The COVID-19 pandemic has substantially altered the working arrangements for many organizations worldwide. With the pandemic, almost every industry has had to adapt to the new normal, particularly in managing staff. With this new normal, it was reported that in July 2020, most of the nonprofits had at least 75% of their workforce working from home and 61% of the nonprofits reported in September the same year that their staff were working remotely.

In most cases and in many cultures, boards of directors are the key representative of the stakeholders within organizations. They help them validate their financial results, protect assets, counsel the leadership on the strategy, find leaders, and hire new staff. Furthermore, they steer the organization towards a brighter, sustainable future by developing sound and ethical governance and financial management policies. For nonprofits, they ensure that there are adequate resources for advancing their mission. With all these roles, boards of directors have demanding responsibility that requires them to learn more about the organization and their operations so that they can advise the executives and know the company's mission and vision and how they can be achieved.

Employee retention is the greatest challenge to nonprofits. In a sector where everything revolves around volunteers and donations, there is concern about costs, which raises the problem of high employee turnover. A 2019 report by Bloomerang titled State of the Nonprofit Workplace indicated that nonprofits’ turnover rate is 19% on average. With the challenges stemming from high employee turnover in nonprofits, a flexible working arrangement can help you get more from your staff. Additionally, meeting the challenges caused by high turnover require efforts from many fronts, including investment in leadership capacity, changing reward structure and expanding recruiting horizons to attract more talent. Here are a few ways to help you get the most from your employees.