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Equal Work, Equal Pay Lawsuit Could Change The Entire Landscape Of Musician Individual Agreements

Wednesday, December 12th, 2018Friday, July 6th, 2018 by Drew McManus

For far too long, orchestras have relied on a combination of hierarchical tradition and path of least resistance to arrive at terms for musician individual agreements. Unfortunately, this is exactly the sort of environment that leads to cronyism, discrimination, and resentment. I like to call it the garbage in, garbage out method of negotiating individual agreements. I strongly recommend everyone take the time to begin reading up on a recent bombshell …

#TBT Work Loves Me…Work Loves Me Not

Thursday, July 5th, 2018 by Drew McManus

In 2016, 523 nonprofit professional orchestra employees took part in a survey design to learn more about how and why they decided to change jobs. The end result produced one of the more enlightening series of articles over Adaptistration’s history. All things being equal, I’d love to revisit the topic with an updated survey in 2019, until then here are the articles from 2016: How And Why Orchestra Managers Change Jobs …

Have You Considered On-Site Professional Development?

Monday, June 18th, 2018 by Drew McManus

I’m off to Palm Beach, FL for three days of on-site client work at The Society of the Four Arts and Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens. While I love the benefits reliable teleconferencing deliver vis-a-vis improving direct client support and reducing the necessity for on-site work, there’s always something special about being able to work alongside the professionals you’re serving. If you’ve never considered the value of bringing one of your key …

Commentary: It’s Time To Begin Clawing Back Compensation

Wednesday, February 28th, 2018 by Drew McManus

The 2/13/18 edition of the Indianapolis Business Journal has an article by Lindsey Erdody following up on an issue at the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (ISO) involving a former principal musician’s lawsuit that alleged age discrimination and harassment. We examined that issue in March of 21017 when the news broke and according to the IBJ article, the ISO has settled with the musician and while the terms are undisclosed, we do know …

Some Thoughts On Positive Change In The Wake Of the #MeToo Movement?

Tuesday, February 13th, 2018 by Drew McManus

Vu Le posted an intriguing article at NonprofitAF that provides some straightforward suggestions for what organizations can do and the nonprofit field as a whole should consider. We must examine power dynamics in the perpetuation of sexual harassment. We must create an environment that is safe for our staff, volunteers, and community members. Board members must understand their roles. We must be willing to lose donors, even major ones, who are …