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Here's what the Leading Edge team is learning about culture, executives, and boards this month.
One year later, Hillel Ontario reflects on its investment in the well-being of its staff
In May of 2022, student organization Hillel Ontario announced a series of pilot projects aimed at safeguarding talent, such as implementing a summertime four-day workweek and allowing employees to carry over up to one unused week of vacation time from the past year. Despite critics' concerns and initial challenges, KPIs now indicate that the experiment has paid off in a 6% increase in student engagement, higher student touchpoints, remarkably successful advocacy initiatives, a 31% rise in fundraising revenue, and all-time high staff satisfaction.
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CULTURE
Quiz: How Well Do You Understand Organizational Culture?
A company's culture plays a crucial role in organizational success and sets the context for everything an enterprise does. Test your understanding of organizational culture by taking this quiz from the Society for Human Resource Management.
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Here’s what workers really care about, according to a Post-Ipsos poll
After the upheaval the pandemic created in the world of work, there’s been fierce debate about what workers really want. In the wake of so much change, about 8 in 10 workers are satisfied with their jobs, even as over 6 in 10 say work is stressful. While desire to work from home is a priority for some workers, pay, having a good boss or manager, and other aspects of a job rank higher.
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EXECUTIVES
Managing Gen Z: Fast Company’s 142-point guide for leaders
The process of coming to learn about and appreciate Gen Z — to be able to relate to them in any circumstance — starts with thinking deeply about this generation. Fast Company asked more than 100 people to share what they know about Gen Z that they don’t believe is widely understood, how to lead this generation as they enter the workforce, and how to speak to them as a marketer looking to reach the next generation of customers.
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New study shows we must support early childhood educators
A recent survey of Jewish preschool teachers shows that they are paid far less than their K-12 peers. The Jewish community cannot engage future generations without Jewish early childhood centers, and likewise, America itself cannot run without child care. Jewish communal leaders, lay people, parents, school leaders, funders, and concerned citizens can read the report, think locally, and engage together to advance solutions.
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- HBR: Watch Out for These 3 Gender Biases in Performance Reviews
- MIT Sloan Management Review: How to Help Employees With ADHD Address the Challenges of Remote Work
- McKinsey & Company: Middle managers hold the key to unlock generative AI
BOARDS
The State of Organizations 2023: Ten shifts transforming organization
Through the State of Organizations Survey, conversations with CEOs and their teams, and the findings of recent McKinsey research, McKinsey has identified ten of the most important organizational shifts that businesses need to address today. These shifts are both challenging and harbingers of opportunity, depending on how organizations address them.
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Funders, Listen Up: It’s Time to Invest in Nonprofit Workers
The Center for Effective Philanthropy’s new report, State of Nonprofits in 2023: What Funders Need to Know, reveals that the inability to invest in support systems for staff is the primary challenge facing nonprofits today, according to nonprofit leaders themselves. Further, it shows that this is the case even in the context of trust-based grantmaking and balanced budgets.
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