What Is Proper In Contracting Work?
Once you have found a new team member, you need to think about the kind of arrangements you want to make. You will want to contract them – but how? Are you ready for having the responsibility for an employee? Is this what is needed for the kind of relationship you...
How To Find Your New Team Member?
At some point (maybe even right now?) you will be looking for a new team member. You may have a new project for which you need extra hands. Or someone may have moved on, and you may need a replacement. Or you are growing as an organization. So that you can add a new...
Your 3 to-dos at contract’s end
As soon as you start hiring staff, you must start preparing for saying goodbye to them, too. Not because you should hire people you want to get rid of straightaway of course. But because saying goodbye is the inevitable consequence of saying hello. At some point you...
My 5 Tips for Performance Reviews in Your Nonprofit
Many nonprofits struggle with consistency in setting up and conducting their staff performance reviews. There are many reasons for this, including lack of time and lack of focus on organizational issues. But also a lack of insight into how individual team members are...
How To Manage Leave In Your Nonprofit
For many of you this is a holiday season. Likely, many of your team are looking to take some time off in this period. To spend with family. To get a rest. Or to reset. In your role as leader you are of course happy to see your team take time for a rest. But as...
Your Year-end Work
With the holidays coming up soon, it is high time to think about your year-end work if you haven’t already. With year-end work I refer to tasks and checks that need to be done in preparation of the closing of the year. The aim of year-end tasks and checks is to make...
Are You Ready For Your Audit?
Are you ready for your audit? What kind of question is that, you may think. Why should you be ready in December? Most audits are annual and happen in spring of the following year. There is plenty of time to get ready for your audit next year. Why the rush? What is an...
Accountability and Reporting
In the past weeks I have written about looking back on what you have done and achieved and about planning your next year. This time I want to look back again, at your finances. Specifically, at the different aspects of accountability and reporting. Accountability? As...
Plan Your Check-ups And Routines
Last week I wrote about looking back in order to learn and plan for the next steps. This week I want to take a look at planning. I wrote about how to plan for achieving your set goals before (see here). Now, I want to highlight another aspect of planning. I want to...
Looking Back Makes You Look Ahead with Confidence
Last week we looked at wrapping up the year through acknowledging individuals and organizations that in some way or form supported you. This time, I invite you to look back at the past year more broadly in order to extract lessons learned about planning versus...