Beth Kanter discusses strategies for creating a healthy, sustainable work culture in nonprofits to prevent burnout. She argues that a people-focused approach that promotes self-care, work-life balance, effective communication and replenishment can lead to greater impact and better results. Kanter advocates scaling a culture of mindfulness in the workplace through practices such as walking meetings, limiting technology distractions, sufficient sleep and sharing personal wellness stories. The goal is to transform outdated work ethics and create thriving organizations.
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Healthy Happy Nonprofit: Impact with Burnout
1. The
Healthy,
Happy
Nonprofit:
Strategies
for
Impact
Without
Burnout
Beth
Kanter
Blogger,
Author,
and
Master
Trainer
Alliance
of
Nonprofit
Management
Conference
–
October,
2015
2. Beth
Kanter:
Master
Trainer,
Author,
Speaker
and
Blogger
@kanter
15. • What
if
nonprofits
took
a
more
people-‐focused
approach
to
how
they
do
their
work
and
created
a
culture
of
replenishment
and
abundance?
• What
if
nonprofit
staff
believed
that
taking
care
of
themselves
would
help
their
organizaMons
achieve
greater
impact?
• What
if
nonprofit
leaders
believed
that
the
healthy,
happy
way
of
working
leads
to
beNer
results
and
deliberately
modeled
that
behavior
every
day?
16. Healthy,
Happy
Nonprofit
Hard
Skills
Management
Financial
Systems
Strategic
Planning
Program
Plans
Fundraising
MarkeSng
EvaluaSon
Sustainability
SoV
Skills
Self-‐Care
Energy
replenishment
and
management
Managing
technology
and
informaMon
overload
EffecMve
team
work
habits
and
communicaMon
ReflecMon
and
learning
Scaling
A
Healthy
and
Happy
Culture
Mindful
Leadership
18. Beth
399
My
Self-‐Care
Story
Healthy
Range
>150
Triglycerides:
Test
Results