People, Culture & Volunteers
Structure says who does what; this module helps you find, support and keep the people who do it. Plan the mix of staff, contractors and volunteers, recruit fairly, start people well, help them grow, look after wellbeing and let people leave without losing what they know.
Part of Course 2 · Organise · US$29, or all five courses for US$109.
You create: People Plan
10 lessons and reviews · about 3.3 hours including exercises.
Every lesson has a short video, the written explanation with examples, a guided exercise that saves into your organisation pack, and a sheet in the People, Culture & Volunteers workbook.
Begin this module →Your lesson sequence
- 4.1Workforce planning
- 4.2Recruitment and fair selection
- 4.3Contracts and terms
- 4.4Onboarding
- 4.5Check-ins, performance and development
- 4.6Pay, careers and recognition
- 4.7Culture, wellbeing and inclusion
- 4.8Volunteers and community contributors
- 4.9Offboarding, handover and continuity
- 4.10Your People Plan
People, Culture & Volunteers workbook
Module-04-People-Culture-Volunteers.xlsx · included with the course. Sheets: Workforce plan, Recruitment, Contracts checklist, Hires, Steps, People, Check-ins, Goals, Pay and careers, Culture, Volunteers, Offboarding.
Sheets named after a tool use that tool’s columns, so the workbook can be imported into the Impact Tools without retyping. The file is being prepared and will be available to course purchasers.
Tools for this module
Each tool is the live version of work you draft in this module. They are optional; the course and its Excel workbook are complete on their own.
- Onboarding & Staff Compliance — Create role-based onboarding plans, guide a first-week buddy and track training, policy acknowledgements and renewals. Lessons 4.4
- People Check-Ins & Development — Prepare check-ins, agree mutual commitments and revisit objectives and development goals. Lessons 4.5