If you have 5-10 years of experience in nonprofit, you beat the odds.

Statistics show many nonprofits average 40%-60% annual turnover.

So: More than half the people you start with won’t be around to bid your goodbye.

Intense turnover often washes out aspiring nonprofit leaders with it.

Disappointed in what they see, they head back to the for-profit world.

You stuck it out—and you’ve seen a thing or two on the way.

You deserve to start doing things differently.

Here’s what I want you to know:

• You DON’T have to compete with a hundred other people for your next role.
  
• You CAN get your title and duties tailor-made to you… if you approach it right.
  

As you look for your best next move, you have a golden opportunity.

You can define the ideal ways for you to contribute.

YOU can choose how you maximize your impact.

How?

You could slog through the standard process—submitting your resume and hoping for the best.

But you are at a crossroads.

There is an alternative.

Define your philosophy, build your platform, find your people.

This is how you position yourself as a thought leader…

So your next opportunity (and the next and the next) will come to you.

Whether you know it or not, there’s a golden thread that ties together all your successes.

That golden thread is the core of your own personal leadership philosophy.

I’ll work with you to comb through your career story until we find it.

It’s what always empowers you to:

• Solve key problems.
  
• Elevate your impact.
• Exceed expectations.

HINT: The golden thread is different for everyone.

It’s a combination of your problem-solving strategy, your personal ethics, and your soft skills.

Your golden thread helps us develop a complete picture of your leadership.

When organizations partner with you, they’ll know you can propel them to new heights.

You will no longer be in competition with other job-seekers.

You’ll be in a niche of one—and others will recognize that.

By the end, you’ll have:

• The golden thread you can use to communicate your unique impact.
• A clear, concise statement of your leadership philosophy and values.
  
• A list of lessons learned in your career you want to share with others.

At your level, sharing your gifts with the world goes beyond any one role.

It’s about connecting and giving back with the benefit of experience.

We’ve all been through tough times. It takes someone special to look back on those moments—the same ones you identified in your golden thread—and use the experience to help others.

Sounds about right for a nonprofit thought leader, right?

If you’re reading this, you probably already have a LinkedIn network. In some cases, LinkedIn is enough.

Can you be 100% sure your LinkedIn connections will go to bat for you?

Most professionals have plenty of LinkedIn connections whose ties to them are marginal.

When you make an updated, you can’t be sure they’ll go to your supporters.

Building your platform is about letting people hear from you when they choose—

Not just whenever “the algorithm” deems fit.

And that’s something all leaders need.

By the end, you’ll have:

• A modern, beautiful portfolio website that showcases your achievements and insights.
  
• A curated thought leadership strategy that may include podcasts, blog posts, or video.
• The opportunity to start building a LinkedIn-independent mailing list of top supporters.

Opportunities come to you when two things happen at once:

• People know what you have to offer.
  
• They seek out your input proactively.
  

In a traditional job search, only former supervisors and close colleagues really know what you offer.

(And they can choose to endorse your capabilities or not.)

As a thought leader, you turn this on its head.

In nonprofit, we all look for people who share a vision for a better world.

But finding them can be tough.

You never really know if your values match up.

With your own platform, you express and share YOUR values.

It’s magnetic. The right people gravitate toward you.

How exactly does that work? It’s simpler than you might think.

By the end, you’ll have:

• Thought leadership content that reflects your unique, compelling personal vision.
  
• A working “funnel” from your LinkedIn to your portfolio website to your email list.
  
• Clear opportunities to build and expand your career by leveraging your following.

BE WARNED: As you consider this step, you may doubt yourself. It doesn’t matter if you’re not a writer or you’ve never been in front of a camera. There IS a path for you to expand your influence, and impact. Most importantly, it will be authentic to you.

My goal is to always give my clients at least 8X ROI on their investment with me

Because this is an intensive process, I can only accept clients who are truly ready.

If you are now unemployed or plan to be within three months, see MID-CAREER JOB SEARCH.

Otherwise, I invite you to proceed.