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Organisational culture
A strong organisational culture is the foundation of any successful not-for-profit. It shapes how your team works, communicates, and pursues the organisation’s mission.
This page offers tools, resources, and expert advice to help you build and maintain a positive, values-driven culture within your organisation. From assessing current practices to implementing culture-focused strategies, these resources are designed to enhance collaboration, productivity, and long-term success.
Scroll down to access essential help sheets, tools, policies, and books designed to help you improve and shape the culture of your organisation and board.
Help sheets
Building a corporate memory
An organisation's corporate memory is an essential tool for allowing reliable predictions,…
Child safety: Creating the right organisational culture
We recommend that organisations approach their culture on the following four fronts. 1. From the…
Child safety: The cheat sheet
If you read nothing else about child-safe organisations, read this.
Common characteristics of a dysfunctional board
There are some common issues among boards that are falling apart at the seems. Fortunately, there…
Compiling a board manual
A board manual is not only a useful tool for the board's induction process but can also serve as a…
Dispute resolution for community boards
When things go wrong for community group boards, sometimes they go really wrong. So where do you go…
How to increase productivity in less time
1. Check your meeting habits
Tools
Board composition checklist
If your board can no longer provide leadership or fresh ideas, or if money is becoming an issue, it…
Flexible Working Hours Agreement Template
Flexibility means different things to different people and organisations. Flexible working hours is…
Policies
Child Protection Policy
Your organisation should have a policy in place to demonstrate your commitment to promoting and…
Child Safety Code of Conduct
This document is a sample code of conduct for employees, volunteers and contractors working with…
Code of Conduct
Having a code of conduct in place ensures that those who represent your organisation have a set of…
Code of Ethics
The ethical climate of an organisation is an essential element in establishing its credibility and…
Conflict of Interest Policy
If your Board is committed to high standards of ethical conduct then it is important that any…
Dispute Resolution Policy
An effective Board is a harmonious Board, but often, disputes or grievances may arise. This policy…
Environmental Sustainability Policy
The earth’s environment is under severe stress from uncontrolled human activity, threatening the…
Family Friendly Policy
Work flexibility ensures that employees are able to balance work and family commitments while…
Governance Policy
Governance in the community sector is concerned with the systems and processes that ensure the…
Grief and Loss Policy
The experience of loss and grief must be appropriately managed. The organisation’s response to loss…
Hybrid Work Policy
Hybrid work is now locked in as the standard for Australians, with a global study suggesting that…
Professional Development Policy
Professional development is integral to personal job satisfaction, workplace productivity, reward,…
