The overflowing inbox: How to keep email from taking over your work life

Back in 1993, when I began working for a university, my supervisor introduced me to a newfangled notion called “email”. After he explained the long process involved in sending and receiving messages on a slow and unwieldy server, I responded,...

Plan to boost your confidence

Did you attend or view the recording of the webinar I presented in February on 4 Confidence Boosts to Reach Your Full Potential? If so, you probably left with lots of ideas and a bunch of good intentions. Then you...

How to survive (and thrive!) in the first 100 days of your first nonprofit job

Way back in 1933, US President Franklin Roosevelt coined the term “the first hundred days” as a time to measure the success of the important initial period on a job. What does it take to be successful in your first...

My Generation: How to bring multiple generations together in your workplace

In today’s workplace, we recognize the importance of preventing discrimination, whether based on gender, race, personality type, or other differences, and it isn’t hard to find training or programs that encourage solid and meaningful inclusion of all types of people...

The real cost of employee turnover: How to stop the revolving door

One of your employees has decided to give notice. And you’re struggling to fill their post – again. The position has seen a lot of turnover but you have no time to figure out why. Until you fill the job,...

Difficult Clients: Dealing with responsive behaviours

Want to learn more about how you can develop a workplace Responsive Behaviour Prevention Program? We partnered with the author for a free webinar - watch the recording here. What is “real” violence? Extreme violence includes homicides and firearm injuries...

How nonprofit organizations can make internships successful and meaningful for summer students

Is there a shiny new face in your office this spring? If you have an intern or co-op student working for you this summer, read on to find out how to make the most of the experience. If you don’t...

Conflict as friend, not foe: How to use conflict constructively

We spend more than half our waking hours at work, so when work becomes stressful, it can have a disproportionate impact on our well-being. And when the cause of stress is conflict, it also affects our ability to do the...

How to remove workplace toxins and create a healthy culture at your organization

Anyone who’s ever worked in an office setting has likely experienced the dreaded “toxic workplace” scenario - and if you haven’t… kudos to you for being either extremely lucky or an incredibly perceptive job-seeker when it comes to recognizing healthy...

Can your job interview tests be going too far?

For Christine (not her real name), a social worker looking for work in the nonprofit sector, having to complete assessments and questionnaires in order to be considered for a job is just par for the course. But when she was...