A lot has been written about burnout lately. When I first felt burnout, I didn’t recognize it. I couldn’t name it. I probably called it overworking, or work-related stress, or being a workaholic. I remember the mental stress, and the physical symptoms like...
If you want to be a successful nonprofit leader and fundraiser, you must overcome your fear of asking for a donation and help others overcome their fear. Here are some ways to do that.
How do you start your day? I have an executive coaching client who likes to start her day early. She makes her favorite coffee and savors it while thinking about her day and looking at her calendar. She determines her three most important priorities and works on those...
Happiness is a choice, not a feeling. We can reframe our thinking, and shift from reacting to what happens to us to choosing to feel peaceful and calm.
Before we get too far into 2023, I thought it would be a useful exercise to take a look at what were the most-visited blog posts on SparkNonprofit last year. The results were interesting and humbling. And in one case, a bit surprising.
Coaching conversations can be incredibly powerful. As a leader, you’ll create better employee performance through coaching than through trying to correct failures and disappointments.
Instead of focusing on the gap between what we wanted to achieve last year and where we landed, focus on your gains and your mindset to become happier and grow.
Wishing you a peaceful holiday season.
Savoring can help us counteract our tendency to focus more attention on negative things in our lives than on positive things.
Do you ever feel trapped in perfectionism? Like your work must be perfect, and that perfectionism is something to strive for? Sure, striving to do great work is a good thing. Don’t we all want to do great work? But what if that striving leads you to aim for...