Carpenter / Qualls The Talent Development Platform

Putting People First in Social Change Organizations
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-118-87384-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 600 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: The Jossey-Bass Nonprofit Guidebook Series

Putting People First in Social Change Organizations
The Talent Development Platform is about results driventalent development for social change. Written by seasoned nonprofitexperts, this book provides a holistic process for creating anin-house training and talent development program. The TalentDevelopment Platform offers organizations the tools forensuring their professional development systems are successfulthrough regular feedback loops, tailored for learning styles, andspecific to their organization. Detailed case studies provideinsight into the strategies used by organizations that haveimplemented the Talent Development Platform, and interviews withexperts in the field give readers a handle on the most currentthinking. Robust resource guides facilitate the talent developmentprocess, and online access to the Talent Development Platform andassessments help streamline the workflow.
Social change organizations make the most of limited resources,but often overlook developing the talent they already have. Thisbook gives readers a plan for finding and nurturing their internaltalent to reduce turnover and improve organizational efficiency.More specifically the book helps organizations:
* Develop organizational, department, and position specificcompetencies.
* Create and revise job descriptions.
* Assess staff and volunteer proficiency levels with createdcompetencies.
* Determine staff and volunteer learning styles.
* Establish professional development goals and objectives tied tostrategic goals.
* Implement professional development with on the job learning,mentoring, and training.
* Calculate a return on talent investment.
* Evaluate talent development implementation and proficiencylevel changes.
Implementing the Talent Development Platform provides organizationswith tangible benefits in the form of lower turnover and greateroutput (without the burnout) from employees and volunteers, as wellas intangible benefits that make organizations more attractive totop talent.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Carpenter, Heather

Qualls, Tera

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables, Figures, and Exhibits ix
Foreword by Trish Tchume xvii
Preface xxi
Acknowledgments xxiii
About the Authors xxv
Introduction 1
Chapter 1: Why Talent Development? 17
Chapter 2: The Organizational Learning Assessment 35
Chapter 3: Social Change Competencies 63
Chapter 4: Creating Job Descriptions 83
Chapter 5: Mapping Competencies and Proficiency Levels to Job Descriptions 133
Chapter 6: The Individual Professional Development Assessment 195
Chapter 7: The Individual Learning Styles Assessment 233
Chapter 8: Developing Organizational Goals and Setting Objectives 261
Chapter 9: Setting Individual Goals and Objectives 293
Chapter 10: Implementing the Plan 309
Chapter 11: Organizational Evaluation and Performance Assessment 363
Guide 1: Third-Party Professional Development Options 405
Guide 2: Talent Investing: Raising and Granting Funds to Develop Social Change Leadership by Rusty Stahl 485
Guide 3: A Practical Guide on Intercultural Competence for Nonprofit Managers by Alexis S. Terry 511
References 533
Index 547

Über Autor(innen)

HEATHER L. CARPENTER, PHD, is assistant professor of Nonprofit Management at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in Nonprofit Management, Human Resources, Financial Management, Fundraising, Technology, and Volunteerism.
TERA WOZNIAK QUALLS, M.P.A.,is founder of Momentum, a nonprofit consulting firm focused on strategic planning and talent development for nonprofits. Tera also serves as an adjunct professor of nonprofit administration in the School of Public, Nonprofit, and Health Administration at Grand Valley, where she teaches introduction to nonprofits and volunteerism for undergraduate students.