11 Steps To On-Boarding A New Grants Professional
December 28, 2020
You’ve finally established a full-time grant development position and hired a professional to fill it. Expectations are high. The board assumes grant funding will skyrocket and every manager is scribbling wish lists. Why not? Before this, seeking grants was a hodge-podge of catch-as-catch-can work by everyone from program staff to administrators. This new position will change everything, right?
Not necessarily. “The promise of a robust grant acquisition program can easily be derailed by overblown expectations, poorly defined priorities, and G-force pressure,” said Barbara Floersch of The Grantsmanship Center in Los Angeles, Calif. “For the best results, plan a thorough on-boarding process that stresses mission, strategy, and teamwork.”