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How Can Nonprofits Build High-Performing Teams?

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With limited people and financial resources, leaders of nonprofit organizations must execute strong management styles that develop the talent of their teams, foster healthy working environments and encourage retention of valuable employees. Lack of professionalism and high turnover rates can dissuade high-performers from joining the team.

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150+ Creative Ways to Show Donors Appreciation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Every tactic here is as much about retention and appreciation as it is about perks. They can be a video interview with the donor about the mission. Swag or merch: handmade item by someone helped by your charity. Swag or merch: pick and design swag that directly relates to your charity. These exist already!

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Drive Your Nonprofit’s Mission by Investing in Your People

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This is, perhaps, a holdover from the paternalistic philanthropic model of the late 1800s, when so-called charity work (as opposed to mutual aid) was reserved for white, upper-middle-class women (and had its slew of racist, classist biases that came along with it). What does it cost to post, interview, hire, and train someone?

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Do Exit Interviews

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Sunday, March 21, 2010 Do Exit Interviews Knowing why an employee leaves your company can help you to reduce your employee turnover rate. So, do an exit interview whenever possible with each departing employee. The book is a quick and handy resource for any leader, manager or Human Resource professional.

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Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Saturday, October 23, 2010 Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders The next time you are interviewing a candidate and you want to access their leadership skills, consider asking the candidate these questions: What personal qualities define you as a leader? How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

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How To Uncover The Real Reasons Your Employees Leave

Eric Jacobsen Blog

To do that, you need to ask specific questions that may not be ones you currently include in your exit interviews. Fortunately, Richard Finnegan, shares in his new book, Rethinking Retention in Good Times and Bad , four key questions you should include in your exit interviews: Why did you decide to leave us?

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Top Five Factors That Drive Employee Loyalty

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Employee pay often is not the most important driver for employee retention. To learn more about employee retention and the reasons employees decide to leave an organization, read Overland Park, KS author Leigh Branhams book, The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave. In fourth place is an organizations financial stability.