Alison Green

OCTOBER 10, 2022

This post, employee quit after decorating expense disaster, can my wealthy family donate to my nonprofit employer, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. Can my wealthy family donate to my nonprofit employer? A few months ago I started a new job at a nonprofit. Here we go….

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Peter Winick

APRIL 8, 2024

Joining him is Anton Skornyakov, the Managing Director and co-founder of Agile.Coach, who brings a wealth of knowledge from his diverse background in mathematics, physics, and teaching Scrum methodologies. Today I speak with Anton Skornyakov, the managing director and co-founder of Agile Coach. But where are you headed?

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Peter Winick

OCTOBER 5, 2023

In addition, she is the bestselling author of “Purposeful: Are You a Manager or a Movement Starter?” Peter Winick So talk to us a little bit about your journey as a thought leader, right, Because you’ve gone from executive, nonprofit, building movements, author, speaker, how does it all how is it all tied together for you?

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Association Now Workplace

MAY 18, 2022

With that in mind and timed to Mental Health Awareness Month , a group of nonprofit CEOs is asking fellow leaders to transform the nation’s workforce culture by pledging to prioritize employee mental health. …And in the case of nonprofits, it is directly related to their ability to accomplish their mission. Arthur Evans Jr.,

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Alison Green

MARCH 31, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. My mother-in-law manages my sister-in-law and covers up her drunk driving I am at a complete loss. My mother-in-law (Sally), sister-in-law (Karen), and I work for an AirBnB cleaning management company. Sally is a manager and Karen is a supervisor.

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Peter Winick

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

After years of legal battles, Michael and his wife and fellow author Dafna managed to regain their rights, but the ordeal sparked a deeper question: How could they prevent this from happening to others? My wife, for pretty much all of her career up until very recently, spent it all in nonprofit. She grew up in nonprofit.

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Alison Green

JUNE 24, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Managing an interruptor during an urban foraging class A dear friend of mine teaches classes on urban foraging for edible weeds, such as dandelions, creeping wood sorrel, and stinging nettles. I have worked at my small nonprofit for almost four years.

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Alison Green

APRIL 24, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I work at a small nonprofit and recently the employee with the longest institutional knowledge just left her position because of the years of abuse, micromanagement, and overwork she endured. Otherwise, just call in sick.

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Alison Green

MAY 20, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. I manage a manager who makes too many assumptions about everything I manage a manager, Jane, who openly for all to hear assumes motivations for our clients, consumers, and employees on everything. You don’t need to manage that for her, though.

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Alison Green

JULY 12, 2022

was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. I am working for a nonprofit organization where I have been for the past five years. Also, what you’ve experienced in this job is very much par for the course in some nonprofits. Nonprofits are very familiar with “good enough,” because they have to be.

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Chief Executive

MAY 11, 2023

They could include an ad hoc role at a local university, creation and/or sponsorship of an employee resource group, engagement in a structured mentoring program or even a formal role at a community group, such as an advisory board member of a nonprofit organization. You understand why the demand for nonprofit board members outpaces supply.

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Association Now Leadership

MAY 31, 2024

A new report shows that nonprofits still struggle to broaden the range of people who participate in governance. Nonprofit Sector [PDF], released last month by Candid, is based on an analysis of nearly 60,000 organizations. In the aggregate, nonprofit boards have achieved gender parity, with an average of five women and five men.

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Alison Green

JUNE 10, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. My boss lets my employee insult me in meeting after meeting I am a middle manager in a small nonprofit, having taken over an underperforming team two years ago. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. They are not turning.

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Alison Green

MARCH 7, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: We have a new C-level employee at my small nonprofit, Andy, who has been here for six months. But what do you do when it’s a manager who is the problem and no one will tell the higher-ups about it? You’re stuck with the situation.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2023

Research conducted by nonprofit organization JUST Capital highlights the importance of public opinion in determining corporate behaviors. These findings have implications for managers seeking to be perceived as just. Statistical analysis assigns weights to 20 key behaviors, with worker-related issues consistently ranking highest.

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Alison Green

APRIL 30, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Jane is not confrontational and is not likely to tell anyone in management about the incident, especially because Elvira and the HR manager are close friends outside of work. I am a manager, but not to any of the parties involved. Here we go… 1.

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Forbes Leadership

APRIL 13, 2023

Musical artist and actor Saweetie has teamed up with her grandmother Roxane Harper to establish the Icy Baby Foundation, a nonprofit that teaches financial literacy to Black and Brown youth. The two women believe that helping kids learn to manage money is crucial to closing the racial wealth gap.

