Leadership thinks donor retention is a fundraising problem. It’s not. It’s a leadership problem. And confusing the two is costing your organization […]

A quick note before we start: this is the third piece in a series. The first two — Well-Being Theatre and The […]

This piece is the second in a series. The first, Well-Being Theatre, made the case that the sector’s language around rest and […]

The nonprofit sector has become very good at talking about burnout.

It has been far less willing to stop causing it.

Over the past several years, the nonprofit sector has become remarkably articulate about burnout. Conference sessions on sustainable pace. Leadership retreats devoted to wellbeing. Instagram graphics about empty cups. Earnest staff emails about rest.

The language is sophisticated. The tone is compassionate. The graphics are beautiful.

And yet, for a sector that talks about rest constantly, it has proven remarkably unwilling to build organizations where rest is structurally possible.

Ghosting generosity makes me want to scream Let’s talk about a quiet, corrosive failure that’s bleeding potential from the nonprofit sector: You […]