Forbes Leadership

APRIL 13, 2023

Musical artist and actor Saweetie has teamed up with her grandmother Roxane Harper to establish the Icy Baby Foundation, a nonprofit that teaches financial literacy to Black and Brown youth. The two women believe that helping kids learn to manage money is crucial to closing the racial wealth gap.

Nonprofit 86

Nonprofit Manager Diversity Inclusion 86

Peter Winick

APRIL 8, 2024

Joining him is Anton Skornyakov, the Managing Director and co-founder of Agile.Coach, who brings a wealth of knowledge from his diverse background in mathematics, physics, and teaching Scrum methodologies. Today I speak with Anton Skornyakov, the managing director and co-founder of Agile Coach. But where are you headed?

Software 293

Software Nonprofit Manager Government 293

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2023

Research conducted by nonprofit organization JUST Capital highlights the importance of public opinion in determining corporate behaviors. These findings have implications for managers seeking to be perceived as just. Statistical analysis assigns weights to 20 key behaviors, with worker-related issues consistently ranking highest.

Nonprofit 90

Nonprofit Government Manager Diversity 90

Forbes Leadership

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The Material Change Institute aims to balance the scales in the asset management industry, where only a tiny percentage of money is controlled by women and people of color. The nonprofit's year-long fellowship program helps diverse leaders advance and gain greater influence in asset management.

Assets 82

Assets Nonprofit Scaling Diversity 82

Association Now Leadership

JANUARY 14, 2024

One nonprofit struggled to get older and younger leaders to meet eye to eye. Managing conflict means knowing pressure points—and anticipating disagreement. Association leaders who are mindful of diversity on their staff and boards are obligated to think about age and experience as much as any other factor.

Nonprofit 104

Nonprofit Diversity Manager 104

Alison Green

MARCH 7, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: We have a new C-level employee at my small nonprofit, Andy, who has been here for six months. But what do you do when it’s a manager who is the problem and no one will tell the higher-ups about it? You’re stuck with the situation.

Nonprofit 80

Nonprofit Manager Energy 80

Association Now Workplace

MAY 18, 2022

With that in mind and timed to Mental Health Awareness Month , a group of nonprofit CEOs is asking fellow leaders to transform the nation’s workforce culture by pledging to prioritize employee mental health. …And in the case of nonprofits, it is directly related to their ability to accomplish their mission. Arthur Evans Jr.,

Nonprofit 137

Nonprofit Insurance Inclusion Retention 137

Alison Green

APRIL 8, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. However, because we were close in age and she my first intern, we bonded, which led to me not being an effective manager and not addressing her performance issues. A reader writes: A while back, I supervised an intern for the first time.

Nonprofit 81

Nonprofit Benefits Manager 81

Get Lighthouse

JUNE 23, 2022

"People leave managers not companies" is a common refrain you'll hear when corporate leadership is discussed. And if it is, why do people leave their managers? The real reasons for turnover usually point squarely back at their manager. Today, we look at this evidence for why people leave managers, not companies.

Manager 130

Manager Retention Benefits Accounts 130

Alison Green

MARCH 13, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. I’m a manager of a small team of 10 and recently they had a very visible win for the larger company. At a department meeting, I said I was very proud to be their manager and that they all did an exceptional job. It’s five answers to five questions.

Nonprofit 86

Nonprofit Small Business Government Marketing 86

Association Now Leadership

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In a piece on that subject published last week at the Stanford Social Innovation Review , nonprofit professionals Katie Smith Milway and Susan Wolf Ditkoff point to a few examples from the space about how and why they frame those conversations on their boards.

Diversity 111

Diversity Nonprofit Inclusion Onboarding 111

Alison Green

APRIL 22, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. ” Or I could ask our conductor or manager to discuss it with her, since it’s sensitive. But we are a nonprofit, and I don’t know the ins and outs of that, and how that works out with what amounts to volunteers. Here we go… 1. Any advice?

