Nonprofit Organizations

Six ways to deal with difficult employees
Dealing with difficult employees is one of the most stressful aspects of a manager’s job, if not the most stressful. Here are some strategies for coping with these employees and reducing your stress. (8/18/2008)

What’s in a minute? Keys to properly recording board actions
Some people might argue that the keeping of board minutes is the most important job on any board of directors. It’s a common axiom that if a discussion or action is not in the minutes, it didn’t happen. Although that may be extreme, any discussion or action that escapes inclusion in the minutes will probably not be treated seriously in the future, if treated at all. Accurate minutes are also important to the Internal Revenue Service. If you are audited, your organization may be asked to provide copies of the minutes for the period being audited. (8/4/2008)

The SOX effect: Nonprofits are looking more like for-profits
Hold a mirror up to a nonprofit these days and, many times, the reflection you’ll see is a more corporate image than in the past. And that’s a good thing. Because as fiscal pressure mounts, combined with donor demand for increased oversight and heightened enforcement from the IRS, nonprofits need the expertise and the survival instinct that corporate entities have developed in the marketplace. (7/21/2008)