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 | Jan 6, 2024 | communication, human resource management, non-profit management, team management | Nonprofit management, Practical Labour Law & HR
A nonprofit has the same obligations (and rights) as other employers in your country. The main principle guiding these is the duty of care a good employer has for its team members. Employees’ views on good employership vary by generation, among many other...
by Suzanne Bakker | Sep 30, 2023 | human resource management, learning, outreach, team management | Nonprofit management
Many of us in nonprofits keep going and pushing ourselves to keep working to achieve our ambitious visions and missions. They’re so important, we feel like there’s no time to sit and reflect. Or even to plan properly. We also usually don’t take time to celebrate our...
by Suzanne Bakker | Jul 14, 2023 | human resource management, non-profit management, self-care, team management | 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...
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....
