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Six Tips for Improving Staff Performance Reviews
Brian Hughes Director of Talent & Administration, Center for Effective Philanthropy

Jul 23, 2013 | Assessing Performance Administration, Assessing Performance Assessing Performance, Assessing Performance Managing Operations

Brian Hughes offers foundations advice on how to make the most of the performance review process.

Chasing Staff Satisfaction
Brian Hughes Director of Talent & Administration, Center for Effective Philanthropy

Mar 20, 2013 | Assessing Performance Administration, Assessing Performance Assessing Performance, Assessing Performance Assessment Tools, Assessing Performance Developing Strategy, Assessing Performance Managing Operations

Director of Talent Brian Hughes examines the fluid nature of staff satisfaction but emphasizes the importance of pursuing it for any organization that wishes to be effective.

Mission Driven Investing: Philanthropy’s Surprising Returns
Sterling K. Speirn President and CEO, W. K. Kellogg Foundation

Feb 20, 2013 | Guest Author Administration, Guest Author Developing Strategy, Guest Author Guest Author, Guest Author Managing Operations

Guest author Sterling Speirn lays out the reasoning behind the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s foray into impact investing and the returns they have seen after five years with this approach.

Three Employee Empowerment Lessons from Show and Tell
Chris McCrum Chief Operating Officer, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Jan 8, 2013 | Guest Author Administration, Guest Author Assessment Tools, Guest Author Guest Author, Guest Author Managing Operations

Chris McCrum of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation draws connections between leading staff and a shared experience from elementary school.

Creating Community at The Commonwealth Fund
Diana Davenport Vice President, Administration, The Commonwealth Fund
John Craig Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, The Commonwealth Fund

Jan 3, 2013 | Guest Author Administration, Guest Author Assessment Tools, Guest Author Guest Author, Guest Author Managing Operations

Guest authors Diana Davenport and John Craig discuss how The Commonwealth Fund has sought to improve their staff satisfaction through empowerment.

What do you want to be when you grow up? Satisfied with your job!
Ellie Buteau, Ph.D. Director of Research Projects and Special Advisor on Research Methodology and Analysis, CEP

Dec 12, 2012 | Assessment Tools Assessment Tools, Assessment Tools Managing Operations

Ellie Buteau introduces new research, drawn from our Staff Perception Report, that illuminates the keys to employee empowerment and satisfaction.

Measuring Our People: A Metrics-Based Approach to Talent Management
Brian Hughes Director of Talent & Administration, Center for Effective Philanthropy

Nov 7, 2012 | Assessing Performance Administration, Assessing Performance Assessing Performance, Assessing Performance Developing Strategy, Assessing Performance Managing Operations

CEP Director of Talent & Administration Brian Hughes presents his approach for applying data to talent management.

Philanthropy’s Innovation Pile Up
Jeff Raikes Chief Executive Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Oct 4, 2012 | Guest Author Developing Strategy, Guest Author Guest Author, Guest Author Managing Operations

Jeff Raikes of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation discusses obstacles in the way of realizing the full potential of innovative solutions.

Companies to the Rescue
Phil Buchanan President, CEP

Jun 13, 2012 | Funder/Grantee Relationships Assessing Performance, Funder/Grantee Relationships Funder/Grantee Relationships, Funder/Grantee Relationships Managing Operations

In the penultimate installment of his six-part series, Phil Buchanan questions the assertion that business is more likely to solve societies greatest problems than the nonprofit sector.