I did a thing! Check out this mini-podcast created by aSweatLife – a digital media company focusing on health and wellness. I’m an ambassador for the company and was a guest on a podcast they started called the Daily Distance which is providing short, quick tips to folks on how to stay productive and healthy …
We’re. All. Busy. How was your week? Busy. What’s your day like? Busy. Although this is a topic for another blog post altogether, I’ve been thinking lately about how we can better define this feeling of constant “busy-ness”. A few words come to mind: overwhelmed, under resourced, disorganized, procrastination, unproductive, overburdened. These words and phrases …
It’s the most wonderful time of year, right? For some, absolutely. For others, it can be a downright miserable time. For most of us, I’d say we’re somewhere in the middle – the holidays are filled with lots of joy, good food and drink, friends and family; but also loads of stress, pressure, difficult memories …
The dreaded employee turnover rate regularly hovers around 25% or even 30% at many nonprofits. A 2019 Nonprofit Standards benchmarking survey found that 60% of nonprofit organizations report that staff retention and recruitment is either a moderate or high challenge for them, particularly those that employ a significant amount of direct service workers. This should …
Employee turnover – let’s change our attitude about it Read More »
Years ago, I was introduced to the term “managerial courage” in a professional development setting and it hit home like no other word or phrase I had heard at work before. It helped me articulate ways in which I wanted (needed) to be a better leader and really gave me the language to identify what …
Short blog post based on recent musings… I’ve been thinking a lot about the expectation of nonprofit employees in the area of advocacy. Or, more accurately, if there is an expectation at all. When we work for nonprofits, we spend 40 hours a week (maybe more like 50 or 60) fighting a cause, raising awareness, …
Burnout – we’ve all heard about it, experienced it, or seen it happen to someone else. The signs can be subtle, or they can be as clear as day: lack of productivity, poor performance, cynicism, disconnection from the work, loss of enjoyment (professionally, at first), feelings of apathy and often physical manifestations of a state …
Can delegation help nonprofit leaders avoid burnout? Read More »
No company or industry can afford high turnover, least of all nonprofits already strapped for cash and resources. What is a proven way to ensure your employees stick around for a while? Give them a well thought out, comprehensive and optimistic orientation and onboarding experience. No employee can feel successful in their jobs without first …
The importance of onboarding – an alternative to the trial by fire approach Read More »
For those of you that don’t know the history, Giving Tuesday is in its sixth year of existence and was started by folks at the 92nd Street Y in New York and the United Nations Foundation to bring people together and celebrate generosity and the giving tradition in America. Situated just after Thanksgiving and two …
The great divide, as it is often thought of in non-profit workplaces, is the disconnect that can exist between employees providing direct service and those working in administrative roles or on a development team. I spent much of my career working in an organization where the program staff were located in the community and the …