We know you got into nonprofit work because you want to do good. So join us for our conversation with Felix Oberholzer-Gee and learn how you can be even more successful at your good work by creating value for your clients, volunteers, staff, and funders.
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Links
The Book: Better, Simpler Strategy: A Value-Based Guide to Exceptional Performance
After Hours Podcast
Podcast: Ep 198 Tools to Fire Up Your Productivity with Peter Chatel
Podcast: Ep 206 The Dangers of Efficiency with Roger Martin
Timestamps
(02:20) Focus on value
(05:50) The definition(s) of value
(11:20) A simple experiment on adding value
(13:15) Creating value for your staff
(15:05) Creating value for your volunteers, funders, & clients
(18:00) How value-based strategy applies to for-profits and nonprofits
(21:00) Offering complimentary services
(28:10) Thinking about the selection effect
Work is not just about the time you spend at work. It’s also your commute, your dress code, your discipline system, and on and on.
Think about how you can createfor your staff and volunteers.
I can addfor my staff by increasing compensation or by making the job a better job.
Raising compensation is zero-sum. But when you make a job a better job, your staff are better off and your organization is better off.
Successful organizations offer complimentary services or programs.
Work is not just about the time you spend at work. It’s also your commute, your dress code, your discipline system, and on and on.
Think about how you can createfor your staff and volunteers.
I can addfor my staff by increasing compensation or by making the job a better job.
Raising compensation is zero-sum. But when you make a job a better job, your staff are better off and your organization is better off.
Successful organizations offer complimentary services or programs.