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The Platinum Rule and Communications
Most of us grew up with the Golden Rule (Do unto others as you would have them do unto you). The “Platinum Rule” is a common business buzzword. The Platinum Rule states that instead of [...]
Do Nonprofits Need Competitive Analysis?
A recent Oracle study about The Chemistry of High Performance identifies five characteristics of high-performance organizations. One of these elements, strategic action orientation, describes high performing companies as “having clear values around who they [...]
Beyond the ADA: Creating True Accessibility at Work
This article was co-written by Amber Myers and Fernanda Vergara The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed in 1990. The law provides employers with guidance to ensure that employees are not discriminated against based [...]
Can You Bring Your Whole Self to Work
Last summer, a somewhat shocking article appeared on Huffington Post. A woman detailed how she managed to go through pregnancy, childbirth, and babyhood without ever letting her employer know. She hid the existence of [...]
ROWE: Results Only Work Environment
Our conversation about work has changed over the past two years. “Flexibility” and “autonomy” have become the words to describe today’s workplaces. There is no better time than now to reexamine the multiple layers [...]
Strategic Agility: Make Strategic Planning an Ongoing Conversation
Strategic agility means that strategic planning is busting out of the annual retreat. Strategic planning has been refined by the historic disruptions of the past two years. Forward-thinking organizations are trading in their three-year [...]
Could You Have a Four-Day Work Week?
Is a four-day work week the future of work? The standard eight hours a day, five days a week work week evolved slowly from the late 1800s until 1940 when Congress amended the Fair [...]
Incorporating Volunteers in Strategic Planning
The pandemic dealt a crushing blow to volunteerism across the United States. Over 90 percent of volunteering in the country shut down. Fortunately, it has improved during the past two years as nonprofits. But [...]
Volunteer Appreciation Resources
April is Volunteer Appreciation Month, and April 18-24 is Volunteer Appreciation Week. Volunteer Appreciation Week was started in 1974 and is hosted today by Points of Light. We’ve curated this short list of resources to [...]
3 Equity Considerations for Hybrid Workplaces
Seven areas are dominating work trends this year, according to global organization consulting firm Korn Ferry. The first trend, reinvention, is all about organizations intentionally changing. It’s a signal that leaders are tired of reacting [...]
4 Stages of Psychological Safety: A Framework for Leaders
Over the past several months, we’ve written about the importance of psychological safety in the workplace, and how the great resignation creates an urgency for organizations to raise the bar. The 4 Stages framework for [...]
Empowering Women in the Workplace
March is Women’s History Month, and a good time to take a look at the state of women at work post-COVID. What new and unique challenges are women in the workplace facing today, and [...]