Did you know that up to 70 percent of organisational change initiatives fail?
A new guide to change management can help ensure yours isn’t one of them.
Capacity Building and Change Management: A guide for community services
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Volunteer managers: This new service is here to solve your conflict resolution issues
Some conflict is a good thing in most teams – and that’s as true for teams of volunteers as it is for paid staff.
But what happens if conflict with – or between – your organisation’s volunteers gets to a level where it’s hurting your organisation or the people involved?
What to do if your staff won’t act on feedback
Much has been said on the topic of giving feedback – it’s vital to building an effective team and boosting productivity, among other things.
But what do you do if you’ve given a team member feedback and they ignore you? Or get defensive? Or even begin to evade discussions involving feedback?
Women in leadership: how does your NFP stack up?
Australia’s record on women in leadership isn’t a shining one. Despite comprising around 46 percent of the Australian workforce, women make up only a quarter of key management staff.
But what about the NFP sector? Surely for organisations dedicated to a more just and equitable world, the statistics would look a lot better?
If your NFP isn’t measuring these five things, your recruitment is probably suffering
Imagine if your organisation didn’t keep track of its financial data – what its income and expenses were? How could it possibly survive?
And yet, many NFP organisations don’t track basic data about their recruitment process. And that’s almost as bad.
Six traits of an ethical leader
While hopefully the exception and not the rule, recent cases of scandals in prominent organisations have left the public asking whether getting caught was seen by some leaders as the worst crime of all.
So what are the qualities of an ethical leader – and how might someone with those qualities think and act?
Is your NFP prepared for an ageing workforce?
Australian workplaces are facing the most significant demographic shift in modern human history. In 1990, just 15.9 percent of the Australian population was aged over 55. Today, that figure sits at one in four – which looks set to increase even further to around one in three within the next decade. But are we ready?
Want to avoid hiring toxic staff? Do this
$50,000. That’s how much hiring a toxic worker could cost your organisation, according to a 2012 CareerBuilder survey.
While a 2015 Harvard Business School report is a little more conservative in its estimate of $12,000, the take-away is clear: toxic staff can cost your organisation dearly.
The best things your NFP can do to boost staff retention
Did you know median staff turnover for NFPs in Victoria is as low as 16 percent per year? That means half of all NFPs record turnover of 15 percent or less. How does your organisation measure up?
Four reasons you shouldn’t let your staff work overtime
It’s fair to say that most workers would prefer not to work such long hours. But in many NFP organisations, working 40-50 hours a week is expected for a number of roles. Have you ever considered the impact of staff working excessively long hours on your organisation itself?