Our organization pursues a policy of paying employees better than other comparable organizations. Our executive director believes that by positioning ourselves in this way we'll attract and retain the best people. While our turnover numbers are very low, I don't...
In an earlier column you suggested that organizations devote more resources to marginal employees than they do to talent. I'm trying to understand how this is a problem. Aren't supervisors supposed to help struggling employees turn their performances around? Why...
Does it worry you to hear that a recent study, entitled Addressing the Leadership Challenge: Non-Profit Executive Directors' Views on Tenure and Transition in Alberta, revealed that 82% of executive directors expect to leave their current position within the next...
Should I stay or should I go? "People don't quit companies. They quit managers." While certainly not the exhaustive reason for turnover, presently this opinion is widely held by leadership authors and management consultants. Turnover is not about pure statistics;...
Is your workplace orientation plan a whirlwind one-day affair of meet and greet, look at the manual, sign some forms, go for lunch, here's your desk, and away we go? Or, is it a focused week of pouring over manuals...
Team-building exercises are simply tools used to create solidarity in a group - to allow group members to know each other better, and to have a fun experience as a team. These exercises can be used in a variety of...
It is no secret that many nonprofit organizations struggle to stay afloat, using all available resources to fulfill their mandate, with the majority of funds usually going toward services and programs. These groups may feel it is neither feasible nor...
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