Raises in a Pandemic with Ananda Valenzuela

The Ethical Rainmaker

A beautiful decision made in a time of double pandemic and recession - here are links for content mentioned in the show (and sign up for our mailing list?):

• Michelle talks with Ananda Valenzuela, Interim Executive Director of RVC, founded by Vu Le of nonprofitAF.com, about the process around giving raises and retaining staff during a recession.
• This great blog post Ananda wrote, has links to research (1, 2, 3, 4) and a solid story about investing in staff during a recession, that may help you make the case at your own organization.

Ananda refers to:

• The Advice Process (attributed to Dennis Bakke) is explored by Frédéric LaLoux in a book called Reinventing Organizations which Ananda recommends.
• Ananda wrote about their passion around self-managing organizations in this great article we didn’t discuss: Sick of both Consensus and Hierarchical Decision Making? There is a Third Way
• TSNE Mission Works is another capacity building organization Ananda worked at.
• They sit on the board of Change Elemental (formerly Management Assistance Group) which is guided by these five core principles.

So...

• The last time we saw each other we were both reading N.K. Jemisin - a favorite author for us each.
• A special thank you to Seattle-band Zoser for letting us use his new song “Quarantine" - just released on August 5th on his new EP “Evolve” - you are gonna love his music!

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