Mixing it up in boardroom – Exploring the value of board diversity

An article suggesting increasing board diversity to better serve an organization.

Governance Q&A: The ethics of employees donating to employers

Board members donating to a charity is fine, but should this apply to employees as well? Would it be ethical to discipline an employee for refusing?

Negotiating through conflict: Creating win/win solutions

How to create a win/win situation in a conflict.

Yesterday and today: The nonprofit sector as a women’s workplace

The Canadian Policy Research Network tells us that 74.3% of nonprofit employees are female (compared to 47.5% of the total workforce in the for-profit sector). What it means for the sector is a question that remains relatively unexplored.

Career Q&A: Working in an unsafe environment and dealing with threats from management

All employees have the right to work in a safe environment. But what happens when health and safety concerns are being ignored by management?

Career Q&A: Dealing with an unpleasant and disruptive co-worker

As a senior staff member, are you obligated to get involved when a co-worker is disruptive, negative, and otherwise causing problems within the organization?

Governance Q&A: Personal use of nonprofit equipment

I see other staff at my nonprofit who take supplies home or make personal use of our equipment. Is this acceptable?

Governance Q&A: My executive director is not managing professionally or treating me with respect

I am a hard-working, productive employee. Don’t staff members who work in charities, for less than market rates in most cases, deserve better?

Governance Q&A: Putting an ED’s personal work ahead of the organization’s work

A secretary to an executive director asks how to handle requests to deal with personal correspondence, completely unrelated to the charity.

Am I a workaholic?

A self-evaluation checklist to determine whether you are a workaholic.