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Passion for a cause can change the world.  Effective leaders express passion with focus. Your focus convinces others:

  1. Focus on problems. Coolly and confidently identify harsh realities. You can't be trusted if you can't state the brutal facts.
  2. Focus on opportunities and solutions. Terrible problems present terrific opportunities.
  3. Focus on developing people; they create and execute solutions. Problems become opportunities when people get on board. Determine the skills, beliefs and attitudes your team needs to solve your perplexing problem.
  4. Focus on getting people to do the next best thing, not the perfect thing.
  5. Focus on learning while you go. Learning occurs when things fail or fall short. You can't learn if you can't fail. 

The Batten Group has a track record of recruiting passionate and focused leaders who increase revenues, build boards, mentor staff and grow mission awareness. These top professionals are hard at work building for their cause, not reading the want ads.  They will, however take a call from our recruiters, with more than thirty years of highly leveraged relationships with top leaders in nonprofit, business, healthcare and science. 

 

Leaders trust us to represent them on behalf of our clients. Decades of relationships and networking allow The Batten Group to find the perfect candidates for our clients. We can do the same for your unique organization. In fact, we proudly guarantee that we will find the best candidate in a timely manner. The Batten Group guarantee is just one reason why our clients, some of America's most respected nonprofit agencies hire and trust us time and time again.

 

 Jim Batten 

 

The Batten Group
(704) 841-2099

 

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Are Leaders Motivated By Things They Don't Want Or Things They Want?

   

Leaders love solving problems but first they hate problems.

 

Twitter for Good Claire Diaz-Ortiz,Head of Corporate Social Innovation and Philanthropy at Twitter, Inc. talks about negative versus positive motivation in her book, "Twitter for Good: Change the World One Tweet at a Time."

 

Has hating something motivated you to do something positive?

 

Embrace your hate:

Go ahead! Hate inefficiency, loss, poverty, stagnation, waste, back-stabbing, fear, and laying people off.

  

The positive from a negative message:

Don't get stuck in hate. Use negatives to produces positives. Work through hatred to love. 

 

Discomfort:

Leaders are haters that love solving things they hate. Is this upside down?

Has hating something motivated you to do something positive?

 

Source:  Dan Rockwell, Leadership Freak

  

Twitter Tips from Claire Diaz-Ortiz ... T-W-E-E-TYou Tube

 

Watch this video for Twitter tips for nonprofits

 

TARGET:

Determine the type of account most suitable to you. The three most common types of accounts are personal, informational, and fundraising. Once you determine your account type carefully establish goals. What do you want to accomplish?

 

WRITE:

 

Don't over edit your tweets, especially at the beginning.

  

ENGAGE: Don't wait for people to come to you, go to them. Follow and engage influencers in your space.  

 

  

EXPLORE: Use searches and make lists to keep track of trends and successful tweeps.

 

 

TRACK:  Use your goals to establish metrics that evaluate your success.

 

Testimonial
 

 

I am very thankful that Jim was persistent in contacting me about the Director of Programs position with the Adult Congenital Heart Association.  While I was not looking to change jobs, I always keep my resume up-to-date.  The job description he shared for this position was intriguing, and I wanted to learn more. 

 

Jim was thorough in relaying the detailed information about the position, but he was also interested in learning about my strengths, goals and 5 year career plan.  He wanted to make sure  I was the right fit for the organization.  His guidance was helpful in answering all of my questions prior to the first and second interview.  

 

Jim knew that I would be the right fit for this position.  I am incredibly thankful he contacted me.  I can highly recommend The Batten Group for their professionalism and ability to match the right candidate with the right position. 

 

Danielle M. Stephens

Director of Programs 


 



 

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