By Beth Kanter & Joan Garry Leading with empathy is one of the most effective ways to avoid burnout at your nonprofit. Joan Garry and I had the joy of collaborating on this article together based on a conversation we had recently. [Click here to learn more about Joan’s Nonprofit Leadership Lab or check out my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Impact without Burnout] Over our years as thought leaders in the field of nonprofit leadership and well-being, and as a nonprofit leadership … [Read more...]
Creating a Fair and Supportive Work Environment: A Conversation with Joan Garry
In the nonprofit sector, cultivating a fair and supportive work environment is essential to ensuring the well-being of employees and fostering the success of the organization. I had a wonderful conversation with nonprofit expert and founder of the Nonprofit Leadership Lab, Joan Garry, to discuss the importance of fairness, mental health, and wellness in the workplace. Read on as we explore the concept of an environment of fairness, the impact of the pandemic on workplace culture, and the need … [Read more...]
Using smart tech to reimagine nonprofit work
AI and other smart tech can make work culture more human, but only if you know how the tech works and focus on using it to do what it does best (answer rote questions online) and allow people to do what we do best (e.g. strengthen relationships, tell stories, empathize with others.) Here is an article on the Candid blog that I wrote with the brilliant Allison Fine on how to use smart tech to create more work-life balance for all. The article shares a few themes from our forthcoming book, … [Read more...]
5 Tips To Create a Happy, Healthy Nonprofit Hybrid Workplace
When I wrote the "Happy Healthy Nonprofit," in-person workplaces were the norm and the book looked at ways to activate a culture of wellbeing in the nonprofit workplace. Over the last 18 months, I've adapted a lot of the best practices for remote work. While vaccines have given us hope, with the Delta variant, COVID is still top of mind. Returning to the workplace likely won’t be everyone in-person, in the office, all at once side-by-side. Some of us will continue to work remotely (all … [Read more...]
The Surprising Secret to Improving Employee Engagement
Note from Beth: In my own work on activating a culture of wellbeing, employee engagement is a key component to success. My colleagues, Maddie Grant and Jamie Notter, have just published a new book, "The Non-Obvious Guide to Employee Engagement (For Millennials, Boomers, and Everyone Else) which provides a wealth of practical information and strategies. The Surprising Secret to Improving Employee Engagement - Guest Post by Maddie Grant & Jamie Notter For nearly two decades, the Gallup … [Read more...]
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