Managing the high maintenance volunteer
Highlights the sort of 'difficult-to-manage' volunteers that can be encountered, and considers ways to manage these as opposed to getting rid of them.
Publisher:
Volunteer Power
Discipline and dismissal
Management & Supervision - Releasing a Volunteer
Short guide that outlines principles involved in 'releasing' a volunteer. Various stages are cited, including exploring options of corrective action and subsequent monitoring.
Publisher:
Volunteer Today
How do you reprimand a volunteer or take issue with their behaviour?
Discusses difficulties with disciplining volunteers and lists types of unwanted behaviour. Outlines stages of disciplinary process, & useful preventative measures
Publisher:
Volunteering Magazine
Firing high maintenance volunteers
Guidance on developing a system for dealing with difficult volunteers via exit strategies. Outlines steps in the investigation, the meeting and the follow up
Publisher:
Volunteer Power
Exit Strategies
Summary sheet that highlights the importance of exhausting other options before letting people go. Also stresses need to follow formal procedures
Publisher:
Wales Council for Voluntary Action
Emergency Exits
Considers whether situations with volunteers have realistically come to an end, or whether other options are available. Highlights what to do if 'exiting'.
Publisher:
Volunteering Magazine
Ask Connie (regular Q&A column in VolunteerToday.com)
2nd paragraph refers to Steve McCurley's five step process for managing difficult volunteers. The advice covers both practical issues and underlying principles.
Publisher:
Volunteer Today
A few pointers on the unpleasant topic of firing volunteers
Advice on what volunteer actions may lead to a disciplinary situation, the procedures that should be in place, and what steps should be taken.
Publisher:
Volunteer Centre
