Note from Beth: I recently facilitated a Happy Healthy Nonprofit workshop on bringing a culture of wellbeing into the nonprofit workplace. We discussed the importance of leadership modeling and supporting a culture of wellbeing. My colleague, Laura Norvig, who works for ETR, a behavioral health non-profit devoted to providing science-based programs and services for youth and families, shared some great examples about how their nonprofit's CEO, Vignetta Charles, PHd, has helped shift the … [Read more...]
How Much Is Nonprofit Workplace Stress Self-Inflicted?
Last week I facilitated a workshop on the Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Linking Nonprofit High Performance to Wellbeing in Santa Cruz hosted by the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County. Part of the workshop included an assessment and reflection about the causes of stress in the nonprofit workplace. I had participants use an online polling app to type in their answers and the combined responses generate a word cloud. The word "Perfectionism" was the most frequent response. It made me wonder … [Read more...]
How To Focus When You Work in An Open Office Space
In the Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout, my co-author Aliza Sherman and I share a framework to think more broadly about creating a culture of wellbeing in the workplace. It includes our relationship with our physical environment and in the workplace that refers to the nonprofit's physical office space. When nonprofits invest in creating physical spaces that inspire employees to show up for work, staff is more engaged, productive, happy, and healthy. There are … [Read more...]
A Simple Tip for A Good Night's Sleep: Use An Alarm Clock
During our book tour for the Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout, we routinely got asked the question, what one self-care habit should we focus on to get started? We respond with: Get enough sleep. As Arianna Huffington points out in her book, Sleep Revolution, and in this recent interview, getting enough sleep and less stress leads to better workplace performance. This healthy habit sets the stage for you to incorporate other self-care routines that we … [Read more...]
One Simple Tip To Shift Your Nonprofit's Workplace Culture from Outrage to Well Being
We've just finished two weeks on the road of book events for my new book, Happy Healthy Nonprofit, co-authored with Aliza Sherman. During many of the Q/A sessions, we heard from many nonprofit professionals who were feeling impact of a perpetual cycle of outrage. The thing is it has only been a few weeks and the environment nonprofits find themselves operating in is going to last for a while. Nonprofits have carefully think about how best to channel their energy while working and living in … [Read more...]
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