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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. This cost includes marketing and recruiting for the position, the extra time it takes for other staff to adopt and complete the tasks to stay on target, and training the new employee.

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Leading Together for Systems Change

Stanford Social Innovation Review

In some cases, this is a matter of tokenism: the recruitment of a member of an underrepresented group to gain an advantage (such as a positive public perception) for the organization, without any real organizational commitment to diversity, justice, equity, or inclusion.