What if the Jewish nonprofit sector were the place everyone dreamed of working?
Leading Edge helps Jewish organizations improve their workplace culture and leadership so that they can better achieve their missions.
Recruitment & HiringArticleHumanize Your Hiring Process — Here’s Why and How
Writing in The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Leading Edge COO Mordy Walfish discusses what it means to have a truly human hiring process, and shares six steps Leading Edge has taken recently to improve.
Blog PostExecutivesLeading Edge announces first cohort of Leading Executives
Talent ManagementArticleCrafting Your Jewish Organization’s Reproductive Care Policy
Providing Jewish organizations with guidance to develop and implement benefits that support employee reproductive health, regardless of where in the United States they live.
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ExecutivesGuideHow to Create a CEO Performance Evaluation
This resource lays out six steps for boards and leaders to create and implement a formal executive evaluation process.
Organizational CultureReportAre Jewish Organizations Great Places to Work? Results from the Fifth Annual Employee Experience Survey (2021)
Jewish organizations demonstrated relative resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic.
ExecutivesReportWhat is it Like to Lead Jewish Nonprofits? Results from the Pilot CEO Survey
This report shares findings from the pilot CEO Survey from Leading Edge.
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The reason we are prepared to handle this current situation is because we have now been paying attention to culture for a long time. This isn't new to us anymore. Leading Edge changed the conversation to help us focus on culture.”
