The average tenure for an advancement professional today is just five years. To keep staff on board, our workplaces need to be flexible, empathetic, inclusive, and transparent. Here, two researchers share what they’ve discovered about human-centered talent management and the key steps to retain staff: align talent to mission and values; engage the whole person; and recognize colleagues’ impact.  

Good onboarding welcomes new colleagues into a team—like a welcome mat for the organization. That philosophy helps the University of California, Davis, U.S., start its newcomers in advancement off on the right foot. In 2021, the development and alumni relations division there launched The Learning DO–Development Officer Boot Camp. It’s a comprehensive, centralized, nine-week academy for fundraisers.

The CASE Library maintains this collection of online samples for all CASE members. It includes examples of diversity and inclusion plans, mission statements, and DEI priorities and initiatives within institutional advancement divisions.

The CASE Library has compiled this sample collection of talent management programs from CASE Circle of Excellence entries and Currents articles. The collection first lists award-winning programs and then additional programs and initiatives.

CASE’s 50th anniversary is also a time to look to the future. Five advancement leaders share thoughts on the challenges ahead, along with what makes them optimistic in this roundtable discussion.

A solution to ensuring educational philanthropy and engagement workforce stability is considering candidates with transferable skills, says Ann Synder, CASE Senior Director, Communities Engagement. But what sorts of skills make someone good at advancement? Find out how to assess data-driven and strategic thinking, drive and follow-up, listening skills, and more when hiring to attract talent that will infuse the advancement industry with new ideas.

Promote DEIB with CASE’s Advancement DEIB continuum services. Learn how advancement professionals can engage staff and leadership and foster a culture of inclusivity.

Discover five effective strategies to ramp up your diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging efforts, fostering inclusivity and driving systemic change in your organization.

This resource collection from the CASE Library provides the definition of emotional intelligence and the tenets of emotional intelligence models and highlights why emotional intelligence is a valuable skill for any advancement professional.

Dos and don’ts of virtual interviews.