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If you ever want to advance, learn how to make a sincere apology at work.

This checklist can assist in determining if employees are suffering from compassion fatigue, burnout, or secondary traumatic stress.

Sample employee dating policies organizations can adapt for their personnel policies.

If you are a new employer, or new to dealing with federal employment taxes, the first place to go for information is Publication 15, Employer’s Tax Guide (Circular E). This publication, revised annually, contains basic information employers need to collect information needed to determine and pay their and employees’ employment tax liability, file correct tax returns, and withhold federal taxes.

Sample policy and procedure for filing an informal complaint.

Nonprofits compete with for-profit workplaces for talented workers, so setting the right level of compensation can make the difference between attracting and retaining qualified employees or, in contrast, suffering from high turnover and/or not being able to find the hoped-for caliber of employees.

Identifies benefits that local governments receive from working with small community nonprofits, challenges that these nonprofits often face in developing internal strength, reasons that governments help address these challenges, and strategies that governments use to provide such assistance.

Doug Blizzard from Capital Associated Industries, Inc. presented this session on evaluating the process you currently use for performance appraisals at a Center Conference.

Doing good is tough work, and consensus shows that many do-gooders face more resource restraints than their private sector peers. With the stress of impressing your manager or your peers, the pressure to produce superb programs, and the weight of scrutiny from regulatory bodies, funders, and the general public, it's easy to burn out fast.

Nonprofit capacity building refers to many different types of activities that are all designed to improve and enhance a nonprofit's ability to achieve its mission and sustain itself over time.

Find out whether your organization is required to provide workers' compensation coverage.

A fact sheet on working with consultants. Includes considerations before hiring, tips for working with a consultant, and evaluation.

Crisis prevention is doubly important for small public entities, companies and nonprofit organizations. Small organizations often have fewer resources to draw on when a crisis erupts, and insurance and other risk financing tools may not be an available due to the organization’s meager financial resources. But every organization, from the smallest to the largest can and should take steps to prevent the preventable and prepare for the unavoidable.

TechSoup offers some basic considerations for each phase of the Request for Proposal process. 

The M Word: A Board Member's Guide to Mergers from CompassPoint is a practical guide to help nonprofit board members, executives, and funders think through a merger.