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Nearly 78 million Americans volunteered their time for an organization in 2019—that’s about 30% of the population—according to AmeriCorps. Nonprofit organizations and other companies that rely on volunteers should be developing and managing volunteer programs that benefit the organization and volunteers. It all starts with a well-designed plan. This Library topic is called “Developing & …
Eligibility of Alien Workers in the U.S. Assembled by Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD This section of the library provides miscellaneous information which may be helpful as an overview of various aspects of business law in the United States of America. Businesses designing personnel policies should obtain advice from an attorney specializing in the area of …
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Business Development — Growing Your For-Profit or Nonprofit Organization © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD Whether your organization is a for-profit or nonprofit, you have to address certain considerations and make certain decisions if you set out to intentionally expand — or grow — your organization, products and/or services. You can grow your organization, products …
Basic Overview of Various Strategic Planning Models Learn Strategic Planning Without Incurring Travel Costs! The Series Facilitating Strategic Planning from the Consultants Development Institute provides virtual courses and numerous downloadable tools to learn to facilitate strategic planning. Concurrently you customize your own relevant and realistic Strategic Plan and earn a Certificate in Facilitating Strategic Planning. …
Basic Guide to Program Evaluation (Including Outcomes Evaluation) © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Much of the content of this topic came from this book: This document provides guidance toward planning and implementing an evaluation process for for-profit or nonprofit programs — there are many kinds of evaluations that can be applied …
Problem Solving and Decision Making (Solving Problems and Making Decisions) © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Sections of This Topic Include Test – What is Your Personal Decision-Making Style? Guidelines to Rational Problem Solving and Decision Making Rational Versus Organic Approach to Problem Solving and Decision Making General Guidelines to Problem Solving …
General Guidelines for Conducting Interviews © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Adapted from the Field Guide to Consulting and Organizational Development. Sections of This Topic Include Introduction Preparation for Interview Types of Interviews Types of Topics in Questions Sequence of Questions Wording of Questions Carrying Out Interview Immediately After Interview Other Resources …
Goal Setting with Employees — What Should Employees Work On? © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Adapted from the Field Guide to Leadership and Supervision in Business and Field Guide to Leadership and Supervision for Nonprofit Staff. Strongly Suggested Pre-Reading How to Ensure Strong Employee Performance Management Sections of This Topic Include …
Understand Generational Differences: Guidelines and Resources © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD Sections in This Topic Include What Are Generational Differences? Overview of Perceived Differences Between Generations Are Generational Differences a Myth? Guidelines for Managing Different Generations Also consider Related Library Topics What Are Generational Differences? What is a Generation? Before we go on to …
What is Supervision? How Do I Supervise? Comprehensive, practical book by Carter McNamara The guidelines and resources in this topic are not sufficient to develop strong competencies in supervision. Those competencies come from extensive experience in applying that information. Sections of This Topic Include What is Supervision? To Truly Understand Supervision, Be Acquainted With Its …
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All About Group and Team Facilitation Guidelines for forming and leading teams are included in the books Field Guide to Leadership and Supervision in Business and Field Guide to Leadership and Supervision for Nonprofit Staff. Guidelines for leading — and for working with teams — during organizational change are included the books Field Guide to …
How to Increase Participation in Meetings Copyright Carter McNamara, Authenticity Consulting, LLC Sections in this Topic Include Meeting Preparation and Opening During the Meeting During the Meeting Closure Note that the reader might best be served to first read the topic Group Dynamics to understand the basic nature of most groups and their typical stages …
Group and Team Learning (Collaborative Learning, Social Learning, Team Learning) © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Note that the reader might best be served to first read the topic Group Dynamics to understand the basic nature of most groups and their typical stages of development. (It’s not clear at this time if …
Group Decision-Making and Problem Solving Sections of This Topic Include Guidelines to Successful Group Decision-Making and Problem Solving Additional Perspectives on Group Decision-Making and Problem Solving Also consider Related Library Topics Learn More in the Library’s Blogs Related to Group Decision-Making and Problem Solving In addition to the articles on this current page, also see …
How to Manage Group Conflict © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD Sections of This Topic Include Test – How Good Are You at Facilitating Conflict in a Group Now? How to Manage Group Conflict How to Help Group Members Get Unstuck Additional Perspectives on Conflict Management in Groups Also consider Related Library Topics Note that …
Evaluating Group and Team Process and Performance Suggested Pre-Reading It would be very useful, before evaluating a team or group, to first understand the broad context of team performance management and where group and team evaluation fit into that broad context. That can ensure that your evaluation is well-planned and that you will know what …
Group Dynamics: Basic Nature of Groups and How They Develop Sections of This Topic Include Is Your Gathering a Group or a Team? Life Stages of a Team Some Types of Teams You Could Use Also considerRelated Library Topics Learn More in the Library’s Blogs Related to Group Dynamics In addition to the articles on …