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Define the failure points of the previous volunteers. Come up with a set of KPI's (key performance indicators) that a volunteer you would deem as successful, wo
by kidgorgeous 4y ago
Define the failure points of the previous volunteers. Come up with a set of KPI's (key performance indicators) that a volunteer you would deem as successful, would hit after a month's work. Try her out for a solid month and evaluate her KPI's. you can figure out the rest
- version_five 4y agoI don't really like the KPI angle, but overall I agree. Impress on her that free or not, your going to treat it as a job, and that (in whatever diplomatic terms you want) if she doesn't contribute as agreed she's fired, paid or not. I've had a similar problem, and I was hesitant to be to hard on the unpaid person, because he wasn't paid. Like your case, this was not a question of trying to get cheap labor, he wasn't doing me a favor, but still somehow it feels like there's less leverage without a real pay cheque, and it makes it harder to take a hard stance, but imo that's how it needs to be managed.
- krupskis 4y agoThanks for sharing. It indeed feels odd to be hard on people that volunteer. I tried going with an approach of total freedom and let's collaborate to deliver something, but that didn't really work out. I will try to think about how I can incorporate accountability into by setting deliverablers. Cheers to both of you.