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Working With a Search Firm

by Fredia Woolf | Jun 25, 2010 | Advice, Job Seekers, Management

Search firms are useful job market intermediaries. They are used as brokerage firms and clearing houses between organizations and individuals. The experience and expertise of professionals in these firms in finding, filtering and evaluating candidates can be extremely...

Are You Disengaged At Work? What Can Be Done About It?

by Fredia Woolf | Jun 10, 2010 | Advice

At times, organizational life by virtue of its structure has the capacity to stamp out the human spirit. It can shut down the spark of creativity, cramp boldness and individuality and perpetuate mediocrity. The result is a pitiful waste of human potential. Careers...

What are the Secrets of Stellar Team Performance?

by Fredia Woolf | Jun 4, 2010 | Advice, Management

Your career is a solitary journey, and leadership is a lonely business, so when you have the opportunity to work in a team or serve on a board, it can be an energizing and fulfilling experience. Though, it often isn’t. So what makes for a great experience and...

How Far Can You Go When Negotiating Your Job Offer?

by Fredia Woolf | May 28, 2010 | Advice, Job Seekers

The job search is over! You have an offer in hand, and you are the bees’ knees! They chose you above everyone else, so you must be really good. Was it your perfect resume, your flawless networking or your stellar interviewing skills? It was probably all three as...

Is Collaboration the Right Strategy for You as an Organizational Leader?

by Fredia Woolf | May 21, 2010 | Advice, Featured

Last week, I facilitated a meeting between senior leaders of industry and a professional association to explore the topic of collaboration. For the session, I defined successful collaboration as knowing how to respect personal boundaries and how to break down...

To err is human – but take steps that move you toward, not away from, your destination.

by Fredia Woolf | May 14, 2010 | Advice, Job Seekers

Is there a connection between the oil spill seeping inexorably across the Gulf of Mexico and the wild gyrations of the stock market last week? I think there is. For me, the link is that we human beings have a dangerous tendency to over-reach ourselves only to suffer...

What’s in Your Manual?: Nonprofit Employee Handbooks

by Joe Brown | May 12, 2010 | Advice, Featured, Management

While the very smallest nonprofit organizations may not find it necessary, any organization with more than one or two employees should consider creating a written handbook outlining non-contractual employment terms and work conditions. This post takes a look at some...

Executive Transitions – Be Careful What You Wish For

by Fredia Woolf | May 7, 2010 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers

Sometimes, themes emerge in my work. This week’s is the following interesting observation: Once achieved, the long-dreamed-of promotion or the eagerly awaited job often turn out more troublesome than anticipated. Is it that some people are never satisfied? Or, is...

Paying Attention to Turnover in the Nonprofit Sector

by Joe Brown | May 5, 2010 | Advice, Featured, Management

“Where are they going to go?” “They’re lucky to have a job.” These are, unfortunately, actual statements I’ve heard in the past year from nonprofit managers offered as rationales for not taking steps to advance human resources...

What Happens when a Volcano Rocks your World?

by Fredia Woolf | Apr 30, 2010 | Advice, Job Seekers

My last blog, “In Praise of the Simple Life,” portrayed a state of mellowness and contemplative calm. How sad that such a balanced stance does not seem sustainable. Having thought I found the “answers” to dealing with the stresses and strains of work and life, let me...

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