Here's how you can lead a non-profit team to achieve long-term goals.

Leading a nonprofit team to achieve long-term goals starts with a clear vision and shared mission. Set actionable, measurable goals that are aligned with your organization’s broader objectives, and ensure that every team member understands their role in achieving them. Foster a culture of accountability and collaboration, where successes are celebrated, and challenges are viewed as opportunities for growth. Communicate progress regularly and adjust strategies based on what’s working. Empower your team by investing in their development and offering consistent feedback. Ultimately, success comes from a unified team, clear goals, and the ability to adapt while staying true to the mission.

Above all else, canvassers, fundraisers,volunteers all respect a person and program whom can produce an adequate vision to follow. Without the proper blueprint and knowledge to follow, nothing else matters ! Formulate short concise milestones in effort to better gage in progress of the longer goals.

- Na minha experiência como Gestor de projetos sem fins lucrativos, aprendi que a direção é mais importante que a velocidade. Todo projeto tem o seu objetivo central. Os patrocinadores virão por causa desse objetivo e pela capacidade da equipe entregar com confiança o resultado proposto. Uma dica é utilizar o fit cultural como regra durante o processo de aderência de novos apoiadores. Exclusivamente em um projeto sem fim lucrativo, a equipe deve não só acreditar no objetivo como deve tê-lo como ideial.

Para conseguir que todos los involucrados creemos sinergia y sumemos lo mejor de nosotros es necesario que todos conectemos con la visión del proyecto y la misión del equipo, de esta forma logramos desarrollar la empatía con la causa y que sea adoptado como un objetivo propio y en común.

Participei da criação da Art and Love Foundation nos EUA, que tem como missão auxiliar pessoas e familiares a enfrentarem o cancer. Um definição clara dos objetivos da organização ajuda a trazer e engajar pessoas que se identificam com a causa. De início o que precisa é clareza na missão, planejamento e comunicação...

It is incredible the capacity staff brings in when management creates space for receiving their feedback. I have found that when management proposes a well thought of plan, gives staff enough time to digest the information and provide their feedback, and then sincerely incorporates this feedback, they can produce a robust long term strategic plan. This plan has the buy in of the staff and hence will also have the most support.

I have found that having one or two large funders who are champions of your mission and are invested in your success, is one of resources a nonprofit can get its hands on.

Antes da gestão, a grande dificuldade é a captação de recursos... é necessário um bom planejamento para captar e depois com a gestão, priorizar o que trará mais recursos para a causa... com isso fica mais fácil fazer a gestão de recursos no período seguinte.

As the executive manager of Labor, we created the Labor Academy last year. Through this internal project, we can reinforce the culture of learning within the organization. By offering specific courses, training sessions, and workshops, we keep our employees constantly updated and engaged in their professional development. This practice not only improves the quality of work but also prepares the team for future challenges, aligning their skills with Labor's strategic objectives. Moreover, a continuous learning culture, promoted by the Labor Academy, directly contributes to the improvement of both education and the organization's operations, resulting in greater efficiency and impact.