82. Keep Your Staff and Board Engaged with an Inclusive Culture

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Many nonprofit leaders are (fortunately) revisiting or creating new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) strategies as a result of systemic inequities that have been revealed by COVID-19 and #BlackLivesMatter. A huge part of an effective DEI strategy is developing an inclusive, supportive culture among your staff and board. This week on the Nonprofit Jenni Show, nonprofit executive Brenda Jimenez joins us (for the second time!) to offer her advice for hiring and retaining awesome team members. We also talk about how to attract the right type of candidates so you don’t make a bad hire, and how to promote diversity within your team.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We mentioned several resources in this episode, including:<br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">--The June 12 podcast episode featuring Brenda Jimenez called “</span><a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tips-for-pro-bono-relationships-plus-some-nonprofit/id1340679758?i=1000477722549"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tips for Pro Bono Relationships</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">”, which you can find on your podcast platform under the Nonprofit Jenni Show<br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">--The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance’s Cost-of-Turnover Calculator, which you can use for free at</span> <a href= "https://www.nonprofitleadershipalliance.org/calculator"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> nonprofitleadershipalliance.org/calculator</span></a><br /> <span style="font-weight: 400;">--Mentor New York’s hiring video, which you can watch at</span> <a href= "https://www.mentornewyork.org/careers"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">mentornewyork.org/careers</span></a><br /> <span style="font-weight: 400;">--Harvard University’s free internal bias tests, which you can take at</span> <a href= "https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <