With the recent down-turn in the economy, many organizations may be operating under the mistaken view that there will continue to be an endless supply of talent to fill staff roles as they become available. After all, recent recruitment drives...
Purpose of the performance appraisal The performance appraisal gives both the board and the executive director the opportunity to review the executive director's agreed-upon goals and outcomes for the past year and to set goals and objectives for the coming...
Do you have any tips on how to develop an employee handbook to have processes and procedures in place so there’s consistency? A good place to start in the development of a handbook is to ask your people what information...
Too little time? Too much stress? These are the worries of just about everyone who works in the nonprofit world (and most people outside of it, too!) Handling your workload with maximum efficiency and gaining control over your time is...
As a manager who has a lot on her plate and little time to accomplish it all, I have been told to delegate more to my team. I'm afraid of letting go and risking that someone else won't be able...
I've been asked by potential employers and clients for samples of my writing, sometimes for something existing and sometimes for something new. Have you looked at the ethics of this? I have had the same requests, many times, and have...
Elana Ludman never set out to work at a nonprofit. It wasn't exactly on her career radar. Yet, that's exactly where she sits today — happily so — as the director of development and communications at Santropol Roulant, an organization...
How do I manage workplace bullying in my organization? The following is a preventative approach to derailing workplace bullying behaviour. It requires strong leadership buy-in (at the executive or board level) that is supportive of the program, and recognition of...
People are an organization’s greatest asset. It doesn’t make any difference whether the mission is to raise awareness on an issue or to provide food for the hungry. An organization is only as good as the people who are doing...
If you're an Ontario nonprofit organization and haven't heard about Bill 168 — the amendments to the Health and Safety Act regarding workplace violence and harassment — chances are you aren't in compliance with it yet. The deadline for compliance...
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