Alison Green

JANUARY 17, 2023

This post, advice for new managers , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. I’ve had a bunch of questions recently from new managers looking for advice. Here’s a round-up of past columns with advice for new managers. general advice for managers. advice for first-time managers.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Here are some tips for leaders responsible for writing an effective annual report for their nonprofit organization. Consider making these objectives for your report: To demonstrate accomplishments ( not activities ) ( results and how you did it). To recognize important people (volunteers, donors, major funders, partners).

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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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Association Now Leadership

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Johnson, director of organizational performance at the nonprofit consultancy Wipfli. While you’re doing that listening, also set that stage for pieces of your vision,” says Candance Chow, managing director and cofounder of NextGroup, LLC, a support firm for nonprofit leaders. Nothing is sacred, nothing is protected.

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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

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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Association Now Workplace

APRIL 1, 2025

According to an American Management Association survey, more workplaces have an AI strategy, but employees still fear a lack of a centralized approach. Nearly two-thirds of respondents (63 percent) say they trust managers to utilize AI fairly and with transparency. But many employees say they need better training around how to use it.

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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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Alison Green

MARCH 18, 2025

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I own/manage a business, let’s say a retail heath care equipment supply company that is located in a larger health care campus. I have multiple employees, and for a six-hour shift they get two 15-minute breaks.

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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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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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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 21, 2020

If you lead a nonprofit organization, the one hour it will take you to read Peter F. If you volunteer for a nonprofit or are seeking employment at a nonprofit, this book is also an insightful and inspiring read. This book may fundamentally change the way you work and lead your organization.

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Alison Green

MARCH 26, 2025

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It was a move from nonprofit development into higher ed, supporting several departments whose subject areas are right up my alley. Remember the letter-writer whose boss never praised their work ? Heres the update. New job is AWESOME.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

If you lead a nonprofit organization, the one hour it will take you to read Peter F. If you volunteer for a nonprofit or are seeking employment at a nonprofit, this book is also an insightful and inspiring read. This book may fundamentally change the way you work and lead your organization.

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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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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2020

If you serve on a nonprofit Board, are the executive director for a nonprofit, or are responsible for raising funds for your nonprofit, The Nonprofit Fundraising Solution , book by Laurence A. Pagnoni is a must-read for you.

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Alison Green

MAY 21, 2025

A reader writes: I am the HR person for a small nonprofit which offers many different services to the public. We have one team in particular which has always been difficult to manage and has not really gotten along with any manager they have had. Upper management is generally supportive of these changes!

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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

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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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

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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Association Now Leadership

MAY 30, 2025

An article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review suggests one way of addressing that problem : A nonprofit board fellows program (NBFP), in which business-school students partner with nonprofits, serving as nonvoting board members.

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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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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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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

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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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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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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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

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

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

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

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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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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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

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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Alison Green

MAY 6, 2025

A reader writes: I manage the recruiting of volunteers for a small nonprofit, and there’s an otherwise strong candidate, Jane, who has a past on the Internet. appeared first on Ask a Manager. Another volunteer and I interviewed her Jane an open position, and it was wonderful.

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