Alison’s 20-hour per week job at a public-funded organization started out well enough. There was a variety of things to do and she got along with her boss, who seemed to respect her as an experienced mid-career professional. But it...
Can you explain why teamwork within an organization is so valuable? What's the best approach for making teamwork successful? A team, simply defined, is a group of individuals with complementary skills assembled to complete or achieve a task or a...
Are you a team player? I’m all for teams, when there’s a good reason to bring people together to accomplish something, and we manage to do more, or better, en masse than we could on our own. But sometimes the...
There are few things as enticing to me as ice cream. Better than chips, better than cookies. And even my mom’s delectable lemon meringue pie (don’t tell her I said so). So you can imagine my delight when Michelle Hurtubise,...
People are abandoning community. Today’s generation is apathetic. Volunteerism is dead. There. We said it. Now do we have your attention? We’ve all heard the same news: Charities are in trouble. People are disengaged. Volunteering is on the decline. Sponsorship...
Interviews are often challenging for both the interviewer, and the person being interviewed. While both parties are usually aiming to impress, the quality of the questions asked often determines whether or not an interview is a meaningful exchange of information....
The executive director sent an email to our office saying the vice chair of the board, who is also his spouse, was acting in his place for a month while he was on a trip. Do staff members have to...
For some organizations, a volunteer-based structure suits its mission just fine. Typically, these scenarios presume a grassroots or community-led initiative, whereby a group of people come together over a shared need and then work collaboratively to meet it. The simple,...
It’s that feeling, deep in the pit of your stomach. The one that only comes around when you’re wishing it’s all just a bad dream. You take a breath, pinch yourself, and prepare to wake up. A few seconds go...
How many times have you heard about climbing the career ladder? In the nonprofit sector, the top rung is most often the executive director. The typical nonprofit executive director is the expert generalist - they design, build and evaluate successful...
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