The Risk of Regret: Make Sure Your Mission Really Lives

According to survey results, only one in three employees feels engaged in the work they're doing or the organization they serve. Melanie Lockwood Herman is executive director of the Nonprofit Risk Management Center (nonprofitrisk. org). The Many Rewards of Risk For more details on the advice in this article, peruse other articles at NonprofitWorld.org: Turn Your Stakeholders into Risk-Takers (Vol. 29, No. 4) Planning for the Unforeseeable: How Smart Risk Management Provides Peace of Mind (Vol. 24, No. 2) Shape a Culture of Trust: The Foundation of a Successful Workplace (Vol. 40, No. 2) The Risk of Not Risking: Experimenting with New Sources of Income (Vol. 35, No. 2) Fear & Memory: How Neuroscience Applies to Risk Management (Vol. 38, No. 4) Manage for Today, Mentor for Tomorrow (Vol. 23, No. 5) The Joys of Risk (Vol. 28, No. 3) Why Your Employees Are Losing Motivation - and What to Do about It (Vol. 29, No. 4) Seven Risk Questions for the Board (Vol. 33, No. 4) Only one in three employees feels engaged.