Our board of directors recently approved the creation of a new position, and I have to staff it quickly. I don't want compensation to be a problem in bringing the right person in. How do I go about establishing an...
I'm the executive director of a medium-sized organization. One of my board members is keen on having a succession plan. I'm not convinced that we need to formalize the staffing process to such an extent. I'm also confused; the words...
We're a mid-sized organization with 80 staff, mostly frontline workers who are out of the office most of the time. There seem to be two camps developing: those in the main office who see each other every day, and those...
Our staff have expressed interest in receiving more training in areas that are core skills for their jobs. However, when we've sent people to workshops or courses in the past, they usually haven't come back and implemented any of their...
I'm always in a quandary when it comes to writing a job description. If I keep it general, I get flooded with resumes from people who aren't qualified, and who I'm never going to hire. On the other hand, if...
Our efforts to recruit the right candidate for a position are hampered by the large number of resumes we often receive from people who clearly aren't qualified for the job. We have to scan these resumes, track them, and file...
My recent column on 'supervisors from hell' struck a nerve with one reader, who writes: "You should replace the term 'boss from hell' with 'workplace bully'. There has been extensive research done on workplace bullying. If a child is a...
We spent a lot of time and resources trying to find just the right person to fill a senior position within our organization, and now it's become clear that it's not going to work out. What do we do? Even...
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