This article is an excerpt from Human Resources Impact of COVID-19 on Canadian Charities and Nonprofits, a report published by CharityVillage and The Portage Group. The full report covers staffing, volunteering, and the use of government subsidies and relief programs and...
We often refer to the lived experience of those who access service, but what about the lived experience of those who offer it? Rather than being encouraged to pay close attention to our experience, service providers are often reminded that...
The pandemic continues to throw new challenges at us every day. These can be personal, like working from home and maintaining our mental health, and they can be organizational, throwing even the best-run nonprofits into chaos. Leaders are left scrambling to deal with challenges never experienced, like how to manage a remote work force effectively and still meet service delivery goals. Sustainability...
We often think about branding for our organizations as something that speaks to communities we serve and stakeholders we answer to. We forget to count our staff and prospective staff in that list. How is your organization speaking to current...
More and more organizations are prioritizing diversity and inclusion as their strategic priorities. But how are organizations actually doing this work? On today’s episode, Trish Mandewo, Founder & CEO at Synergy on Boards Consulting Group and Coquitlam City Councillor, shares...
Speaking of love in the boardroom is not standard practice. We tend to shy away from such language when it comes to the large societal structures we live within. The idea that we are expressing love at work, at school,...
Cognitive diversity can simply be defined as inclusion of people who have different information processing styles or problem-solving skills and who can offer unique perspectives because they think differently. It refers to educational, functional, and mental diversity. Some refer to it...
Want more conflict resolution tips you can put into practice at your workplace? Watch our free webinar, Do-It-Yourself Conflict Resolution. Click here for details. Avoidance is a common response to dealing with conflict. It makes sense really, it’s the brain’s...
CALL TO ACTION: Girls on Boards is recruiting professional women with governance and/or mentorship experience to be Coaches for the 2021-2022 cohort. For more information on the Coaching Program, please check out G(irls)20’s website at https://girls20.org/programs/girls-on-boards. As a University of...
If things are not broken, why change? But what are some fundamental assumptions and myths that we believe in working in the charitable sector that hinder us from enabling changes and delivering impact? On today’s podcast episode, Rickesh Lakhani, Executive...
