263. #AMA (Ask Me Anything) Fridays: Staffing Up During the Great Resignation - Jonathan McCoy, CFRE, Becky Endicott, CFRE

The Great Resignation in Nonprofit, We Are For Good Podcast

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Jon + Becky are hosting a special #AMA (Ask Me Anything) style convo on Friday's episode, and this week's topic is Staffing Up During the Great Resignation. Where to hire? Which roles to hire? And how do allow staff to be in their zone of genius - not wearing all the hats? We love adding your voice to the podcast! So drop us an email, DM or (best option🤩👉) leave us a voice memo and we'll play your question on-air🎙

“We need to commit to trying stuff, and people will come into our organizations if there is a commitment to innovation.”

— Becky Endicott, CFRE, Co-Founder and Chief Storyteller, We Are For Good

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Episode Overview

Leave us a voicemail! (1:00)
Tone setting and scarcity mindset (3:30)
The Great Resignation (5:00)
- Listen: 192. The Great Resignation is Here. How to Leverage it as The Great Opportunity - Sally Bryant
Are you asking the right questions? (9:00)
- What are your short-term and long-term goals?
- What role is most critical?
Key steps to making the right nonprofit hire (9:50)
Pro Tips (23:00)
- “‘Cultural Fit’ is just a container for the prejudices that we hold around who we think belongs.” - Kishshana Palmer

Powerful quotes

“The scarcity mindset easily creeps in. No money, no mission and we get that.” -Jon

“The saying “I wear multiple hats” will trigger scarcity. Hiring someone cannot be transactional. Overhead is people and it is powering our people. We need to go in with a growth mindset surrounding hiring.” -Becky

“Allow people to grow without stacking extra tactical things on their plate.” -Becky

“4.5 million people voluntarily left their job. They had a pandemic epiphany and want to chase purpose.” -Becky

“The interior culture of your organization will be experienced by those outside of your organization.” -Jon

“As people are looking for purpose, they want to attach themselves to be part of that story.” -Jon

“One of the problems with hiring that we see over and over is that it’s so linear. Bring in your team and have onboarding be a team effort.” -Becky

“What could this position look like in this new imagined reality?” -Jon

“We need to commit to trying stuff, and people will come into our organizations if there is a commitment to innovation.” -Becky

“We want to attract donors, volunteers, and believers and we can only do that when we cast our nets wide and try new things.” -Becky

“There are a lot of automations that are taking up all our time that could be unleashed to do meaningful work.” -Jon

“If we can invest in pouring into the new employees and our current employees, they are going to see opportunities for upward mobility.” -Becky

“If we are not diving into professional growth then we are truly staying stagnant.” -Becky

“Ask the bigger and better questions.” -Jon

Key steps to making the right nonprofit hire

Transparently post job description WITH salary information
- Include your values/manifesto/whatever in post to tone set
Engagement is key
- Onboarding and connecting with current staff
Flexibility with work schedules and reimagine what work means
Unleash Experimentation: need to commit to innovation, tech and trying stuff
Automation
Nurturing Professional Growth: how am I going to pour into this employee? What’s their professional development look like? Is there opportunity for their upward mobility and promotion?