Is your nonprofit workplace contributing to mental health or mental illness?

Mental health issues don’t occur in a vacuum. Symptoms like depression, anxiety, PTSD and addictions are typically triggered by stressors at home and at work. Whether it be financial pressures, grief and loss, physical illness, relationship struggles, employee conflict, demanding...

Workplace Harassment: What makes nonprofits vulnerable?

Interested in learning more about how to prevent workplace harassment? We partnered with the authors for a free webinar - click here to watch the recording. Is harassment happening in your organization? When we pose this question, most organizations respond...

Effective self-care strategies: How to recharge the right way to avoid burning out

After the strong response to the article about the cult of busyness and the piece we did on the importance of finding flexibility within the 9 - 5 grind, we recognized that there was much more to the story of why...

Creating a sense of balance: Finding flexibility in the nine-to-five workday

You may have seen a not-so-funny meme floating around on social media that says, “I don’t have a 9 to 5. I have a ‘when I open my eyes to when I close my eyes.’” It's true that in today's...

Five reasons introverts make great nonprofit leaders

Interested in learning more on this topic? We partnered with the author for a free webinar on June 9, 2016. Watch the recording here. Before we dig into the reasons why introverts can be excellent nonprofit leaders, let's first make...

The cult of busyness in the nonprofit sector

You know the right answer, don’t you? It used to be that when someone asked “how are you?” people would say “fine” but somewhere over the last few years the usual and expected answer has become “crazy-busy”. It has become...

Should I stay or should I go? Tips for dealing with a difficult boss

A relationship with your boss can be tricky to navigate at the best of times. But what happens when the person you signed up to work for transforms from Jeckyll to Hyde once you’ve settled into your new office? You...

Managing conflict in the workplace: Trust or bust?

Editor's Note: Do you struggle with workplace conflict? We partnered with Eileen Chadnick for a free webinar on April 14, 2016. Click here to watch the full recording. When setting professional goals people rarely put ‘managing conflict’ at the top of...

First impressions matter: The importance of front-line staff

There’s a story about two masons at work. When asked what they were doing, the first mason replied, “I’m laying bricks,” and the second said, “I’m building a cathedral.” Similarly, Kate (not her real name) had two recent encounters with...

Finding your benefits philosophy as a nonprofit organization

Not-for-profit organizations compete for the same talent as other organizations. Therefore, offering competitive employee benefits is a way to attract talent to the sector, but it also has to be done in a way that is realistic for your organization’s...
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