Certificate in Professional Development

About this topic...

The capacity for "nonprofit professional development" is an organization's ability to effectively provide professional development and to support staff in the process of putting what they learn into practice. This nonprofit capacity is all about giving your team the tools to improve how they do what they do through nonprofit leadership training, online learning platforms, and other opportunities to create a culture of learning.

What You Will Learn

What a "culture of learning" is and how to develop and support it (including through the use of incentives).

The benefits of professional development to your nonprofit, to you as an employee, and to you as a growing professional.

The types of development opportunities to seek to support your current role and your long-term plan.

Setting two types of professional development achievement goals: for you as an employee and for you as a professional.

The role of KPIs (key performance indicators) and KSAs (knowledge, skills, and abilities) in designing professional development initiatives.

How you (and your nonprofit) can leader professional development initiatives using on-the-job training and personal learning communities.

How to explore and co-create expectations surrounding professional development efforts and outcomes across departments and teams.

Setting organization-wide professional development goals using the FAST goal method.

Who is this topic for?

Everyone! This learning path is great at any point in your professional journey and is not just for nonprofit human resources staff. Throughout this series of online classes, you'll explore multiple perspectives as you think about what professional development means to you in your current role, as a growing professional, and as part of a team effort.

This learning path explores the following Korn Ferry competencies: