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The Strategic Imperative of Well-Being: A Guide for Organizational Success

NonProfit Leadership Center

At the organizational level, well-being extends beyond the health and happiness of an individual to the collective state of all individuals within the organization, influenced by the work environment and culture. In organizational psychology, culture has three key elements: practices, values, and underlying assumptions.

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Pro-Black Organizations Lead the Way for Workplace Mental Health and Wellbeing

NonProfit Quarterly

Even the American Psychological Association acknowledges the country is “facing a national mental health crisis that could yield serious health and social consequences for years to come.” 2 Stress-induced physical ailments, such as headaches and fatigue, are commonplace and disrupt daily tasks.

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A Modern Nonprofit Podcast: Trauma & Mental Health in the Workplace

The Charity CFO

In our society today, mental health is a rising issue and a topic not covered enough. Many deal with mental health concerns, but feel as if they have no one to talk to, or a lack of understanding of the help that is available to them. The hardships of those Dimple was helping, also created hardships in her own life as well.

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Prioritize Your Mental Health: How To Address Concerns Affecting You And Your Work

Fundraising Leadership

Nor is one “mental health day” on a calendar of hundreds of stress-filled workdays going to make it all better. Fewer women say they get adequate mental health support from their employers, and several factors point to persistent workplace mental health stigma.” A bubble bath is not going to fix much.

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Beyond Karen: White Woman Archetypes in the Third Sector

NonProfit Quarterly

13 A Brief History of Archetypes Carl Jung is considered the father of archetypal psychology. The health consequences of coping with racism-related stress are real and life-shortening. While this article is focused on the workplace, I point to these health outcomes to emphasize how the body gets implicated by racism- related stress.

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The M Factor: How Motherhood & Work Is Changing—Or Not

Fundraising Leadership

greatresignation ” Because of COVID, “Women had more mental health issues and impacts on their jobs,” says Lisa Dinella, professor of psychology and Director of the Gender and Intersectionality Studies at Monmouth University and Principal Investigator of the Gender Development Laboratory.

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Beyond efficiency: A human-first AI adoption strategy

Candid

If staff interact more with AI tools than with one another to complete tasks, it reduces the well-documented benefits of informal conversations of building an effective workplace culture, onboarding new staff, and improving staff retention. Putting humans first There is an alternative approach: a human-first AI adoption strategy.