Staffing 98

Staffing Nonprofit Manager Sales 98

Association Now Leadership

MARCH 5, 2023

nonprofit 4 Day Week Global released findings from a study of more than 60 companies and nonprofits in the U.K. All that said, employees aren’t lab rats—they shouldn’t be subject to whatever new management whim is floating around at the current moment. Last month, the U.K. It’s time to experiment.

Nonprofit 107

Nonprofit Human Resources Revenue Metrics 107

Peter Winick

OCTOBER 5, 2023

In addition, she is the bestselling author of “Purposeful: Are You a Manager or a Movement Starter?” Peter Winick So talk to us a little bit about your journey as a thought leader, right, Because you’ve gone from executive, nonprofit, building movements, author, speaker, how does it all how is it all tied together for you?

Scaling 293

Scaling Nonprofit Revenue Marketing 293

Association Now Leadership

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Juliana Nicolini PAC and Grassroots Advocacy Manager, American Urological Association Short, but impactful writing. Stephen Martin Managing Director, Member Education/Professional Development, American Institute of Architects Leveraging emerging technologies like AI.

Hospitality 104

Hospitality Strategic Planning Nonprofit Education 104

Alison Green

MARCH 14, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Fergus was contacted by an outside partner who wanted to find a contractor who could help them create a new program for their nonprofit. Somehow he managed to act shocked and offended when I got a new job and gave my notice six weeks later. Here’s the update.

Nonprofit 87

Nonprofit Benefits Manager 87

Alison Green

APRIL 15, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. As a newbie in a new field, would it be out of line to ask the lab manager if the night crew could have a package of hospital gowns in inventory for patients who don’t have pajamas with them? This line manager told me they were “get s**t done” meetings.

Hospitality 89

Hospitality Travel Nonprofit Manager 89

Alison Green

JULY 12, 2022

was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. I am working for a nonprofit organization where I have been for the past five years. Also, what you’ve experienced in this job is very much par for the course in some nonprofits. Nonprofits are very familiar with “good enough,” because they have to be.

Nonprofit 90

Nonprofit Compensation Manager 90

Refresh

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Everyone—employers, employees, policymakers, nonprofit leaders, and educators—plays a role in addressing issues caused by barriers in today’s modern job market. The goal of this resource is to help companies manage modern barriers to hiring and retain talent in the current job market. It’s the strength of the overall economy.

Transportation 105

Transportation Nonprofit Education Marketing 105

UVA Darden

AUGUST 10, 2023

The Impact Since 2022, HTHA has supported a total of 68 organizations — both nonprofit and private — across 17 African countries: Algeria, Botswana, Cameroon, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Implementation 69

Implementation Nonprofit Government Scaling 69

Association Now Leadership

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

Despite various efforts in the corporate and nonprofit sectors, people of color remain scarce in board leadership roles. That’s the argument of a pair of management scholars in a recent article in the MIT Sloan Management Review titled “ Meet the New Board—Same as the Old Board.”. Clark and Jill A.

Diversity 97

Diversity Nonprofit Compensation Manager 97

Alison Green

DECEMBER 28, 2022

This post, updates: my boss accused me of writing a negative review but I didn’t, and more , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. month at Ask a Manager, and all December I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. I was an unpaid intern for a nonprofit when this happened.

Nonprofit 79

Nonprofit Manager Onboarding 79

Alison Green

APRIL 16, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Our intern was working two full-time jobs I work at a nonprofit and manage our internship program. I handle the administrative side of things, while our program teams handle the day-to-day/substantive work assignments and management. Here we go… 1.

Manager 96

Manager Nonprofit Banking Benefits 96

Alison Green

APRIL 18, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: For the last nine months, I’ve been doing a (paid) internship at a foundation that is aimed at recent graduates looking to enter the nonprofit world. It’s been a great experience, both in the kind of work I am doing and the people I am working with.

Nonprofit 75

Nonprofit Manager 75

Peter Winick

DECEMBER 7, 2023

He is the founder of the Vanderbloemen Search Group, helping churches, schools, nonprofits, family offices, and values-based businesses find key staff, and also the author of Search: The Pastoral Search Committee Handbook, the go-to guide for creating a pastoral succession plan. How do you manage? Like how do you eat people?

