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It’s Not You: The Impact of Nonprofit Systems on Leader Well-Being

June 24th at 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

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The role of leaders in a non-profit organization is uniquely challenging, and it is taking its toll – both on the well-being of those currently in these roles, and on the capacity of the sector to invite new leaders to step in. There are systems at play, and leaders are paying the price:

  • The exhaustion of never having enough admin support because of the ‘overhead myth’
  • Corporate-colonial governance structures that lose sight of purpose
  • The constant expectations of funders
  • The challenges faced by racialized and Indigenous leaders when organizations prioritize representation without addressing underlying inequities, racism, and power dynamics
  • The stress of either staff unionization and/or employer/corporate -framed human resource systems and the “us vs. them” thinking this creates
  • The chill of lobbying and advocacy laws that keep us from getting at core causes.


This webinar will explore those systems and offer practical tools for you to apply to support your well-being, as well as highlight sector changes needed to reset the cycle of exploiting non-profits and their leaders to meet the world’s most challenging needs.