Nonprofit Staffing: Maintaining Corporate Identity When Growth Occurs
Instituting company bonding activities is important, too, in building staff cohesion and loyalty. Key examples include offering monthly team-building social activities on company time, sponsoring charitable activities such as food and clothing drives, promoting a staff book club, and holding an annual staff retreat and/or holiday party. Of course, elements of the organization's benefits package can play an important role as well.
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