Marketing 315

Marketing Sales Sales Nonprofit 315

Association Now Leadership

OCTOBER 30, 2022

at the start of the pandemic had a way of leading to short-term (if not panicky) thinking among boards, or boards assuming management roles, which falls afoul of the strategic position that boards ought to have. Agility must not be confused with overstepping into management’s arena,” says the report.

Onboarding 112

Onboarding Nonprofit Education Manager 112

Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 26, 2023

If you created a nonprofit organization to promote reading to children and young adults, what would you name it, and why? What book did you read in high school or college that, to this day, you still remember vividly, and why? Do you intersperse fiction with your business reading?

Nonprofit 73

Nonprofit Marketing Manager 73

Alison Green

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I am the director of a nonprofit with a small team: I have five direct reports. We are a small nonprofit which has struggled financially, and we simply aren’t able to pay at the very top of the range for our staff (myself included).

Nonprofit 78

Nonprofit Benchmarking Metrics Operations 78

Alison Green

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

This post, coworker brings her baby to every meeting, manager is shocked no one sent a thank-you note for our raises, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. Her manager is in most of the meetings and (obviously?) Mention it to her manager? It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go….

Manager 73

Manager Nonprofit Banking Accounts 73

Association Now Leadership

APRIL 17, 2022

In an article for the Stanford Social Innovation Review , “ Does Your Nonprofit Board Need a CGO? ,” the two make a case for creating such a role. A CGO would be the in-house expert on a nonprofit’s bylaws, policies, and procedures, keeping strategic discussions from drifting off course. In-House Expert.

Government 66

Government Nonprofit Recruitment Accounts 66

Alison Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I’ve been working through some significant program transitions and expansion as a manager at a basic needs nonprofit. This post, what does self-care look like at work? ,

Nonprofit 103

Nonprofit Manager 103

Association Now Workplace

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Association professionals are dedicated to helping nonprofit associations and professional societies achieve their missions. We manage the day-to-day activities of the organization, in order for volunteers to think strategically about the future of the association they serve, in the industry or profession in which they work.

Nonprofit 118

Nonprofit Education Government Administration 118

Chief Executive

JUNE 2, 2023

Step four: Desi gn volunteer programs with the outside community Involving the nonprofits and other community groups the company plans to partner with PRIOR to finalizing the volunteer program is a critical step that many organizations often skip. However, this is a big mistake and can lead to potential program failure.

Nonprofit 98

Nonprofit Retention Employee Engagement Benefits 98

Association Now Workplace

AUGUST 14, 2022

Director of Membership and Conferences, Nonprofit Risk Management Center. Those who excel in association management can successfully deal with the constant change and many curve balls that are thrown at them. Katharine Nesslage. Tap into your childhood self and pose questions all the time. Jessica Keeler.

Nonprofit 114

Nonprofit Risk Management Implementation Manager 114

Alison Green

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

This post, my coworker keeps trying to undermine me , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I left a toxic job back in June, and accepted a higher-paying, higher-title job at a nonprofit organization I respect very much. We report to the same manager, and we are equal title-wise.

Software 88

Software Nonprofit Manager 88

Alison Green

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

This post, a very good update: how to tell a former employee he can’t visit us weekly , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Remember the letter-writer asking how to tell a former employee he couldn’t visit their office weekly (#3 at the link)? A very big THANK YOU to the commenters who suggested volunteer work.

Banking 98

Banking Nonprofit Manager 98

15Five

MARCH 22, 2024

By partnering with local charities or nonprofits, you can offer employees the opportunity to get involved easily rather than leaving it to them to schedule volunteer work on their own time. Offering work-sanctioned volunteer opportunities to encourage employees to jump-start the virtuous cycle associated with volunteer work.

Employee Engagement 79

Employee Engagement Nonprofit Performance Management Metrics 79