For this Discussion, review your Learning Resources and focus on the roles and responsibilities of leaders and managers in the nonprofit/non-government sector. Consider how you would describe the job of an ideal executive director for your selected organization. Imagine yourself applying for this job and consider how you could prepare yourself to be hired.
1 page must include the following:
A job description that includes the roles and responsibilities (including those that are management versus leadership tasks) for the executive director position of the organization you are studying
A description of why you think you would be an ideal candidate for this position
The steps you could take to obtain the position
Discussion 2: Leadership Styles and Characteristics
For this Discussion, review your Learning Resources and focus on the different leadership styles and traits that are needed in the nonprofit sector.
Select a video on TED featuring a leader within the nonprofit sector or one who works with the nonprofit sector as a business or government leader (see TED videos in the resources list for examples).
Laureate Education (Producer). (2008c). Introduction to nonprofit sector: Management and leadership [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Requirements: 2 pages-1 for each part
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Some of the leadership traits and characteristics exhibited by Ron Finley include the following; firstly, he has demonstrated servant leadership which is demonstrable in his desire to put the needs of other individuals over his. It can be said that ensuring the well-being of others is his driving force since the desire to inspire value for the community is evident in his actions. For example, he spots a gap which is a food problem and decides that the problem is the solution (Finley, 2013). This inspires him to plant a food forest in a parkway in front of his house, and this turns out to be a groundbreaking project for him (Finley, 2013).
Another time, a mother and a daughter show up in front of his house, and from the look of things, they are hungry and in need of food (Hannum, Deal, Howard, Lu, Ruderman, Stawiski & Price, 2011). Secondly, he demonstrates transformational leadership, and this is evident in his optimism and full confidence in what the future holds for the project.
