We’ve all heard about the much-lauded four-day working week and productivity hacks to make employees more efficient. Turns out science backs it up and the key is deep focus.…
Neil Pharaoh shares five key issues management need to consider when actively seeking government funding. Last column I looked at the role a board of an organisation plays…
Neil Pharaoh tackles the charity overhead debate and asks if you want money from government, what percentage you should be investing to get it and keep it.Some years back…
Dale Renner looks at the different phases of adjustment that managers need to consider in response to the COVID-19 crisis, and what this means for social organisation strategy.…
There are four key building blocks of a sustainable social enterprise, writes Anthea Smits from The Difference Incubator.Social enterprises in Australia seem to be popping…
Should social organisations pursue growth, and if they do, how should they do it, asks strategy and innovation consultant Dale Renner.
“Growth” can be a controversial…
A director in the Not for Profit sector, Doug Taylor offers advice for those aspiring to one day lead a NFP. He draws from his experience as a CEO and board member and also from…
There are only three countries in the world where you are more likely to have a female manager than a male one, and Australia is not one of them.
According to a major new report…
The national charity regulator, the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) has extended the 2014 Annual Information Statement deadline for charities…
"Deficient" leadership is the consequence of a fast growing social sector coupled with underinvestment in leadership development, according to a new report.…
Keeping a Not for Profit’s core mission both sustainable and proven drives Melanie Raymond, the Chair of Youth Projects, an organisation that provides health and…
The UK Charity regulator has opened a statutory inquiry into international humanitarian charity Human Aid UK.
The Charity Commission says it is investigating concerns…