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How To Write An Impactful Nonprofit Annual Report

Eric Jacobson

Here are some tips for leaders responsible for writing an effective annual report for their nonprofit organization. Consider making these objectives for your report: To demonstrate accomplishments ( not activities ) ( results and how you did it). To recognize important people (volunteers, donors, major funders, partners). To provide an account of your organization's work for the past year.

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Tackling The Bias Against First-Generation Graduates

The Horizons Tracker

The class gap in the workplace is something I’ve written about a number of times, with people from working-class backgrounds routinely disadvantaged. Often this is to do with a lack of shared background, but research from Stanford highlights how first-generation graduates can also be disadvantaged. The researchers explain that such individuals often vacillate between viewing their status as evidence of their hard work and determination and viewing it as a sign that they’re not from a

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Seven Ways To Be A Collaborative Leader

Eric Jacobson

Edward M. Marshall 's book, Transforming The Way We Work -- The Power Of The Collaborative Workplace , remains relevant today, more than a decade after Marshall wrote it. Particularly useful is the book's section that teaches readers how to be a collaborative leader. Marshall says that there are seven different, important roles and responsibilities of collaborative leaders when leading teams , and those leaders should select the appropriate style to meet the team's needs.

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Senior Managers May Need Most Convincing Re The Return To The Office

The Horizons Tracker

Since Covid restrictions have eased, there have been numerous discussions about how workers can be coaxed back into the workplace again. Research from Northeastern suggests that this may be especially tricky for senior managers. The study reveals that during the later stages of COVID lockdowns, individuals with higher incomes, particularly those in managerial roles, exhibited reduced temporal mobility.

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The HR Leader’s Workforce Management Guide

In today’s fast-paced business world, effective workforce management (WFM) isn’t just an option—it’s a necessity.

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Workplace Disharmony vs. Diversity of Thought | #LeadershipDevelopment

Kate Nasser

Some leaders see all diversity of thought as workplace disharmony. Others see all peace & harmony as impending failure. There is no need to confuse workplace disharmony and diversity of thought. Here are the key distinctions and success is within your grasp. The post Workplace Disharmony vs. Diversity of Thought | #LeadershipDevelopment appeared first on KateNasser.com.

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Disgust, Dissatisfaction, and Determination: Fuel for Growth

Skip Prichard

Understanding the Power of Uncomfortable Emotions I was having a conversation with a colleague that was negative. Positive thinking gurus would not have approved. We veered into areas that made us unhappy … others that dragged us into drudgery … before launching into a litany of things that were simply driving us crazy. That person actually approached me the following day, apologizing for being negative.

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2024 Priorities: Helping Employees with Career Management Strategies

HR Digest

Career management strategies are more important now than ever before as we step into a new year and hope to leave behind one that was full of job losses and instability. While employee career planning is largely left to the employees themselves, considering that organizations play a huge role in making or breaking an employee’s career, it is important for them to also contribute to their career management and planning as well.

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