I recently joined the advisory board of the Leadership Learning Community. Last week, we had a board retreat to dive into identifying core results as part of results-based accountability work, facilitated by an excellent outside consultant. Board retreats, day long meetings, can be potentially be deadly -- sitting most of the time and hearing a parade of reports. However, this was far from it. Not only was the work on trying to figure out outcomes (and the measures) stimulating, we also … [Read more...]
A Simple Practice to Shift from Scarcity to Abundance: One-Sentence Journal
The November Nonprofit Blog Carnival theme is how can nonprofits move from a scarcity mindset to an abundance mindset. Yesterday, I wrote a post thinking about how this relates to self-care from an organizational culture perspective. But from an individual perspective, it is about creating a new "good" habit around self-care and starting with some small steps or what BJ Fogg calls "Tiny Habits." So, I decided to sign up and give it a try with a tiny habit I have been wanting to establish. I … [Read more...]
How Can Nonprofits Switch From Scarcity to Abundance Mindsets When It Comes To Self-Care?
The November Nonprofit Blog Carnival is about the theme of how nonprofits can move from a scarcity mindset to an abundance mindset. I've been thinking a lot about scarcity and abundance mindsets lately because the first chapter of the Happy, Healthy Nonprofit: Impact without Burnout book I'm writing with Aliza Sherman asks this question: "Why do people who work for nonprofits not practice self-care and burnout?" The scarcity mindset exists when it comes to self-care because there is a lack … [Read more...]
How One Nonprofit Senior Staff Uses Walks and Talks
Meet Karen Bloom who is Chief Advancement Officer for Project Kesher, an organization that trains women to become change-makers across 9 time zones, with leadership programs that are based on Jewish identity building and social activism. She is a nonprofit senior staffer who knows the value of walking at work. Karen not only talks the talk, but she walks the talk. (Bad pun, I know) I was introduced to Karen Bloom through Barbara Glickstein , a colleague who is connected with me on Facebook. … [Read more...]
Meet Dr. James A. Levine: The 1st "You can walk and work!"Evangelist
On my 12 hour plane ride back from Ukraine, I read Dr. James A. Levine's book "Get Up: Why Your Chair Is Killing You and What You Can Do About It." (Yes, I see the irony) He is the Co-Director of the Mayo Clinic/Arizona State University Solutions Initiative and the inventor of the treadmill desk. He has published more than 100 scientific papers and worked on dozens of corporate programs to bring movement into work. He is also the reason why Apple created the health app that tracks your … [Read more...]
