Management recruitment pointers

Whether being selected for a new job or attracting the best people to work in your organization, both the prospective employee and the employer need to go the extra mile in a hiring situation. Surprisingly, the vast majority of both...

Avoiding culture shock for your new staff

Gone are the days when people worked for the same organization from the time they left school until the time they retired. Today, a career may include a wide variety of roles at a number of organizations. Some people may...

Ten tips to build a quality culture at your nonprofit

An organization's culture is the sum of its integrated values, policies and practices. It is multi-dimensional with processes that can be subtle and even hidden from view. The quality and nature of the organization's culture dictates the quality and nature...

The mentor within: Using a mentoring program to improve retention

Retention has become the cause célèbre for many organizations. With a particular focus on the younger generation, ideas abound on how to create a working environment that is welcoming, engaging and supportive. An engaged staff is a satisfied one, after...

Human Resources Q&A: Countering workplace conflict

Conflict in my workplace has been creeping up more often. I am not comfortable with conflict. Do you have any helpful tips? Workplace conflict is inevitable, since people have different perspectives on situations. When emotions and perceptions are left unchecked...

Keep your eyes on donor engagement but don’t forget employee engagement

The buzz in the nonprofit sector right now is all about "donor engagement". This makes perfect sense, because the fiscal realities of government reduction in program spending; salary restraints and budget shortfalls require decision-makers to bridge funding shortages. Determining how...

The telecommute

Ever since the advent of the Internet and email, a slow but steady progression of working away from the traditional workplace office has taken place. And what once looked like a revolutionary trend 10 years ago, now seems to many...

Preparing the next generation of nonprofit leaders

Who is grooming the next generation of nonprofit leaders? In a 2011 confidential survey conducted by crawfordconnect with 17 nonprofit leaders across Canada, 94% of participants said that although succession planning was top of mind, today’s leaders are not doing...

Human Resources Q&A: A micro-managing employee

Hi, I was happy to see the article on dealing with difficult co-workers , but what if you are the boss and an employee is micro-managing and interfering constantly? In this case, the person does not want to be the...

Social media: What’s your policy?

If you're an avid devotee of social media, chances are you've already heard about this infamous gaffe: a Red Cross employee uses HootSuite to send out an otherwise-innocent tweet about her alcohol-induced evening in the company of a specific beer....