Your workplace is an extension of your service. A well-designed workplace gives positive signals to staff, clients and visitors. Even if your workplace is well designed, some change from time to time, provided the staff have input, can give everyone a lift. Even if you cannot redesign your office completely, it is still possible to overcome its most obvious problems, including light, painting and perhaps some plants. More→
It is estimated that some 20 per cent of the Australian population of workforce age has a disability which can restrict involvement in the workforce. While Equal Employment legislation, employer education and of course the efforts of Not For Profit employment services have all done something to reduce the problem, there are still around 750,000 people receiving a disability pension.Yet research by Com Management indicates that less than 25 per cent of NGOs have policies which identify they will encourage people with disabilities to be employed by them and even fewer take a proactive role in actively employing them. More→
People can be very frustrating and none more so than the young team member who seems to know everything but does not seem to know how to communicate. Or so it seems. As the profile of the community workforce ages, the importance of the Y generation (those born between 1978 and 1992) as the next generation of workers and leaders – indeed many are leaders of the sector now – is increasing. More→
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