by Suzanne Bakker | May 1, 2022 | budgeting, fundraising, human resource management, project design | Project Design
In my experience it really helps to visualize things. Visualizing your project design helps understand whether it can actually be successful. And visualizing your activities makes it easier to create a budget that includes everything you need. But maybe you are...
by Suzanne Bakker | Apr 10, 2022 | human resource management, non-profit management, team management | nonprofit management, Uncategorized
Inevitably, someone is going to leave their position and your team. Maybe only temporary, for maternity leave. Or because they have a serious illness to deal with. Or ‘forever’, for another job at another organization. In any case, when someone is stepping out for a...
by Suzanne Bakker | Apr 3, 2022 | building trust, human resource management, non-profit management, team management | Practical Labour Law & HR
As a leader you are responsible that your team has a safe place to work from. This can only work if the team members feel owners of this effort, too (see also my post on unwanted behaviour). But another important requirement is to have mechanisms in place that help...
by Suzanne Bakker | Mar 27, 2022 | budgeting, human resource management, learning, team management | Practical Labour Law & HR
How can you help your team acquire knowledge and skills they need to plan work and set boundaries? To learn new knowledge and feel accomplished as a person? To learn new skills and have more variety in the work? Learning can be so helpful, inspiring and motivating....
by Suzanne Bakker | Mar 20, 2022 | human resource management, team management | Practical Labour Law & HR
If you manage a nonprofit team, you know that one of the biggest challenges in managing such teams is people who work too hard. I think this is easily the biggest problem and quite challenging to handle. But handle it you must. Because people who cannot stop working...
