Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout
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Beth Kanter discusses strategies for preventing burnout in nonprofit professionals and organizations. She explains that burnout is caused by feeling overwhelmed with too many demands and too little recovery time. Kanter advocates for implementing self-care plans that incorporate habits across five spheres of living: protecting sleep, standing more at work, walking, scheduling quiet time, and taking real vacations. She argues that moving from individual self-care to a culture of "WE-Care" through leadership, employee engagement, and intentional focus on culture change can help nonprofits thrive without burnout.
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- 1. The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact Without Burnout Beth Kanter, Master Trainer, Speaker, Author November, 2017
- 2. @kanter www.bethkanter.org Beth Kanter: Master Trainer, Speaker, Author and Nonprofit Thought Leader
- 3. Poll What is your nonprofit’s experience with wellbeing in the workplace? Not discussed Employees are encouraged to do it on their own There are periodic activities for wellness or wellbeing Our nonprofit has a strategy/plan/policy for a comprehensive program
- 4. • Nonprofit Professionals • Understanding Burnout and Self-‐Care • Nonprofit Organizations • Nonprofit Case Studies What I’m going to talk about ….. http://bethkanter.wikispaces.com/michigan
- 5. Beth 399 Beth’s Story: Why A Book on Self-‐Care Healthy Range >150 Test Results
- 6. Too Much of This …
- 7. Too Much of That
- 8. A Little Bit of That
- 9. Way Too Much of This …. Working nights and weekends Sleep deprivation No vacation or down time
- 10. Triglycerides: Test Results 150
- 11. Where do you find the time in your work day?
- 13. Allen Kwabena Frompong Black Lives Matter NYC
- 14. Why is burnout so common in the nonprofit sector?
- 15. Burnout is a state of emotional, mental, and physical exhaustion that occurs when we feel overwhelmed by too many demands, too few resources, and too little recovery time.
- 16. The Symptoms of Burnout Emotional Exhaustion Cynicism Detachment Fatigue Loss of enjoyment Insomnia Pessimism Forgetfulness Impaired concentration Isolation Detachment Increased illness Loss of appetite Lack of Accomplishment Anxiety Apathy Hopelessness Depression Increased irritability Anger Lack of productivity Poor performance And burnout is sneaky!
- 17. The 4 Stages of Burnout Passion Driven Passion Waning Passion Challenged Passion Depleted The Nonprofit Burnout Assessment
- 18. What’s Your Personal Chaos Index?
- 19. Share Pair What is your stress trigger?
- 20. What is Self-‐Care? Self-‐Care is about revitalization. It includes any deliberate and consistent habits you create to enhance your overall well being.
- 21. 5 Spheres of Happy Healthy Living
- 23. Stand Up at Work Beverly Trayner-‐Wenger Walking As Work Resources http://bethkanter.wikispaces.com/walk
- 24. Walk More
- 26. Take Real Vacations Project Time Off: Taking vacation time results in greater success at work
- 28. Write A Self-Care Plan
- 29. • What is one self-‐care habit you want to build into your self-‐ care plan? Mindful Moment
- 30. From Self-Care to WE-Care ● Leadership ● Employee Engagement ● Culture Change ● Programs and Activities ● Nudges and Cues ● Policies, Strategy
- 33. Engage Staff in Conversation About Wellbeing 1: Functioning Do people have what they need to do their job? 2: Feelings Do people feel appreciated and respected? 3: Friendship Do people feel connected to one another? 4: Forward Do people feel like they have opportunities for growth? 5: Fulfillment Do people feel like they are inspired and working towards a higher purpose? Laura Putnam – 5 F’s Framework
- 34. Crisis Response Network Employee Engagement
- 37. Intentional Focus on Culture Change
- 41. Listening and Engaging Employees • Twice daily all staff walk or movement • Started with listening and engaging with employees • Wellness coaching and experiment 10 years ago • Now part of culture
- 42. Summary • Self-‐care is not just about kale smoothies and massages, it is part of doing the work • Burnout is sneaky, understand if you are depleting your passion for fundraising without refueling • Self-‐care is intentional habit change • Well being into the workplace is all about culture change, leadership, and employee engagement. It doesn’t have to be expensive • Pick one small self-‐care habit that you can create and build into your life today and courage others in your organization to do the same!
- 43. Thank you! www.bethkanter.org The Happy Healthy Nonprofit http://bit.ly/happyhealthynpbook