk About Talent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201cLeaders Talk About Talent\u201d offers powerful quotations from foundation and nonprofit sector leaders that will help you make the case for the necessity and potential of investing in nonprofit talent. Use them in your presentations, blog posts, memos, and conversations. Print out those that speak to you and post them on your office door or above your desk. We also encourage you to learn more about the leaders and the organizations profiled in these pages by clicking on the links provided.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Purpose of Tool<\/h4>\n<p>This resource offers powerful quotations from foundation and nonprofit sector leaders that will help you make the case for the necessity and potential of investing in nonprofit talent.\u00a0Use them in your presentations, blog posts, memos, and conversations. Print out a few that speak to you and post them on your office door or above your desk. We also encourage you to learn more about the leaders and the organizations profiled in these pages by clicking on the links provided.<\/p>\n<p>We want to build this collection of sentiments from the leaders and experts in the field of nonprofit talent investment. You can send your thoughts to <a href=\"mailto:info@fundthepeople.org\">info@fundthepeople.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Required Reading: To build your knowledge of this important subject, we recommend:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fundthepeople.org\/toolkit\/resources\/glossary\/\">Glossary of Terms<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fundthepeople.org\/toolkit\/how-to-guides\/talent-menu\/\">Talent-Investment Menu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fundthepeople.org\/toolkit\/casemaking\/invest-talent\/\">Top Reasons to Invest in Talent<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fundthepeople.org\/toolkit\/casemaking\/myths\/\">Funder Myths &amp; Realities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fundthepeople.org\/toolkit\/casemaking\/nonprofit-myths\/\">Nonprofit Myths &amp; Realities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fundthepeople.org\/toolkit\/how-to-guides\/funders\/\">Guide to Investing in Grantee Talent<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Leader Quotes<\/h4>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6\">\n<p>\u201cIt is people, at the end of the day, who make change. Yes, it takes money and strategy, buildings, infrastructure, and political will. But it is leaders who take up a cause and stoke an ember into a blaze. It is in our collective best interest that they be nurtured and sustained.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>\u2014 Carrie Avery and Claire Peeps, The Durfee Foundation<\/em><br \/>\n<em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.durfee.org\">www.durfee.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNurturing a performance culture begins with recruiting, developing and retaining the talented professionals you need to fulfill your mission. Failure to do so is, to me, literally a dereliction of duty of board and management.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>\u2014\u00a0Mario Morino, Morino Institute<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cInvestment in leadership can feel like a luxury compared with investing in needs at the heart of a nonprofit\u2019s charitable purpose, but failing to invest in leadership as well as services puts the entire mission at risk.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>\u2014\u00a0Kirk Kramer and Preeta Nayak, The Bridgespan Group<\/em><br \/>\n<em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bridgespan.org\">www.bridgespan.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnless we can figure out what is behind the nonprofit\u00a0world\u2019s chronic underinvestment in leadership and turn\u00a0things around, we will continue to overlook one of the\u00a0most important ingredients of positive social change.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>\u2014 Ira Hirschfield, President Emeritus,\u00a0Evelyn and Walter\u00a0Haas, Jr. Fund<\/em><br \/>\n<em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.haasjr.org\">www.haasjr.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6\">\n<p>\u201cLeadership development is the highest order of capacity building. Without strong leadership in place, other efforts for organizational improvement will not succeed.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>\u2014 Kathleen Enright, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations<\/em><br \/>\n<em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geofunders.org\">www.geofunders.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeaders \u2013 at all levels \u2013 drive and create change. And for funders, there are fewer, more powerful levers to advance change than investing in leaders.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>\u2014 James E. Canales<\/em><br \/>\n<em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barrfoundation.org\">www.barrfoundation.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe link between strong executive leadership and organizational performance is frequently discussed and widely accepted. Yet this connection does not seem to play a leading role in shaping our grantmaking.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>\u2014 Betsy Hubbard, John Glenn School of Public Affairs<\/em><br \/>\n<em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glenn.osu.edu\">www.glenn.osu.edu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt seems reasonable to suggest that funders pay increased attention to the nonprofit talent pool. Whatever the line of work, if nonprofits are to survive and flourish in the current environment of tight budgets and increased competition, they must have a stable corps of talented leaders.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>\u2014 Paul C. Light, NYU Wagner School of Public Service<\/em><br \/>\n<em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wagner.nyu.edu\">www.wagner.nyu.edu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLeaders Talk About Talent\u201d offers powerful quotations from foundation and nonprofit sector leaders that will help you make the case for the necessity and potential of investing in nonprofit talent. 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