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266: Managing Overload as a Nonprofit Leader (Anton Skornyakov)

266: Managing Overload as a Nonprofit Leader (Anton Skornyakov)

FromYour Path to Nonprofit Leadership


266: Managing Overload as a Nonprofit Leader (Anton Skornyakov)

FromYour Path to Nonprofit Leadership

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Length:
47 minutes
Released:
Jun 13, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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266: Managing Overload as a Nonprofit Leader (Anton Skornyakov)SUMMARYHow do you lessen your load and effectively delegate while also fostering an environment of continuous learning and creativity at your nonprofit? In episode 266 of Your Path to Nonprofit Leadership, we dive into effective delegation strategies for nonprofit leaders with Anton Skornyakov, author of "The Art of Slicing Work." Anton shares invaluable insights on how to delegate results rather than activities, fostering both team creativity and growth. He explains the importance of setting clear, specific goals and providing regular feedback to ensure continuous learning. Anton also highlights the need to tackle high-risk tasks first to uncover potential challenges early on. By distinguishing between predictable and unpredictable projects and building a robust feedback infrastructure, nonprofit leaders can enhance their impact and adaptability. This episode offers a practical framework for managing projects and empowering teams, essential for anyone striving to lead a successful nonprofit organization.ABOUT ANTONAnton Skornyakov is partnering with organizations to support them on their path to becoming learning & adaptive environments that encourage everyone to contribute their full productive and creative potential. For this Anton gives ScrumMaster trainings and Product Owner trainings, mentor, coach and a builder of internal and public communities. Anton believes in Scrum being a fundamental ingredient that enables motivating ideas to become reality with an order of magnitude higher effectiveness. Today, many organizations with hundreds and thousands of people are looking for answers on how to apply Scrum and engage everyone's full potential in their product development. Having successfully applied it, Anton is a firm believer in the body of knowledge behind Large Scale Scrum (LeSS). Anton is a believer in the transformative power of communities. He consistently nurtures communities around topics he is passionate about such as Large-Scale Scrum, Liberating Structures and coaching. Anton has co-founded and lead several digital startups. Here he made own experiences in Lean Startup - applying empiricism on developing sustainable business models. He has worked as a product owner, Scrum master and developer.EPISODE TOPICS & RESOURCESThe Lean Startup by Eric RiesLearn more about Anton hereReady for a Mastermind? 
Released:
Jun 13, 2024
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Podcast episode

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