Another interesting insight below on a potential priority for the volunteer management profession, by looking at articles on HR and doing ‘find and replace’ with VM.

These adapted HR quotes suggest that VM needs to understand the organisation, in order for the organisation to understand VM.

Steve Wing (Director at Strategic Dimensions).

…The one thing you don’t tend to get in a VM career, unless there is a seat at the table, is a real feel for the organisation. VM people have to take the initiative to understand the organisation.

Valarie Hughes D’Aeth (HR Director at Amey)

…People see VM as an admin function, or the one with the rulebook. We have that perception to overcome in attracting people. VM needs to become less VM-focused in its teaching. It should be about understanding the organisation first – how we can use VM to support the organisation. At the moment the professional body comes at it the wrong way: here are lots of VM best practices to put into the organisation. We need to turn that on its head.