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Flat, Tall, or In Between—Is It Time to Evaluate Your Organizational Structure?

.orgSource

The organization may still be boxed into a structure that’s been the same for 20 years or more. How do you know that your organizational structure might need retooling? Initiatives are undermined by silos, turf wars, and poor collaboration. At Zappos, this arrangement is designed to reflect the company’s values and culture.

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Lessons Learned Living the Virtual Experiment

.orgSource

We learned the importance of technology for communication and collaboration. Groups that developed a structure and schedule for online meetings managed their time and effort more efficiently. Culture Took Center Stage During the pandemic, leaders quickly realized the importance of monitoring the temperature of emotions and behavior.

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Are Associations Losing Their Members’ Trust?—The Leadership ColLAB Explores This Critical Question

.orgSource

We structured this conference based on feedback from.orgCommunity’s fall Solutions Day participants. Trust and Culture Trust and culture are deeply intertwined. From the beginning of her tenure at ENA, Nancy has made building a positive culture a priority. Working on culture isn’t a finite activity.

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Advancing Equity in Philanthropy with Resolve and Resilience: A Call to Action

sgEngage

The very nature of philanthropy is based on empathy, compassion, and a strong conviction to improve overall human welfare and quality of life. The existential need for philanthropy indicates that structures exist that fail to meet basic human needs.

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Eye-Opening Workplace Statistics From Gallup That Business Leaders Need To Know

Eric Jacobsen Blog

And as revealed in Gallup’s latest book, Culture Shock , authored by Jim Clifton and Jim Harter , the following are some eye-opening statistics today’s business leaders need to know. there is a dead-even tie between work-life splitters (who prefer strict hours) and work-life blenders (who might get work done on an evening or weekend).

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Tech Wellness in the Nonprofit Workplace: Tips for Avoiding Collaborative Overload

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The session is designed to answer three questions: Why does collaborative technology overload lead to loss of nonprofit workplace productivity and what are the best practices to avoid it? What is Collaborative Overload? While there are many positive aspects to increased collaboration, there is also downside.

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Empowering Community Voices: The Strategic Advantage of Nonprofit Advisory Committees

Blue Avocado

Because we offer expert training and technical assistance across the continuum of sexual violence prevention and response (as well as to a wide variety of professions in both nonprofit and public service systems), having so many advisory committees ensures that we are collaborating with people working in all aspects of the sexual violence field.

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