When I facilitate staff retreats or workshop on wellbeing in the workplace based on the Happy Healthy Nonprofit, we do some reflective exercises, including taking the nonprofit burnout assessment, identifying stress triggers and reactions before creating a self-care plan and addressing cultural norms.. As a group, I have participants take an online poll or do an exercise with sticky notes, answering the questions, "What are your workplace stress triggers?" As the word cloud is created, we … [Read more...]
WEB Network: The Well-Being and Equity Bridging Network
I have been working on an exciting project along with dream team of network thinkers and people who are excited about the idea of how collective action drives health in our communities. I want to share it with you. The network is called "WEB" which stands for The Well-Being and Equity Bridging (WEB) Network. The network is in the early stages of formation and being faciltiated by the Leadership Learning Community, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The WEB Network are a group … [Read more...]
Burnout, Resilience and Nonprofits: The Latest Research, Trend, and Insights
My book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit, was published a month before the presidential election. In the wake of some of the most stressful times for nonprofits and activists that I work with, many are seeking out ways to reduce burnout, practice self-care and build empathetic relationships and supportive policies in the workplace. Here’s what to watch in 2019: Building a culture of wellbeing in the nonprofit workplace is more popular than ever: Organizational culture has become your nonprofit’s … [Read more...]
3 New Year's Rituals for Nonprofit Professionals to Build Resilience
I wish you a very happy and healthy 2019! I had a great holiday break, although unfortunately I got sick. And while illness isn't the most energizing start of a new year, I kept replaying the words from the ballon song in the new Mary Poppins movie, "there is no place to go but up." Rituals are intentional small, tangible acts done routinely and carry meaning. Rituals have been performed for centuries and are an important part of human history. Rituals can also be used by professionals to … [Read more...]
The Nonprofit Book We've Been Waiting Four Years To Read Is Finally Here: New Power
Back in November, 2014, Henry Timms and Jeremy Heimans published an article about “New Power” in the Harvard Business Review that caught my eye. The concepts around connectivity and leadership were synergistic with the concept of networked leadership that Allison Fine and I wrote about in the Networked Nonprofit, published in several years before. The article caught fire - not only in nonprofit and philanthropy circles - but also business, government, and beyond. Today, after several years of … [Read more...]
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