non-profit management Archives - Page 2 of 11

Setting healthy boundaries

by Suzanne Bakker | Jul 14, 2023 | Practical Labour Law & HR

One of the things that most nonprofit leaders and team members find hard is setting healthy boundaries and sticking with them. In a way, it’s part of taking hard decisions. What are hard decisions? Hard decisions are for instance decisions to say no to toxic mantras...

What to do to make your nonprofit a safe space for your team?

by Suzanne Bakker | Apr 3, 2022 | 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...

How to handle unwanted behaviour in your nonprofit team?

by Suzanne Bakker | Mar 13, 2022 | Practical Labour Law & HR

Clear communication is super important in building and keeping trust in your team. And also between your organization and the outside world: your target group, key stakeholders and (funding) partners. Clear communication becomes exponentially more important as the...

What is a good report?

by Suzanne Bakker | Feb 20, 2022 | Project management

How often have you created a report? For your board maybe, or for a donor? And how many times have you enjoyed this task? One of the reasons why many nonprofits find reporting so tedious is because it is not always clear what the point is for themselves. And many...

How can you make sure you use your lessons learned to do better?

by Suzanne Bakker | Jan 16, 2022 | Nonprofit management, Working for Your Mission

Before you finalize the work plan for the year, let’s look at your lessons learned of the past year. How can you make sure you use your lessons learned to do better? Let’s start with your annual work plan Look at your work plan. Which elements are the same or very...