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Human resources, whether paid staff or volunteers, are critical for the success and culture of the organization.  This resource guide provides links to overarching issuse in HR.  Sample policies, standard documentation, roles and responsibilities, and best  practices in managing paid staff.

General Overview

Better together : a shared HR services framework for non-profit organizations (HR Council for the Voluntary and Non-profit Sector, 2009) [available online]

Developing Labour Market Information for the Nonprofit Sector  (HR Council for the Voluntary and Non-profit Sector, 2011) [available online]

HR toolkit (HR Council for the Voluntary and Non-profit Sector, 2008) [available online]

Toward a labour force strategy for Canada's voluntary & non-profit sector (Report Series) HR Council for the Voluntary & Non-profit Sector, c2008.  Access the full findings: Report #2  & Report #3

Leadership

Building leaderful organizations : succession planning for nonprofits (Wolfred, 2008) [available online]

Exploring the looming leadership deficit in the voluntary and nonprofit sector  (Toupin, 2007)  [available online]

Daring to lead 2011 : a national study of nonprofit executive leadership  (Cornelius et al,  2011)  Additional materials from the study available at daringtolead.org [available online]

The nonprofit sector's leadership deficit  (Tierney, 2006)  [available online]

Training

Delivering training and technical assistance  (Administration for Children and Families, Compassion Capital Fund, 2005) [available online].

Succession

Effective knowledge transfer & exchange for nonprofit organizations : a framework   (Zarinpoush, 2007) [available online]

Recession pressures on nonprofit jobs  (Salamon, 2010) [available online]

Succession Planning for Corporate Knowledge Transfer — A Guide for Managers and Human Resource Specialists  (Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, 2002)  [available online]