Energize gets asked a lot of questions about volunteers that would never be posed in relation to paid staff. Susan shares some examples of illogic, overreaction, and unthinking policies that hinder volunteer success.
You may have seen our new “executive set” – From the Top Down and Leading the Way to Successful Volunteer Involvement, two books designed to help agency leaders lay the groundwork for effective volunteer programs. And I bet many of you are thinking, “these books look great, but I can’t even get my exec to read one book on volunteer management, let alone two!” As Susan Ellis wrote in Stalking the Elusive Executive: