Last week, I was honored to do several workshops hosted by the Fund for Santa Barbara on how nonprofits can link a culture of well being to outcomes based on my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout. The workshop includes a facilitated process based on the "World Cafe" method where participants work in small groups to discuss the challenges in the workplace and how to address them. They capture their discussion by taking notes on the "tablecloths," (in this … [Read more...]
How Nonprofit Professionals Can Manage Workplace Stress Triggers
This week I facilitated a Happy Healthy Nonprofit workshop for nonprofit professionals hosted by CVNL in Marin County. Before focusing on workplace strategies and culture change, participants go through some reflective exercises, including taking the nonprofit burnout assessment, identifying stress triggers and reactions before creating a self-care plan. As a group, I have participants take an online poll, answering the questions, "What are your workplace stress triggers?" As the word … [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 Facilitate Leadership Development In Your Nonprofit As Part of Doing the Work
One of the biggest challenges that many nonprofits face is the finding time and resources for professional development activities. People are so busy doing the work that they don't have time to go off-site to take a class or sign up for an online course. And, when nonprofits budgets are tight, professional development often gets slashed. When there is time for an investment in professional development for younger leaders, there is the added challenge of reaching "distracted learners." While … [Read more...]
What is the best way to deliver professional development to nonprofit emerging leaders?
Note: This guest post was published on the Packard Foundation OE Blog reflects what was learned from designing and delivering leadership development for emerging nonprofit leaders. I am republishing it here with an invitation to join us on April 6 for a webinar with leading talent managers from Acumen, Bridgespan, and The Mission Continues and learn how to embed a culture of learning and leadership within your organization and to visit the new Emerging Leaders Playbook for curated resources … [Read more...]
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