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Media coverage of how Leading Edge is changing the landscape of leadership and culture in the Jewish nonprofit world.

2024

Abby Crawford • eJewishPhilanthropy
Leadership and the season of ‘soul accounting’
Dena Farber Schoenfeld • eJewishPhilanthropy
Mind the gap: Preventing a divide between boards and executives in times of crisis
Seth Chalmer • The Chronicle of Philanthrophy
Can Your Group Stay Neutral on Controversial Topics? 5 Things to Know
Gali Cooks • Forward (Sponsored)
The Jewish Case for Inclusion, Equity, and Justice — By Whatever Name
Jan Reicher • eJewishPhilanthropy
Creating a positive board culture in challenging times
Daryl Messinger • The Center for Effective Philanthropy
Four Data-Driven Principles for Better Board Performance
Staff • NonProfit Pro
Jewish Nonprofit Boards Perform Well But Need to Diversify, Build Stronger Cultures
Seth Chalmer • Stanford Social Innovation Review
Should We Put Out a Statement?
Alicia S. Oberman • eJewish Philanthropy
How are Jewish boards different from all other boards?
Staff • St Louis Jewish Light
Brian Herstig joins elite cohort for leaders of Jewish nonprofits
Matt Gonzales, SHRM
Antisemitism Soars, Creating ‘Unprecedented’ Threat
Staff • Kansas City Jewish Chronicle
Federation CEO selected for Jewish nonprofit leadership program
David Swindle • JNS
Even before Oct. 7, Jewish groups struggled with security issues, burnout

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In the News

Leadership and the season of ‘soul accounting’

Mind the gap: Preventing a divide between boards and executives in times of crisis

Can Your Group Stay Neutral on Controversial Topics? 5 Things to Know

The Jewish Case for Inclusion, Equity, and Justice — By Whatever Name

Creating a positive board culture in challenging times

Four Data-Driven Principles for Better Board Performance

Jewish Nonprofit Boards Perform Well But Need to Diversify, Build Stronger Cultures

Should We Put Out a Statement?

How are Jewish boards different from all other boards?

Brian Herstig joins elite cohort for leaders of Jewish nonprofits

Antisemitism Soars, Creating ‘Unprecedented’ Threat

Federation CEO selected for Jewish nonprofit leadership program

Even before Oct. 7, Jewish groups struggled with security issues, burnout

Supporting Managers When They Need It Most

Understanding the Jewish nonprofit world, both before and after Oct. 7

Israel-Hamas War: U.S. Nonprofit Leaders Navigate Trauma With Loved Ones, Staff Caught in the Crossfire

Shaking Up the Jewish Old Boys’ Club

Planning for leadership succession is imperative for Jewish nonprofits

Major Survey Will Improve the Lot of Communal Workers

What makes or breaks an acquisition: A case study in getting the process right

To build a better workplace, survey your employees about their experiences

The (Impossible) Work Dream

Making the Jewish Workforce as Strong as It Can Be: Amy Born on the “Adapting” Podcast

Convincing women we belong in the room

Mandel JCC’s Rabbi Rose named to Leading Edge executive cohort

Exclusive: Birthright Israel Foundation leader says he’s stepping down at year’s end

Invest in Women: a 2023 Call to Action

Federation CEO Heidi Gantwerk Among Leading Edge’s Second Cohort of Leading Executives

eJP newsletter: Leading Executives expands eligibility

Why Staff-Culture Leadership Means More Now

Don't Salaries Matter? Of work, weasels, and employee engagement in the nonprofit sector

Jewish Leaders Must Prepare Employees for Physical Attacks

Survey finds that Jewish organizations have sexual misconduct policies, but many need more training

A new $18,000 award hopes to retain top talent at D.C. Jewish nonprofits

Jewish organizations are striving to be better workplaces, survey finds

Overworked, underpaid and loving it: What this year’s Leading Edge survey shows about the Jewish nonprofit sector

Who runs the largest Jewish federations? Not women

Humanize Your Hiring Process — Here’s Why and How

Leading Edge Includes Denver Exec in First Cohort of Leading Executives

Non-Jews in Jewish Communal Workplaces

Focus on the job, not the pitch: Recruitment during the ‘Great Whatever’

Leading Edge to acquire Boardified

Problems, Solutions, and Generations

I’m an American Jew who was born in Russia. Will my community demonize me?

Spreading the Wordle: Internal communications lessons from a viral word puzzle

Beyond the frame, beyond the binary: A gender gap, a report and an untold story

Becoming better on gender in the workplace in the year ahead

The Job Multiverse: How Similarly Do CEOs and Employees Experience Work?

Why the JCC movement Is putting talent and culture at the fore

Did the pandemic lead to happier Jewish nonprofit workers? New survey suggests it did.

Does the Jewish community include people with disabilities?

New glimmers of hope for people with disabilities in Jewish professional world

Disabled US Jews Twice as Likely to Live in Poverty—New Report

Gender Equity Must Be Promoted at Jewish Nonprofits — Opinion

When is a Man Like a Starfish?

How can we close the Jewish NGO leadership gender gap?

How Ruth Bader Ginsburg helped an effort to promote female leadership in Jewish institutions

What Would Ruth Bader Ginsburg Do? Finding Answers to the Gender Gap in Jewish Nonprofit Leadership

Four Bay Area Executives Chosen for CEO Onboarding Program

Men in Jewish Leadership (Like Me) Need to Hold Each Other Accountable

Post-Pandemic, JCC Association Refocuses on Talent Strategy

Meet the New England Cohort of the Jewish Communal Women’s Leadership Project

The Pandemic is Teaching CEOs How to Say “No”

Careful What You Ask: The Three Hidden Powers of a Question

A New Project Urges Jewish Groups to Open Up About Salary

Beyond the Money: Being Clear About How Pay Works

Mapping the System: Why is There a Persistent Gender Gap in Top Leadership in Jewish Nonprofit Organizations

How a Lack of Negative Criticism Can Make NGO Employees Feel Unsafe

Leading Edge Releases "Reopening Our Workspaces: A Playbook"

Bringing the Funny, Bringing the Serious: Being Human at Work

Lifting up Women Leaders in the Time of COVID-19

In Response to Rapidly-Changing Environment, Leading Edge Releases Pulse Survey

At Jewish Nonprofits, a Push for Gender Equality Upends C-Suite Norms

Most People Can’t Name a Jewish Leader with a Disability. Here’s How We Can Change That