When your nonprofit organization is based in a remote region, your people face competitive offers from other employers, and you face constant turnover, how do you maintain a resilient, strong team? According to the Conseil de développement économique des Territoires...
In today’s workplace, we recognize the importance of preventing discrimination, whether based on gender, race, personality type, or other differences, and it isn’t hard to find training or programs that encourage solid and meaningful inclusion of all types of people...
One of your employees has decided to give notice. And you’re struggling to fill their post – again. The position has seen a lot of turnover but you have no time to figure out why. Until you fill the job,...
For any organization, developing an expedient and efficient operational strategy is a primary concern. Then there’s the need to promote clear internal communication, an inclusive environment and to ensure the whole team is on board with the mission. These objectives...
Surely, we tell ourselves, surely everyone who works in the charitable sector must be...charitable. We read frightening statistics about Canadian workplaces: nearly half of Canadians report having experienced one or more acts of workplace harassment at least once a week...
Compensation at nonprofits across the country continues to rise slowly for some nonprofit professionals, according to the new 2017 Canadian Nonprofit Sector Salary & Benefits Report. To better understand nonprofit compensation, we surveyed more than 1,000 participants who represented more...
Want to learn more about your duty to accommodate? We partnered with the Canadian Mental Health Association BC Division on January 19 for a free webinar where we explored this topic in more detail. Click here to watch the recording....
After the strong response to the article about the cult of busyness and the piece we did on the importance of finding flexibility within the 9 - 5 grind, we recognized that there was much more to the story of why...
You may have seen a not-so-funny meme floating around on social media that says, “I don’t have a 9 to 5. I have a ‘when I open my eyes to when I close my eyes.’” It's true that in today's...
Not-for-profit organizations compete for the same talent as other organizations. Therefore, offering competitive employee benefits is a way to attract talent to the sector, but it also has to be done in a way that is realistic for your organization’s...
