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We keep hearing that burnout is at an all-time high, especially within nonprofit organizations, yet changes continue happening and can sometimes add to our stressors in the workplace. That's why today I've invited Mandy Sharp Eizinger to talk about staff well-being and what nonprofit organizations can do to help prevent burnout even in the midst of a change.

In this episode, we talk about shifting the narrative around rest, how staff well-being affects your nonprofit culture and bottom line, and some practical tips on what you can start doing today to prioritize your staff’s well-being.

▶️ Why Well-Being Is The Secret Sauce to Change Management with Mandy Sharp Eizinger

▶️ Key Points:

05:01 The start of Mandy's interest in well-being within the non-profit sector

08:32 Burnout, busyness, well-being, and rest: shifting narratives we’ve been reproducing for decades

15:51 How staff well-being impacts things happening across nonprofits and other organizations

18:10 Simple questions you should ask your staff to increase well-being and productivity 

20:39 8 Tips to improve staff well-being in your organization

Resources from this episode:

Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski’s TED Talk: The cure for burnout (hint: it isn't self-care)

Tricia Hersey’s article: Rest is anything that connects your mind and body

Nonprofit Learning and Development Collective: 

https://www.skillmastersmarket.com/nonprofit-learning-and-development-collective

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Linkedin: Mandy Sharp Eizinger

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Linkedin: Heather Burright

Website: skillmastersmarket.com

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If we are concerned about failure, we likely won't try. And then we will never progress on anything. Avoiding failure isn't the answer. Find the answer in this episode!

This episode is my personal wrestling match with the concept of Rest, which is the first, and I believe the most important, element in the Mental RACE philosophy and method. What does it really mean philosophically, psychologically, physically and in practical behavioural terms? 

With this episode I am starting a new format where I am aiming to consolidate the Mental RACE elements of Rest, Agency, Competence and Engagement. I am also trialing a new format of walk & talk in the nature. Easy walking and nature help me think, so I wanted to try if this then also extends to speaking my thinking out loud - please give feedback what do you think of this format and also just me rambling about a topic! 

Researchers have found that the accelerated pace of modern office life is taking its toll on productivity, employee engagement, creativity and well-being. Faced with a relentless flood of information and distractions, our brains try to process everything at once increasing our stress, decreasing our effectiveness and negatively impacting our performance. 

Ironically, we have become too overworked, unfocused, and busy to stop and ask ourselves the most important question: What can we do to break the cycle of being constantly under pressure, always-on, overloaded with information and in environments filled with distractions? Do we need to accept this as the new workplace reality and continue to survive rather than thrive in modern day work environments?

What if your organisation’s culture could be fuelled by creativity and productivity? It is possible to train the brain to respond differently to today’s constant pressures and distraction?

The secret to dealing with life’s interruptions is incredibly simple: Give each distraction just “one second’s” time, mindfully. Many companies turn to mindfulness to help their workers become more attentive and less distracted.

Today’s guest has worked with a multitude of fortune 500 countries in over 22 countries. He is the founder and managing director of the Potential Project and the focus of today’s show is his wonderful book “One Second Ahead”.

We discuss:

Mindfulness

Selling mindfulness within an organisation

Translating the benefits to business needs

More about Rasmus here:

https://www.potentialproject.com/

His TED Talk here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n_CWAiF5yE

Many critical care practitioners, like workers in other industries, sleep less than recommended amounts, in what is truly an epidemic of poor sleep in our modern industrialised society. The effects of sleep deprivation are serious and visible across all levels of our community. The actual proportion of people who can live on insufficient sleep is extremely low and the first step towards improvement is to recognise when our sleep tank is running on empty. Simple changes in daily habits based on optimizing sleep hygiene can lead to improved wellbeing and are highly likely to lead to profound improvements in physical, mental and emotional health and performance. Sleep quality may well be more important than sleep quantity. Shift work and the scheduling of multiple consecutive daily shifts are a serious impediment and must be considered carefully by our institutional managers. Taking naps is another seemingly simple but logistically challenging method to improve overall sleep. The bravado that sleep is not important needs to be carefully redirected in our hospitals as the health and performance improvements of practitioners seem likely to lead to greater work satisfaction, less burnout, improved teamwork and ultimately improved patient outcomes. Of course if most of us need more sleep, and will benefit from doing so, just imagine what might happen if our patients could get more sleep.