Is "The Great Resignation” real?

CharityVillage Connects

In this episode

Is "The Great Resignation” real? And is it impacting the Canadian nonprofit sector? In this episode, our host, CharityVillage President Mary Barroll, asks these questions and explores other important workplace trends, including whether nonprofits are seen as a desirable career path and if inequitable workplaces and burnout have caused high turnover. Join Mary and a group of experts from across the nonprofit sector to delve into these issues, as well as identify solutions your nonprofit or charity can put into place to keep your valuable staff from moving on to greener pastures.

Meet our guests in order of appearance

· Jim Moss, Executive Director of YMCA WorkWell

· Lisa Taylor, President of Challenge Factory

· Deborah Legrove, President of crawfordconnect

· Maryann Kerr, CEO of The Medalist Group

· Veronica Utton, Managing Director of V. Utton & Associates

· Dr. Wendy Cukier, Founder of the Diversity Institute at Ryerson University

About your host

Mary Barroll, president of CharityVillage, is an online business executive and lawyer with a background in media, technology and IP law. A former CBC journalist and independent TV producer, in 2013 she was appointed General Counsel & VP Media Affairs at CharityVillage.com, Canada’s largest job portal for charities and not for profits in Canada, and then President in 2021. Mary is also President of sister company, TalentEgg.ca, Canada’s No.1, award-winning job board and online career resource that connects top employers with top students and grads.

Resources from this Episode

We've gathered the resources from this episode into one helpful list:

· Human Resources Impacts of COVID-19 on Canadian Charities & Nonprofits (CharityVillage and The Portage Group) (April 2021)

· Overwhelm and Burnout: What’s the Difference? (CharityVillage)

· Insights to Impact: The Depleted, the Overworked and the Underappreciated (YMCA WorkWell)

· The 50-30 Challenge (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada)

· How to get involved in the 50-30 Challenge (recorded webinar presented by the Diversity Institute)

· Tarnished: Let’s Rethink, Reimagine, and Co-Create a New Social Impact Sector

· Ontario’s “Right to Disconnect” Legislation

· Diversity of Charity and Non-profit Boards of Directors (Statistics Canada)

· Demystifying Veterans as a Hidden Talent Pool (Challenge Factory)

· Ontario Nonprofit Network State of the Sector 2021

· Working from Home: Productivity and Preference (Statistics Canada)

· Rising to the Challenges (crawfordconnect)

· Preparing the Next Generation of Nonprofit Leaders (crawfordconnect)

· Retain and Gain: Career Management for Non-Profits and Charities

· The most important question for returning to the office is not who, how, or when. Here’s why. (Challenge Factory)

Learn more and listen to the full interviews with the guests here.