Suzi Benoit LCSW, SPHR, SHRM-SCP

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When Community Nonprofits Get Into Financial Trouble

Banks with troubled nonprofit portfolios can be in a difficult position. Nonprofits often operate on tight cash flow and insufficient surplus to withstand delayed reimbursements, decreasing revenue or unexpected expense increases. Their very nature creates the need for a line of credit and/or loans to purchase basic operating equipment. When …

HR Pros – Response to Mental Health in the Workplace

This post is a Human Resource-oriented comment on this wonderful article, link below: Responding To Mental Illness in Your Workforce: Leading a Culture Change Tweeted by @psychcentral 8/3/2011. The author, Carol A. Kivler, MS, CSP takes an enlightened and sensitive approach to individuals suffering with mental illness in the workplace. The article …

HR Pros – Toxic Employees: Resistance to Positive Change

Context This article covers the situation of a well-meaning company owner whose organization is harmed by the presence of one or more negatively motivated employees. The arguments offered here do not respond to the situation in which the owner is the bully.  Terminology Here are helpful terms to examine toxic dynamics. …