Nonprofit Workplaces

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4.6 • 782 Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Does standard work advice not apply to you because you’re at a nonprofit? Dan and Alison answer your questions with the help of Joan Garry, a nonprofit leadership consultant and former executive director. They talk through what to do when you’re trying to advance amid a leadership change, your job seems to shift as sources of funding do, or you’re unsure how to describe your work to people in the private sector.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Dear HBR from Harvard Business Review.
0:03.9	I'm Dan McGinn.
0:04.9	And I'm Alison Beard.
0:12.3	Work can be frustrating, but it doesn't have to be.
0:15.3	We don't need to let the conflicts get us down.
0:17.8	That's where Dear HBR comes in.
0:19.9	We take your questions, look at the research, talk to the experts, and help you move forward.
0:32.6	Today, we're answering questions from workers at nonprofits with Joan Gary.
0:36.7	She's a former executive and advises
0:38.6	non-profit leaders. Joan, thanks for coming on the show. Hey, I'm delighted to be here. How are
0:43.4	nonprofit workplaces different than for-profit ones? Great question. One is that people come to work at
0:50.6	nonprofits because they are passionate about the mission.
0:55.5	At the end of the day, when you work at a nonprofit, you're not motivated by that big fat year-end
1:00.4	bonus because it ain't coming.
1:04.1	If I'm not going to get paid a lot, I really want a voice in how this organization moves towards its mission.
1:11.8	But I come expecting to have one.
1:14.2	And that's valuable to me.
1:16.5	But Joan, aren't workplace problems the same everywhere?
1:19.8	Many of them are, Dan, right?
1:22.2	You can have a lousy boss, regardless of where you work, I suppose.
1:26.7	Someone who manages people well is someone who can
1:29.4	manage people well in corporate or in nonprofit. It's just that the environments are somewhat
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