In today’s workforce, employees must keep up with a fast pace, a high level of stress and the juggling of multiple demands. Employees working in these types of environments can be left with jaded feelings, particularly of being overwhelmed, overworked...
Finding and keeping top performers for your organization can be tough. Making sure you hire the best person for the job is now more important than ever to help minimize turnover costs and boost organizational success. Here are some specific...
There are few things as enticing to me as ice cream. Better than chips, better than cookies. And even my mom’s delectable lemon meringue pie (don’t tell her I said so). So you can imagine my delight when Michelle Hurtubise,...
“When you can’t afford the talent you need, you have to be creative. We don’t have the luxury of finance and we need our staff to push hard, so we have to recognize that.” Free the Children’s Rann Sharma is...
My executive director has recently been talking a lot about our organization's need for a retention strategy. It sounds like a make-work project to me - can you clarify why spending time on something like this would be important? The...
It’s all about the money. Or is it? If you work for a nonprofit in Toronto or Ottawa, you’re earning, on average, a higher salary than people working in the rest of Canada. If your organization is affiliated, like a...
Why should managers care whether employees take their vacation time? Isn't it up to the employee to make sure they taking the time they need? Vacation time is a time for rest and renewal, giving workers the opportunity to refresh...
The ability for employers to motivate, inspire and engage employees is fundamental to the success of any nonprofit — that much is obvious. But how nonprofit employers go about engaging employees to drive organizational change or achieve their mission is...
My employer just asked me to complete a questionnaire about my job. Some of my answers will show that the job isn’t conducted the way it was several years ago when I started and I am concerned that my job...
These were Governor General David Johnston's words of advice to the nearly 500 delegates at the National Summit for the Charitable and Nonprofit Sector. While the anecdote recalled his own experience as a child playing hockey, His Excellency set the...
