August 24, 2016 Leadership, Making Decisions, Organisational Strategy

Who holds power in your NFP? Your answer might help explain how effective and engaged your staff and volunteers are

It’s difficult to talk about power. Mentioning power can conjure up memories of encounters with parents, teachers, bosses, the law, family or partners who have exercised power over over us in negative ways.

But power relationships are woven throughout our lives, and throughout our workplaces. And being clear about who holds power – particularly the power to make decisions – in your organisation, as well as ensuring that structure reflects your organisation’s shared values – will mean that staff and volunteers understand how and why power works as it does. And that can mean the difference between an empowered staff member, and a disempowered, disengaged one.

August 17, 2016 Managing People Well

The keys to building high-performing teams – Climate Council COO Katrina Porteus shares her experience

Ahead of her talk about high-performing teams at the 2016 Not-For-Profit People Conference, the Climate Council’s Chief Operating Officer Katrina Porteus has given us a sneak peek of how the independent climate change organisation built a team that delivers real impact despite its small size.

August 8, 2016 Giving Feedback, Managing People Well, Volunteer Management

Giving feedback can be tough. These assumptions make it even tougher

Giving tough feedback to your team members is an inevitable part of managing staff or volunteers in any NFP, but can be incredibly challenging for a manager. But according to Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman of US-based leadership development consultancy Zenger/Folkman, these conversations are often harder than they need to be.

August 3, 2016 Health & Wellbeing

Making burnout history: Bravehearts’ Pamela Weatherill explains what ‘radical self-care’ looks like

In the lead-up to her presentation at the 2016 Not-For-Profit People Conference in November, we talk to Bravehearts’ Director of People and Culture Pamela Weatherill about ‘radical self-care’, including why it’s so necessary in the not-for-profit sector.

August 1, 2016 Managing People Well, Organisational Strategy

How can work be made meaningful?

We have known for many years that humans are driven by an innate desire to find or foster meaning in what we do, even under the most extreme of conditions. Given how central work is to most people’s lives, it is a key place to seek meaningfulness. Recent research with 135 people in a wide range of jobs set out to discover what they considered meaningful work, how work can be made meaningful, and how this sense of meaningfulness can be erased or destroyed.

July 25, 2016 Leadership, Managing People Well

Have you heard of servant leadership? Dr Sen Sendjaya says evidence shows it’s the best leadership style for your organisation

In the lead-up to his presentation at the 2016 Not-For-Profit People Conference, Monash Business School professor and servant leadership expert Dr Sen Sendjaya shares his insights on servant leadership, including why it’s a particularly powerful approach for NFP organisations.

July 20, 2016 Health & Wellbeing

What is it about your office that could be undermining staff performance?

Did you know that your staff’s ability to focus, solve problems and make decisions could be being compromised by your office itself?

That’s according to a recent study out of the US, which found that even modest improvements to air quality in the average office could noticeably boost the performance of workers.

July 18, 2016 Change Management, Leadership

How should a leader manage change? Oxfam Australia’s CEO Dr Helen Szoke shares her insights

In the lead-up to her keynote address at the 2016 Not-For-Profit People Conference in November, we spoke to Oxfam’s Chief Executive Dr Helen Szoke about leading teams through transformative change – the highs, the lows, and what you can learn from one of Australia’s leading international aid and development NGOs to apply to your organisation’s change processes.

July 13, 2016 Health & Wellbeing, Organisational Strategy

Paws for thought: the case for bringing pets to work at your NFP

Did you know that staff who bring their pets to the office experience a drop in stress levels of around 11 percent? So if you’d like to explore how to make your office pet-friendly, here’s the story of how one Australian NFP organisation did it to staff acclaim.

July 6, 2016 Leadership, Managing People Well, Productivity

People want to do meaningful work: how connecting staff with clients and beneficiaries can supercharge your organisation

This is the story of how one fundraising team boosted their weekly productivity by 400 percent.

It wasn’t due to pay rises or catered lunches – or even an inspiring or well-trained manager giving staff the motivation to do their work better. So what was it?

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