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...
by Suzanne Bakker | Mar 13, 2022 | building trust, human resource management, non-profit management, team management | 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...
by Suzanne Bakker | Mar 6, 2022 | contracting, human resource management | Practical Labour Law & HR
When you add a new member to your team, you need to be clear about the arrangements. This is what a contract helps you achieve. In many contracts, other documents are referenced that are then also part of the arrangements. For instance, a personnel guide or a Code of...
by Suzanne Bakker | Feb 27, 2022 | human resource management, team management | Practical Labour Law & HR
Do you know this feeling of things (people!) moving too slow? That you ask yourself, why can’t the team finish this task in a week? What are they doing with their time? Are they serious enough? Are you concerned about productivity of your nonprofit team? Here...