Keeping Office Chat About Politics Civil — and Separate From a Charity’s Public Work
IN THE TRENCHES By Peter Panepento During most election years, partisan politics are rarely discussed in the lunchroom or hallways of the United Way of Erie County, in Pennsylvania. But not this fall, says R.J. Zonna, the organization’s vice president of campaign. These days, employees are spending…
Performance Evaluations Can Help Workers Improve — and Help Charities Reach Their Goals
Before Carol B. Wittmeyer’s arrival at Medaille College, fund raisers at the Buffalo institution were evaluated by only the most rudimentary standards: whether they arrived at work on time and how they carried out basic office tasks. But after Ms. Wittmeyer was hired in October as the college’s…