The process of hiring and onboarding new employees is an important and costly one for any organization, and finding someone who is a great fit for your organization is always the goal. Increasingly, nonprofit (and for-profit) organizations are including questions...
Microaggressions are those subtle slights that occur daily for so many people from diverse communities, backgrounds, and identities. The slights can be so subtle that they are hard to identify or “prove”. Yet the affected people know they exist because...
Original broadcast date: Thursday, September 25, 2014 Summary: We appreciate our employees and volunteers and we value their contribution to our organization. But sometimes, the fit between organization and employee or volunteer just isn’t there and changes need to be...
Want to learn more about the discipline and dismissal process and how to foster a culture of positive discipline at your organization? We partnered with the author for a free webinar - watch the recording here. Your palms are sweaty...
NOTE: This article is written with an Ontario perspective and is reprinted with permission. View the original post on the Turner Consulting Group website. An alarming idea has recently been circulating in the Canadian human resources circles and beyond: when...
All we need to do is to find the right candidate. This is a common refrain we hear from nonprofit leaders seeking candidates for their management and advancement roles. However, they're only partly correct. Yes, finding the right person for...
While internships have had a lot of bad press in recent years (with even the nonprofit sector being accused of exploitative labour practices), internships done right can actually provide a win-win solution for both the intern and their nonprofit employer....
When I say "dynamic nonprofit leader", I bet your mind instantly goes to someone in particular. Someone who has a certain charisma, who gets the job done, is a force to be reckoned with and usually is an inspiration to...
The purpose of an interview is to assess the candidate's skills and abilities to successfully enter into a new job and perform the essential duties of that job. Bias-free hiring removes any interviewer biases that may interfere with this assessment,...
Tim Wise, an anti-racism educator from the United States, gave the keynote address for day one of the Workplace Inclusion Conference held in Toronto March 27 and 28, 2014. In his keynote address, Wise noted that organizations need to strive...
