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Work Sabbaticals: The Latest Nonprofit Retention Strategy

Success

Much of nonprofit work is emotionally draining, whether directly assisting individuals, working with communities or driving public policy to change systems. We pushed the sabbatical back two years so that I could steer the organization through the pandemic and be able to travel safely. My sabbatical ran from Memorial Day to Labor Day.

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How to Create a Powerful, Future-Proof Culture for Remote and Decentralized Teams

Allwork

If you have a customer-is-always-right policy, describe what’s required to support it. Although many companies had to make a dramatic shift in office policies since the pandemic, goLance has been a fully remote company from the start, with the infrastructure, communications, and processes in place for this environment.

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The tricky world of expenses

Practically Perfect PA

Do you have an expense policy in place? If you don’t have an expense policy, speak to other assistants and see if there is a common approach to expenses. You have to decipher all of this by looking at the date on the receipt and in their calendar and try to work out what they were doing… Sounds familiar?

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Steeks & Felts, giving new life to timeworn objects

Loosely Speaking

Perfect for some quick knits for gifts and then overhauling some rather forlorn items. I’ll work on a pattern and see if I can replicate these for others on my gift list. Leave a Reply Site Pages Commenting Policy About ktcosmos Got Loose Change? Project 1: Steeking a sweater that was never right for me to begin with.

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The Way to Start a Year

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More on Thank You Notes Expressions of Appreciation April Series: Answering the Question: Do I have to write thank you notes for graduation gifts? Comments: 0 Leave a Reply Site Pages Commenting Policy About ktcosmos Got Loose Change? Get Loosely Speaking Products.

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Can you say “sidetracked?”

Loosely Speaking

Or I could share my heartfelt excitement over working into the wee hours, creating homespun (handknit) holiday gifts. Maybe you can come to a Brewers game and see what talent really is Leave a Reply Site Pages Commenting Policy About ktcosmos Got Loose Change? Yes, I can see that we’ll have to meet up in March.

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Reasons why work slowdowns can be good

Loosely Speaking

Here are some other ideas on what to do with the some of that unexpected windfall of free time that comes with a work slowdown: Gave That ‘s post: “ 50 Simple Gifts to Give Yourself.&# Leave a Reply Site Pages Commenting Policy About ktcosmos Got Loose Change? Get Loosely Speaking Products.

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