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Creating Employee-to-Employee Learning

You may have heard about a little company called Google. They are ranked with Apple, Zappos and several other web-based employers as one of the best employers to work for. In their head office...

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Dress Codes – Part 1 Why they Aren’t Necessary in Most Workplaces

I recently commented to a colleague that I get really worried when managers create a committee or send a request to the HR department to develop a written dress code. Don’t get me wrong, as an author...

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Dress Codes – Part 2 – Alternatives to Dress Codes and How to Handle Giving...

Credit: hr.sparkhire.comTo some degree, dress codes are a response to the discomfort of supervisors and managers who must give employees feedback. Who wants the embarrassment of pulling someone aside...

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Recruiting and Retaining The Right Board Members for your Nonprofit Board –...

Guest blog post written by Jeanne Drake Ward of Jeanne Ward Consulting.www.jeannewardconsulting.comCreating and sustaining a solid board of directors for your nonprofit is a significant task. Certain...

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Do Your Employees Trust You?

Confidence in a leader’s intentions and abilities is crucial to accomplishing anything at work. Another words for this is “trust”. Think about a time when change was underway in your workplace. If we...

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Giving Feedback to Your Boss

Even when asked, giving feedback to your boss can be a bit touchy. The first thing that may run through your mind is, “Does she really want to know what I think?” Or, “Why is he asking me?” Or, “Do I...

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Recruiting and Retaining The Right Board Members for your Nonprofit Board –...

Guest blog post written by Jeanne Drake Ward of Jeanne Ward Consulting.www.jeannewardconsulting.comI’m excited to get into more detail to help you recruit and retain the right board members! Previously...

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Delegation: If You Want it Done Right … Ask the Right Person

When I stand in front of a group of people about to teach “delegation”, I ask the group to complete this sentence: “I you want it done right, …” Their comeback is always “do it yourself.” Clearly many...

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Before you Multi-Task – Consider What Brain Science Has to Offer

As an author of several human resource books, I’m often asked about strategies for effective time-management. Some people have more on their plate than is humanly possible to accomplish and while it...

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Recruiting and Retaining The Right Board Members for your Nonprofit Board –...

Guest blog post written by Jeanne Drake Ward of Jeanne Ward Consulting.www.jeannewardconsulting.comThank you for coming back to learn more about the next step to help you recruit and retain the right...

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#1 Mistake in Managing a Privacy Breach

By Jean Eaton, B.Admin, CHIM, is the president of Information Managers Ltd. She is an experienced leader in clinic management, health information management, privacy consultant, trainer, and...

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A Fast Way to Create New Job Descriptions

For human resource professionals, the business of creating new job (or position) descriptions or revising existing ones is a fine science. However, in the nonprofit sector, many supervisors and...

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Recruiting and Retaining The Right Board Members for your Nonprofit Board –...

Guest blog post written by Jeanne Drake Ward of Jeanne Ward Consulting.www.jeannewardconsulting.comOver our past discussions together, we have reviewed some steps that you and your board can take to...

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7 Things that Characterize Women Leaders

In a recent article for Fast Company, Ekaterina Walter outlined the seven “traits that unite women in power”. What struck me about the article was that it was not so much traits (which I take to mean...

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One Magical Question to Assess “Job Fit” When Interviewing

Many readers of this blog are involved in hiring, supervising and sometimes even firing employees. When was the last time that you (and your HR person if you have one) have looked at the standard set...

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Recruiting and Retaining the Right Board Members for your Nonprofit Board-...

Guest blog post written by Jeanne Drake Ward of Jeanne Ward Consulting.www.jeannewardconsulting.comOver the past three weeks, we have reviewed some steps that you and your board can take to recruit and...

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Learning to Write SMART Goals

Whether you are considering your own personal or professional goals or are developing goals for an employee you supervisor, for your team or organization the SMART acronym is an excellent tool. SMART...

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Executive Succession and Transition – A Risk Management Strategy – 10 Tips!

October 7th marked the release of my sixth book entitled “Following the Leader – Executive Succession for Your Nonprofit” Please visit our website for to check out the Table of Contents and Sample...

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Executive Succession and Transition – A Risk Management Strategy – 10 Tips!...

October 7th marked the release of my sixth book entitled “Following the Leader – Executive Succession for Your Nonprofit” Please visit our website for to check out the Table of Contents and Sample...

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Executive Succession and Transition – A Risk Management Strategy – 10 Tips!...

October 7th marked the release of my sixth book entitled “Following the Leader – Executive Succession for Your Nonprofit” Please visit our website for to check out the Table of Contents and Sample...

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Tips for Surveying Staff Satisfaction - Part 1

October 7th marked the release of my sixth book entitled “Following the Leader – Executive Succession for Your Nonprofit” Please visit our website for to check out the Table of Contents and Sample...

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Tips for Surveying Staff Satisfaction – Part 2

October 7th marked the release of my sixth book entitled “Following the Leader – Executive Succession for Your Nonprofit” Please visit our website for to check out the Table of Contents and Sample...

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Tips for Surveying Staff Satisfaction – Part 3

October 7th marked the release of my sixth book entitled “Following the Leader – Executive Succession for Your Nonprofit” Please visit our website for to check out the Table of Contents and Sample...

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10 Tips – The Social Media Buffet: Something For Everyone

This blog post is far (far!) outside my area of expertise, so I invited social media and communication expert, Starr Durrant to be our guest author.In 2014, not using social media is like not having a...

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How to Create Effective 360 Degree Performance Appraisals

 In more than 35 years in the nonprofit sector, I have yet to meet a supervisor or manager who loves doing employee performance appraisals! One reason for this is that one person (the supervisor or...

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