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Strengthening the Leadership Pipeline: Identifying and Developing Middle Managers for Senior Roles
By Lin Grensing-Pophal, Contributing Editor at HR Daily Advisor Apr 1, 2025 Most organizations are arranged in a pyramid-shaped hierarchy, with large numbers of frontline workers reporting to a smaller group of managers, who in turn report to an even smaller group…
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A model for skills-based employee volunteering
By Michelle Peng We’ve often covered the benefits of both skills-based talent management and employee volunteering programs—but what happens when you combine them to connect workers with social-impact projects that apply and develop their skills?
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Allstate’s volunteer program helps employees share professional skills
By Lee Hafner January 08, 2025 Employees have a wealth of skills, and giving them the opportunity to share these with their communities makes businesses stronger, too. Allstate has offered volunteer opportunities through its Allstate Foundation since 1952, in areas like advocacy for…
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Rebecca Fontes Joins Common Impact to Transform Corporate-Nonprofit Partnerships and Elevate Corporate Social Responsibility
Fontes to inspire corporate engagement through purposeful partnerships, empowering nonprofits and lasting community impact Brooklyn, N.Y., (November 20, 2024) – Common Impact, a nonprofit that fosters purposeful partnerships between prominent companies nationwide and leading nonprofits to propel social good, today…
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Rachel Hutchisson to Lead Common Impact as Interim CEO, Ushering in New Era of Strategic Growth
CSR industry veteran takes on leadership role to enhance skills-based volunteer programs and inspire community impact Brooklyn, N.Y., (November 1, 2024) – Common Impact, a nonprofit that fosters purposeful partnerships between prominent companies nationwide and leading nonprofits to propel social…
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Skills-Based Volunteering Uses Employee Talents to Benefit Nonprofits
Painting the walls of a classroom. Participating in story time at the local library. Planting flowers or a garden at a nursing home: Those are some ways employees have traditionally volunteered with nonprofits through their employer. Then there are initiatives…