WID President's Council Presents
Navigating the Pressure at the Top: How to Manage… or Decide to Leave Your Job
Featuring
Robin Merle, CFRE
Fundraising Consultant, Coach and Author of Involuntary Exit
Thursday, January 23rd, 2025 | 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
$25 for President's Council Members
$30 for Members | $35 for Friends
Registration Closes January 22 at 5:00 p.m.
The Center
LGBTQ+ Community Center
208 W 13 St, New York, NY 10011
Development leaders in senior roles face enormous pressures and stress. We strive to meet aspirational goals, grapple with factors outside of our control, and manage up to executive leadership that often lacks understanding of the science and art of development. Along the way we manage and care for our staff, board members, donors, prospects, and volunteers. Sometimes we feel we’ve given everything we have and it’s time to leave, but we’re unsure how to navigate the transition. Other times, we’re “faux-fired.” This is when conditions make it impossible for us to function effectively, so we resign, essentially ousting ourselves.
This evening’s program is an opportunity for candid, confidential conversations about how we face the challenges of our roles while maintaining our self-worth and sense of agency. We’ll cover tools you can use to manage the emotional labor of your role, and steps you can take if you’re considering a job transition. We’ll find solidarity in recognizing that we often share similar experiences and struggles, and in celebrating how, despite these difficulties, we’re supporting amazing causes that transform lives around the globe.
Hors d'oeuvres and refreshments will be served!
About the Speaker
Robin Merle is the author of Involuntary Exit, A Woman’s Guide to Thriving After Being Fired, which won the Gold Medal Nonfiction Book Award. Sheis the President of Robin Merle Associates, LLC, a fundraising consultancy, and the Founder of The Professional Guide which helps senior-level professionals succeed in their career transitions. She has more than 35 years’ experience as a senior executive for billion-dollar nonprofit organizations, raising more than a half-billion dollars primarily for universities and healthcare. Robin served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer for Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) and subsequently as the Executive Director of the John Jay College Foundation of the City University of New York. Most recently, Robin was appointed to the Charity Navigator Consultative Council of Nonprofit Leaders.
As someone on a mission to help people move forward with their career transitions, Robin coaches executives through the pain points of job loss to rebuild confidence and resilience. She also coaches Development professionals to succeed in new roles. She is a frequent podcast guest and webinar host and has been a featured speaker at Chief, the Rutgers Center for Women in Business, the John Hopkins Carey Business School, and AFP-Global.
Connect with Robin at https://www.theprofessionalguide.com or https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinmerletpg/ and subscribe to her blog, Moving Forwardhttps://theprofessionalguide.com/blog/. You can purchase her book on Amazon.
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