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Talent is key to making social change happen, yet it is widely understood that the nonprofit sector burns people out. What are the problems? Social sector employees are running on a hamster wheel, underresourced and stressed by the stakes for humanity if efforts fail. This newsletter highlights visionary leadership in the immigration movement with Cyndi Suarez’s latest podcast on women of color in leadership with Greisa Martínez Rosas of United We Dream, who is actively creating joy in the movement. We look at how burnout operates in the nonprofit sector, especially for leaders of color, and specifically in an environment of white backlash to racial justice. Lastly, some tips from creative directors on what it takes to manage “creatives.”
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Greisa Martínez Rosas, executive director of United We Dream, talks with Cyndi Suarez. “Ensuring that our systems and our programs and our strategies create space for joy and mental health and wellness is going to be especially important in the coming years,” she says. “Taking time for taking a beat and a breath for joy…it’s part of the magic sauce at United We Dream.” Listen and read…
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Burnout is endemic to the nonprofit sector, especially in human services-centered organizations. Nonprofit executives in particular face a high risk of burning out, and this is even more true for leaders of color. Read…
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Unlike the vaunted conversations about leading organizations toward racial equity, white backlash—the hostile reactions of white people to that very possibility—often goes unnamed. So does its human impact: racial burnout. Read…
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When the job is to conjure the next brilliant idea out of thin air, against deadline, via a combination of inspiration, hard work, experience, intuition, and confidence, getting the best work out of creative people on a consistent and efficient basis can be tricky business. Read…
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