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Administration Muck

March 3, 2009

I’ve been working on administrative tasks on overdrive lately. Seems like for months. Now that I think about it, it seems like I’ve already posted about this. Hmm…

I had great plans to get it done by the end of 2008. Now I’m hoping to get it done…well just get it done.

My goal is to keep it simple and easy. Recently, a successful businessman in a learning community I’m in said he had a couple of rules: “Don’t lie. Don’t steal. That’s all you really need. Everything else will work out.” As his company grew– he now has hundreds of employees– he had someone come in to do the official HR manual with all the leave request mumbo jumbo for him. I like this plan.

I wish I could afford to have someone come in to do the mumbo jumbo part for me. But I research and borrow, adapt and type to create comprehensive policies while maintaining flexibility while ensuring our risk is covered.

This is why they encourage folks to do good…without making it into a organization, business or institution. Too many distractions here. Perhaps I’ll get to poke my head out soon!

Filed Under: Management, Nonprofits Tagged With: human resources, paperwork, social benefit org, time, work

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I’m blogging about leadership, learning, and life from the Kingdom of eSwatini. Reflecting from my cross-cultural work in Christian higher education at African Christian College and entrepreneurial efforts like UKWAZI Makadamia and the Locavore Farmers Market.

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