One of the best ways to attract and keep talented people is to mentor and coach them. Those who mentor need to also be mentored themselves. These tips apply to not for profit organizations as well as for profit organizations. In this economic climate, mentoring and coaching is even all the more important.

1. SARAH Guinn National School-based Mentoring conference Thriving in this Economic Climate by Making People Count

2. Mentors plant & shape trees… Rarely do they realize the shade of those trees

3. Economic Crisis Effects society as a whole: Job loss Decreases in income Declines in the production of products & services

4. Fiscal Crisis Affects organizations and institutions: Persistent negative gap Between expenditures & revenues Between assets & liabilities

5. Managing a Nonprofit in a Crisis 75% are feeling effects of downturn 52% have already experienced cuts 28% have a “well-defined” contingency plan 74% have less than 6 months of operating reserves Bridgespan Group “Managing in Tough Times” survey 11/04/08

6. How are you managing the crisis?

7. Vision, Mission, & Goals

8. FOCUS, FOCUS, FOCUS Make sure your Vision is clear and understood by all Focus on your primary Mission Goals…help you keep your eyes on the target Remind others of your target Celebrate your successes!

9. Why do people work for nonprofits? Money? Benefits? Recognition? How have your employees and volunteers been impacted by this economy?

10. The People PrincipleBook by Ron Willingham People have unlimited potential that has been largely unrecognized and untapped. When discovered and accessed, this potential can lead them to far greater levels of productivity than they ever imagined, causing them to feel better about themselves and enjoy life more.

11. When have you been mentored? Identify a person in your life whose belief in you influenced you to be where you are today

12. How to influence people? Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of being. Effective mentoring begins by seeing greatness in people who don’t see it in themselves and then helping them discover it. It’s treating people as if they were what they can become.

13. TRUST Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him and let him know that you trust him. Booker T. Washington

14. What can you do “add value” to the job? Make the work have purpose Help people see the impact of their work Make it fun Offer flexibility…hours and location Mentor your individual team members…

15. Mentoring People will just naturally get more done when you regularly and systematically mentor them into new levels of self-discovery and personal effectiveness.

16. Shout goals for all to hear!Write goals for all to see!

17. What gets measured gets accomplished!

18. Inspect what you Expect!

19. Mentoring Process – 5 Steps ASK – about their goals LISTEN – without interruptions COACH – knowledge, skills, or actions PRAISE – specific behaviors CHALLENGE – to become their best

23. Does your team know how much you care about them? 1. What are your main interests outside of work? 2. What do you like to do in your spare time? 3. What events in your life brought you to where you are today? 4. If you could change things in your life, what would you change? 5. What’s the most important thing you want out of your job?

24. 6. Who has been the greatest influence in your life? 7. As a child, what did you want to become when you grew up? 8. How would you do your job better? 9. If you didn’t have to work, what would you do with your life? 10. Who in your life positively encourages your development?

25. Build your team members…Build your organization!

26. Resources The People Principle Ron Willingham

28. “Bridgespan Group “Managing in Tough Times” Survey. November 14, 2008. www.bridgespan.com

29. Head, George L. “Sustaining Nonprofits During Economic Downturns.” NonProfit Risk Management Center. http://nonprofitrisk.org/library/articles/strategy09002003.shtml

30. Male, Richard. “How to Prepare Your NonProfit for an Economic Recession.” Grassroots Fundraising Journal, May/June 2008. www.grassrootsfundraising.org

31. Seltzer, Michael “A to Z Survival Guide for Uncertain Times.” Philantopic. October 15, 2008 http://pndblog.typepad.com/pndblog/2008/10/the-a-to-z-nonp.html

32. http://www.ogilvyonrecession.com/northamerica/Doing%20More%20with%20Less.pdf