Strengthening and transforming non‐profits with leadership profiles and assessments

Abstract

Non‐profit organizations positively contribute to society in a myriad of ways. With their focus on purpose and mission, they raise funds and awareness for specific causes and people. This article points to how assessments and inventories strengthen the volunteer and professional workforce that drives the work of non‐profit organizations. The assessments reviewed are the DiSC profile, leadership practices inventory, team dimensions profile, and change style indicator.

Nonprofit organisational resilience: Proposing a conceptual adaptive capacity framework

“…Nonprofit organisations rely on volunteers that work both at the director rank (for example, trustees) and at the operative rank (for example, administering daily tasks or serving on committees); consequently, managing unpaid workers at different levels has its own challenges. Thus, there exists a complex yet central relationship between the employees of an NPO and the volunteers who work across different levels (Sneath 2021). Employees and volunteers are considered key to the NPOs' resilience and are classified under the culture, leadership and people categories.…”

“…The quality of NPO leadership can shape the opportunities and experiences of entire communities (Howieson & Hodges 2014). Effective NPO leaders share the prospects of tactical http://www.actacommercii.co.za Open Access thinking and are involved in enlisting volunteers who are well matched to the NPO and level of service (Sneath 2021). Furthermore, NPO leaders can encourage employers to allow their staff to volunteer, thus promoting the NPO across different sectors and recruiting vital resources (Erks et al 2020).…”