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Forbes Leadership

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The Material Change Institute aims to balance the scales in the asset management industry, where only a tiny percentage of money is controlled by women and people of color. The nonprofit's year-long fellowship program helps diverse leaders advance and gain greater influence in asset management.

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Alison Green

APRIL 8, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. However, because we were close in age and she my first intern, we bonded, which led to me not being an effective manager and not addressing her performance issues. A reader writes: A while back, I supervised an intern for the first time.

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Alison Green

DECEMBER 28, 2022

This post, updates: my boss accused me of writing a negative review but I didn’t, and more , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. month at Ask a Manager, and all December I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. I was an unpaid intern for a nonprofit when this happened.

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Alison Green

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. I started crying because all I do is play peacemaker, and I was just baffled how to make fewer waves while everyone comes to me to solve problems from HR to facilities to project management. As a nonprofit relying on donations, this is potentially devastating.

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Alison Green

MARCH 13, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. I’m a manager of a small team of 10 and recently they had a very visible win for the larger company. At a department meeting, I said I was very proud to be their manager and that they all did an exceptional job. It’s five answers to five questions.

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Association Now Leadership

JANUARY 14, 2024

One nonprofit struggled to get older and younger leaders to meet eye to eye. Managing conflict means knowing pressure points—and anticipating disagreement. Association leaders who are mindful of diversity on their staff and boards are obligated to think about age and experience as much as any other factor.

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Alison Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I’ve been working through some significant program transitions and expansion as a manager at a basic needs nonprofit. This post, what does self-care look like at work? ,

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Association Now Workplace

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Association professionals are dedicated to helping nonprofit associations and professional societies achieve their missions. We manage the day-to-day activities of the organization, in order for volunteers to think strategically about the future of the association they serve, in the industry or profession in which they work.

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Alison Green

JULY 25, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. My current job at a nonprofit isn’t right for me, but things are decent enough that I can afford to take my time. I’m trying to stay within the nonprofit space but move out of my current type of work, which has been challenging.

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Alison Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

This post, my male colleagues wait for me to set up all our meetings (even meetings I’m not in) , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I am a senior manager at a nonprofit. I am also female. I do not have an assistant. But I’m loathe to be as presumptuous as they are.

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Association Now Workplace

AUGUST 14, 2022

Director of Membership and Conferences, Nonprofit Risk Management Center. Those who excel in association management can successfully deal with the constant change and many curve balls that are thrown at them. Katharine Nesslage. Tap into your childhood self and pose questions all the time. Jessica Keeler.

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Association Now Leadership

MARCH 5, 2023

nonprofit 4 Day Week Global released findings from a study of more than 60 companies and nonprofits in the U.K. All that said, employees aren’t lab rats—they shouldn’t be subject to whatever new management whim is floating around at the current moment. Last month, the U.K. It’s time to experiment.

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Alison Green

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

This post, coworker brings her baby to every meeting, manager is shocked no one sent a thank-you note for our raises, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. Her manager is in most of the meetings and (obviously?) Mention it to her manager? It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go….

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Alison Green

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I work as a director at a medium-sized nonprofit, reporting directly to the chief development officer (CDO). I have a coordinator (Jane) who reports to me and takes care of most of the administrative work.

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Association Now Leadership

JULY 9, 2024

A new survey of corporate and nonprofit executives finds strong, if softer, enthusiasm for global expansion opportunities. So they’re putting in place robust risk management frameworks, and you’re seeing that expanding.

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Association Now Leadership

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In a piece on that subject published last week at the Stanford Social Innovation Review , nonprofit professionals Katie Smith Milway and Susan Wolf Ditkoff point to a few examples from the space about how and why they frame those conversations on their boards.

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Alison Green

JULY 28, 2022

was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. So my question for you is this: Should I make it a point to tell hiring managers that I’m willing to work significantly under their budgeted salary in order to make myself more competitive? This post, should I offer to work for less so that someone will hire me? ,

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Alison Green

JULY 9, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. I manage someone who’s bored and grumpy at work I work on a small team and manage one person, A. If A is unhappy with her job, the solution isn’t to make everyone engage in extra emotional labor to help her manage those feelings. Here we go… 1.

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Alison Green

MARCH 14, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Fergus was contacted by an outside partner who wanted to find a contractor who could help them create a new program for their nonprofit. Somehow he managed to act shocked and offended when I got a new job and gave my notice six weeks later. Here’s the update.

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Alison Green

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I am the director of a nonprofit with a small team: I have five direct reports. We are a small nonprofit which has struggled financially, and we simply aren’t able to pay at the very top of the range for our staff (myself included).

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