About this episode

Kim discusses strategies for leading change in nonprofits while maintaining team cohesion and morale.

Episode 101 — Leading Change Without Losing Your Team One in four nonprofit CEOs now say burnout is significantly impacting their staff, up from just seventeen percent the year before, and thirty percent of nonprofits have reduced staff in the past year alone. Kim shares the one time a deficit forced her into downsizing, and the fear that came with it: would the team that stayed feel like they were next? She breaks down three strategies that turned a painful season into one that brought her team closer together instead of splintering it, and improved both retention and outcomes.

People in this episode

Host: Kim Williams

Topics covered

• leadership
• change management
• team dynamics
• nonprofit sector
• employee retention

Keywords

• burnout
• downsizing
• staff retention
• team building
• leadership strategies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: nonprofit, nonprofits

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