Joe’s Leadership Blog

Biography

Joe Hungler is the Director of Operations at the Boys & Girls Club of Worcester and a National Training Associate for Boys & Girls Clubs of America. He has been recognized as the Program Professional and Management Professional of the Year by the Yankee Chapter of the Association of Boys & Girls Clubs Professionals. He was part of a team that was awarded the Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s Honor Award for Program Excellence for Best Overall Program with the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua, NH in 1999. He has achieved the Distinguished Level of the Academy of Boys & Girls Club Professionals at both the Youth Development and Management categories. In 2006, he received the President’s Call to Service Award for his work with the Keystone Club, a teen leadership group.

Joe was awarded a Woodruff Fellowship and earned his Master’s in Human Resource Development from Clemson University as part of the first on-line cohort in 2006. He earned his B.S. in Mathematics at the University of Vermont in 1992.

Why this Blog?

I work for a great non-profit. This blog is about how to make life working at a non-profit easier and to share some lessons learned. Most of what I share, I have learned from someone else - my mentors, Clemson classmates, our staff, colleagues, kids at the Club and, of course, my folks.

When I first transitioned from direct service (”program”) to supervision, everyone assumed that because I was good at youth development that I would be good at management. No training and little direction was provided. Due to stubborn pride, I didn’t ask for help and I had a brutal experience for about 18 months. Since April 2002 I have had a great teacher in my present position and have learned a lot. I hope that the information on this blog can help others avoid my earlier experience.

This blog is purely my opinion and does not represent the official opinion or policies of my employer.

You can contact me at joehungler@gmail.com.