February 8, 2023 Conference, Health & Wellbeing

How to address vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue and burnout in your workplace

Vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue and burnout present significant risks for workers exposed directly and indirectly to traumatic content. The impacts can be both on individuals and on entire workplaces with outcomes such as poor mental health, reduced productivity, increased absenteeism and high staff turnover.

Tara Hunter is the Director of Clinical and Client Services at Full Stop Australia. In the lead-up to her presentation at the 2023 Not-For-Profit People Conference, Tara spoke with us about how to address vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue and burnout in NFP workplaces.

December 14, 2022 Conference, Leadership

“Clarity, optimism, tenacity and persistence” – Leadership lessons from Lin Hatfield Dodds, CEO of The Benevolent Society

Lin Hatfield Dodds has spent her working life focused on people and communities who are vulnerable or disadvantaged, most recently leading over 1,500 staff as CEO of The Benevolent Society, Australia’s oldest charitable organisation dedicated to meeting the needs of vulnerable groups in society. In the lead-up to her keynote presentation at the 2023 Not-For-Profit People Conference, Lin spoke with us about her leadership journey and how she faces and overcomes challenges as the CEO of Australia’s oldest charity.

May 12, 2022 Conference

Want to speak or present at the 2023 Not-For-Profit People Conference?

We’ve got some great news to share: the Not-For-Profit People Conference will return for 2023 on 20-21 February after a 3-year hiatus (thanks Covid!)

December 21, 2021 Top Posts

Our top ten posts of 2021

2021 has been another rollercoaster year for NFPs trying to navigate lockdowns, work-from-home, remote recruitment, vaccine mandates and the many other challenges a second year of COVID-19 brought us.

We hope that despite all of that you still had a good year and that the ideas we’ve brought you through the Not-For-Profit People Blog have made a positive impact for you and your organisation’s staff and volunteers.

As you look back on 2021, here are the ten posts you enjoyed the most.

October 5, 2021 Culture and Values, Human Resources, Organisational Strategy

Here’s how to retain your employees during the ‘Great Resignation’

One way organisations can avoid today’s so-called “Great Resignation” is to invest in building brands that are as compelling internally as they are externally. When leaders partner with marketing and human resources to explicitly align individual roles with an organisation’s inspiring brand purpose, organisations can transform an exodus of employees into an influx of talent.

September 30, 2021 Culture and Values, Managing People Well

How to foster psychological safety in your team

Finding the secret to building high performing teams is every NFP manager’s dream but it’s a tricky business.

While there’s no perfect formula for the composition of a great team, the highest performing teams do have one key ingredient in common – psychological safety.

September 21, 2021 Health & Wellbeing

If you’re going to mandate COVID vaccination at your workplace, here’s how to do it ethically

Compulsory COVID vaccination has been in the news lately and you may be considering what’s best for your NFP.

If you are an employer and thinking about a vaccine mandate for your workers, there are many things to consider.

If you want to go down that path as a last resort here’s how to do it ethically.

September 15, 2021 Managing People Well, Organisational Strategy, Productivity

Are your organisation’s teams too big?

What are the most important things to consider when building an effective team? Experience? Communication skills? Resilience? The ability to play well with others? All important.

But there’s another potentially make-or-break measure that could have just as much impact on the success of your team – size.

September 1, 2021 Culture and Values, Health & Wellbeing, Human Resources

Leave policies that could make your NFP stand out from the crowd

Attracting and keeping top talent can be a challenge for not-for-profit organisations that can’t pay “the big bucks”. But often money isn’t the main benefit people are looking for.

Savvy NFPs can differentiate themselves and stand out as an employer of choice with better, more progressive leave policies that can help to support your team members at the challenging or important times in their lives.

Here are 12 different types of leave your organisation could consider offering.

August 19, 2021 Culture and Values, Human Resources

Is quitting contagious? Depends on who else leaves and who’s in charge

Quitting is one of life’s big decisions. It takes an emotional and financial toll on the employee, their families and their co-workers. People want power over these types of big life decisions, aiming to have self-control over their circumstances and decisions.

But what happens when our colleagues quit? Are we more or less likely to quit? Essentially, is quitting contagious?

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