Take Your Nonprofit from Stressed to Strategic

As a nonprofit leader, stress and feeling stretched thin can seem like an unavoidable part of your job description.

Nonprofits are dealing with a number of external factors beyond the organization’s control—from global pandemics and inflation to individual funder and board member preferences, technology advancements, and policy changes.

While external factors like these can contribute to feeling stressed—especially for folks in nonprofit leadership positions—the top causes of workplace stress can actually be internal factors that are within an organization's control.

Excessive workload, lack of control or support, interpersonal challenges with leaders and peers, and insufficient training are leading causes of workplace stress, which in turn causes decreased employee engagement, more missed days of work, and lower productivity.

In the nonprofit sector, this translates into less of an impact, fewer dollars raised, and increased employee turnover.

The good news for nonprofit leaders is that it is possible to improve these internal factors.

In my latest guest post for Capterra, I share four key practices that can help nonprofit leaders gain back time and go from stressed to strategic.

You can check out the full article here: 4 Practices to Take Your Nonprofit From Stressed to Strategic.