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Reasons for the spirituality in the workplace movement

There are many reasons that contribute to this movement around spirit in the workplace. Here are a few reasons I’ve found on why it began. Employees want more from their organizations and organizations demand more from their employees. With all the corporate downsizing and restructuring, employees who are left tend to work longer hours. As …

Leadership Competencies for the Common Good

Reason’s whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words — health, peace, and competence. ~ Alexander Pope Alexander Pope penned those lines of iambic pentameter in the first half of the 1700s. But I wouldn’t be surprised if I heard them from a stressed-out 21st century nonprofit executive director. Imagine the conversation. …

The importance of team governance

From guest writer David Kershaw, from eVisioner MetaTeam® A friend of mine who has been in business for many years advises new managers who are trying to run an organization for the first time. Several times he has told me stories of young execs who get down in the weeds helping to get the actual …

Hank’s Top Ten Fundraising ‘”Musts” 6-10

10. All Board Members, MUST be donors – to the best of their ability. Not all board members are wealthy, but everyone should give at the highest level possible for their circumstances. It is important to be able to say to the public that 100% of your board supports your mission with their dollars. If …

Is the “Social” In Social Enterprise Redundant?

Do we still need a “social” enterprise sector? Many businesses have “social impact” at least with their customers. And these customers around the world are demanding greater accountability and environmental sensitivity. Here’s what a reader to this blog wrote last week. “The underlying distinction made between social and business enterprise is thin,” noted Ashim Kumar …

Putting Ethics First: A Conversation with Mr. Blankfein

Talking with Mr. Blankfein About Placing Ethics First From the Wall Street Journal on May 5, 2010: “Frankly, at this point, we have to go with an open mind and determine what we may be doing wrong,” Mr. Blankfein told customers of its private-wealth-management business during a 30-minute conference call. “On a very microscopic level, …

Leadership Competencies

Introduction to Leadership Competencies It is clear that competencies have become a dominant method for the selecting, developing, and directing the efforts of leaders in organizations. My current definition of competencies is that they are the qualities most strongly associated with advanced levels of leadership and desired outcomes in an organization.

16 Ways to Derail an Attempt at Building Performance Culture

Previous posts have provided tips on overcoming the myth of the paper trail. In an effort to examine this issue from a different angle, below is a list of things that can derail your attempt to create a performance culture. Save all your feedback on an employee’s performance until the annual review meeting.

Instruments to Measure Post Training Effectiveness

Evaluation is not just for the trainers and learning professionals, it’s for the adult learner, the middle managers, and everyone involved in the process of training and development – Even more important, in today’s recession, training is, unfortunately, one of the first areas in a business to be trimmed or cut. So we have to …

Burnett Business Philosophy: Social Media Marketing

Do the founding principles of Marketing Thought Leaders in history still apply to the new paradigm of social media marketing? Here we take a closer look at Leo Burnett and his now worldwide agency. The quick answer to our question – YES!