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Governance Is a Journey: How APICS Built Trust, Resilience, and Growth

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Reflection for Your Association: Are you viewing governance as an ongoing process or a one-time fix? Reflection for Your Association: Whats your organizations no surprises policy? Reflection for Your Association: Is your board chair an active partner in driving change? How are you equipping them to lead effectively?

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Go Beyond Board Recruitment With the Theory of Change

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Throughout the nonprofit sector, there is significant activity around building a board that is inclusive and reflects the constituency of each nonprofit. The end result: more effective services. But recruitment is just the first step in achieving these outcomes. One tool that can help: The Theory of Change. .

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4 Nonprofit Financial Statements and How to Create Them

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To produce meaningful reports to help you do this, you must track all financial activity and ideally compare it to your budget, or your financial representation of what you think you’ll pursue during the year. There are four core reports, known as financial statements, that nonprofits should create to review financial data and activities.

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Celebrating 25 Years of Innovation and Impact: Reflecting on Our Journey

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I’m proud of the active and intentional culture that we’ve created at Matrix Group. So directors and managers actively reach out to staff via Slack and email, and we devote the start of every meeting to socializing and sharing. Full of Gratitude As I reflect on 25 years of being in business, I am filled with gratitude.

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Employees with the ‘Sunday scaries’? Here’s how to get your workforce excited about work

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Empathetic leaders show they care about their employees through words and through actionschecking in with them, actively listening, and acknowledging each persons unique circumstances. I reflect on my own experience when my wife and I had our children. That means treating employees as individuals, not just cogs in a machine.

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Trustworthy leaders drive organizational success in the face of rapid change

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20 , offers a chance to reflect on what truly defines leadership not just strategy or decision-making, but the ability to build trust. Activities that promote team cohesion and open communication can significantly enhance trust within the team. National Leadership Day, which takes place every Feb. Promote collaboration.

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Why so many employee-appreciation efforts feel phony

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Intrinsic rewards reflect the joy of engaging in a particular activity. Extrinsic rewards are rewards given that are independent of the activity itself. The danger with extrinsic rewards is that people pursue the activity for that reward, and will often stop doing it when the reward is taken away.

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