For the vast majority of the country’s more than 1.2 million registered 501(c)(3) organizations, the development function, and therefore development professionals, has always been of critical importance.
Salary Ranges, Part 2: Anatomy of a Range
In my previous post, I made a case for the use of salary ranges as the foundation of a formal compensation program for nonprofit organizations. Particularly for organizations experiencing or have experienced significant growth, the use of salary ranges can go a long...
Salary Ranges, Part 1: Why Ranges?
In a recent post, compensation consultant Ann Bares questions whether salary ranges, long a staple of compensation programs among America's companies and organizations, are still a useful tool given the relatively slow pace of salary annual growth during the past two...
Are Your Executive Compensation Bases Covered?
A recent survey found that 73% of nonprofit organizations have a formal policy to review executive compensation. As a human resources and management consultant to nonprofits, what I found striking about this statistic is that it means 27% of organizations do not have a formal policy.
Q & A: How do you ask for a raise?
Question: How do you ask for a raise? Answer: From what I am seeing and hearing, the practical answer is that you don't. Many employers are not even hiring on a full-time basis let alone giving raises. Many have cut bonuses or have made them entirely discretionary. ...