Alison Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. I manage a manager who dislikes his new, qualified employee I run a small nonprofit. One of the directors I manage, Dave, is, frankly, a terrible manager. Related: how do I get my direct reports to be better managers of their own teams?

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Alison Green

JUNE 29, 2022

This post, some Ask a Manager books , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. You need an Ask a Manager book! Here’s what’s available: Ask a Manager: How to Navigate Clueless Colleagues, Lunch-Stealing Bosses, and the Rest of Your Life at Work. How To Get a Job: Secrets of a Hiring Manager.

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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

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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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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Peter Winick

OCTOBER 3, 2024

A Proven Framework for Meaningful Impact in Nonprofits and Beyond In this episode, Heather Hiscox shares her journey from frustration to transformation, emphasizing the importance of relationships, active listening, and embracing imperfection in the change process. I usually work with the assistant city manager, city manager directly.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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UVA Darden

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Case in point: Ariel Investments, an asset management firm based in Chicago, recognizes the direct correlation between education, employment and earnings. Engaging Ariel students from first grade and providing them with an actual investment portfolio to manage over eight years.

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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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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

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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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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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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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

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

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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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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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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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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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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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

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 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

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Juliana Nicolini PAC and Grassroots Advocacy Manager, American Urological Association Short, but impactful writing. Stephen Martin Managing Director, Member Education/Professional Development, American Institute of Architects Leveraging emerging technologies like AI.

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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

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. She basically built the current version of our organization from the ground up and her management style could best be described as “trust your people to do their jobs.” About a year ago, our longtime director left.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 26, 2023

If you created a nonprofit organization to promote reading to children and young adults, what would you name it, and why? What book did you read in high school or college that, to this day, you still remember vividly, and why? Do you intersperse fiction with your business reading?

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Association Now Leadership

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

Despite various efforts in the corporate and nonprofit sectors, people of color remain scarce in board leadership roles. That’s the argument of a pair of management scholars in a recent article in the MIT Sloan Management Review titled “ Meet the New Board—Same as the Old Board.”. Clark and Jill A.

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