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Keeping the Dream Team: Unleashing the Power of Employee Retention in Nonprofits

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Employee retention has always been an issue for nonprofit leaders, but it is currently at an all-time high. So, What is the Solution to Employee Retention? Psychological contracts are the unwritten expectations and obligations between employers and employees.

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The Strategic Imperative of Well-Being: A Guide for Organizational Success

NonProfit Leadership Center

At the organizational level, well-being extends beyond the health and happiness of an individual to the collective state of all individuals within the organization, influenced by the work environment and culture. Elements of Culture Work environments are established by culture.

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Candid’s DEI commitment, today, and for the future 

Candid

In order to facilitate the integration, we formed employee-led workstream groups, one of which, the Change Management and Culture (CMC) group, was initially tasked with formulating Candid’s values: we’re driven, direct, accessible, curious, and inclusive. Candid was formed in February 2019 with the merger of GuideStar and Foundation Center.

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Pro-Black Organizations Lead the Way for Workplace Mental Health and Wellbeing

NonProfit Quarterly

Even the American Psychological Association acknowledges the country is “facing a national mental health crisis that could yield serious health and social consequences for years to come.” However, doing so requires most organizations to undergo major shifts in culture and practice. The demand for such shifts is obvious.

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Beyond efficiency: A human-first AI adoption strategy

Candid

If staff interact more with AI tools than with one another to complete tasks, it reduces the well-documented benefits of informal conversations of building an effective workplace culture, onboarding new staff, and improving staff retention.

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The Seven Principles of Advancement Leadership

iMarketSmart

Advancement leaders don’t run an office, they build a culture. In the acquisition and retention of both donors and advancement staff, it is of great importance to: Look for the most purpose-driven. I felt the second item that warranted further explanation is #7, building a culture, not just running an office.

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The M Factor: How Motherhood & Work Is Changing—Or Not

Fundraising Leadership

Others say mothering in this culture—often referred to as the Motherhood Penalty—is worse, thanks to COVID and economic factors forcing women to take on traditional roles. “ These findings underscore the pivotal role of WFH in talent attraction and retention, especially for working mothers,” Brian Heger reports.