Relish Your Role
Relish Your Role is hosted by Nancy Fournier Ph.D., Relationship Strategist for Women Nonprofit EDs. This show offers practical guidance and support to women leaders of nonprofit organizations who want to strengthen their many work relationships and regain control over their time. Episodes will cover how to delegate with confidence, inspire your board, develop healthy work habits, and other topics to help you have time to re-energize your creative process and run your agency with authentic power. The show will also provide actionable tips in response to the unique challenges confronting women EDs. Nancy has over 30 years of experience in nonprofit management, board training and executive coaching.
Relish Your Role
6. Real Connections with Community Partners
We know that interagency collaboration is best practice and smart business
But let’s be honest, it can be such a tricky dance working with a partner.
You can be one thousand percent committed to collaboration, but it is hard work to sustain a collaborative relationship over the long haul.
You are often competing for the same grant dollars. You may be competing for donors, board members or clients.
I know the words collaboration and competition don’t often go together, but it is true.
I was thinking today it would be helpful to have frank conversation about the more problematic aspects of program partnerships.
Specifically, how as a nonprofit leader you can skillfully assert yourself while keeping the relationship intact and productive It is a nuanced maneuver to distinguish your agency from the pack in a respectful way which lifts your partners up while emphasizing your agency’s uniqueness.
My goal is to let you know you are not alone if you are feeling frustrated and annoyed with the more high maintenance aspects of partnerships and lay the groundwork for you to develop solutions.
Find more practicable tips on my website Relish Your Role. com. I have so much respect for the work you do!
Thanks for listening.