by Suzanne Bakker | Feb 10, 2024 | building trust, crisis, crisis management, donor relations, finance management, human resource management, leadership, nonprofit management, self-care, team management | Building Partnerships, Finance Management, Nonprofit management
It’s perfectly possible to have a nonprofit life without big crises. Crises that threaten the existence and future of your organisation. Taking care of money, caring for your people and building strong relations with partners and stakeholders are key in avoiding real...
by Suzanne Bakker | Jul 23, 2023 | human resource management, leadership, non-profit management, self-care | Practical Labour Law & HR
One of the most powerful TED videos I ever saw is the one where Daniel Pink explains what motivates people at work. He highlights three main elements: autonomy, mastery and purpose, that together ensure people’s fulfillment at work. Purpose In nonprofits, purpose is...
by Suzanne Bakker | Jul 7, 2023 | leadership | Nonprofit management
Nonprofit leaders face the same challenges as leaders in any other sector. Having hard conversations is one of them. And behind every hard conversation is a hard decision. Sometimes a team member isn’t performing the way they should. A vendor delivers services or...
by Suzanne Bakker | Jun 29, 2023 | leadership, team building, team management | Practical Labour Law & HR
As a nonprofit leader you face the same challenges as managers in companies and government bodies. And one of them is that you will need to have hard conversations. With your stakeholders. Or with your donors. With your vendors. And yes, also with your team members....