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Managing People Well
Five valuable things we learned at the 2018 Not-For-Profit People Conference
The Not-For-Profit People Conference is done for another year. And what a couple of days it was! The atmosphere was electric; the speakers inspiring; and the delegates’ enthusiasm was contagious.
It’s difficult to hand-pick the key takeaways from the conference – there were so many with 36 speakers and 23 sessions – so here are our top five based on the top issues facing people managers in NFPs today.
Three ways to keep your casual staff more engaged from the “Chief Happiness Officer” at Batyr
What can organisations do to ensure their casual workforce is engaged and willing to stay with your organisation longer?
4 steps to making your team more resilient
Building resilience – the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, or stress – can help people continue to perform at work, even in challenging times.
The 10 design principles that could make you a better leader
The growing popularity of “design thinking” shows just how much leaders at all levels can learn from designers.
A “design mindset” can give a leader a clear thinking or problem-solving process that works well with everyone from family members to a community, or whole organisation.
Leaders with a design mindset “paint” the way forward with colourful, wide brushes to ensure a diverse range of perspectives.
The trick is knowing which aspect of our thinking processes to listen to at which time. Is it time to converge on an idea or action? Or is it time to diverge to create more options?
Everything you need to know about the Fair Work Commission’s decision on domestic violence leave
On 1 August 2018, the Fair Work Commission’s ruling that anyone working under a modern award is entitled to five days’ unpaid leave if they are affected by domestic violence came into effect – a welcome development.
While this legislation is certainly a step in the right direction, does it go far enough? And how does this ruling affect your NFP?
Could greater autonomy be the secret to growing your impact and improving staff engagement?
The introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has been a catalyst for high levels of change in Australia’s NFP workforce.
With greater empowerment and choice for NDIS participants has come greater demands on service providers and their staff.
In turn, old workplace structures, processes and practices have sometimes struggled to keep up with new demands for flexibility, responsiveness and client-centred approaches.
One innovative solution lies in equipping staff with the autonomy to make their own decisions.
Would you like to be able to constructively resolve conflict in your team?
Everybody disagrees, sometimes.
But despite disagreements being widespread in the workplace, they can often remain unresolved.
Simmering below the surface, unresolved conflicts can negatively impact organisational culture, productivity and staff/volunteer morale.
Enter the concept of “Conflict Intelligence”.
Why coaching, not gadgets, is key to getting the most out of your employees
Forget the gadgets and “lifehacks” to increase productivity – managers need to become coaches to get the best out of their employees. In practice there are four things managers should do during coaching.
Three HR trends your NFP can’t afford to overlook in 2018
Happy New Year! As we’ve ticked over into 2018, your organisation has likely done some strategic planning around your people and culture goals for the year ahead – and how you plan to achieve them.
But have you considered how the changing external world will impact on these goals, and the future of people in your organisation?