510. 9 Nonprofit Trends That Matter in 2024: Our sector needs whole leaders. - Jon McCoy, Becky Endicott, and Sonya Perez-Lauterbach

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2024 Nonprofit Trends That Matter
This episode is part of our 2024 Nonprofit Trends That Matter Series.

Overview

We’re at the halfway point of the 9️⃣ Nonprofit Trends that Matter in 2024 Series - welcome back! This week, we’re talking all about how our sector needs whole leaders. It's all too common to sacrifice our well-being in the name of "the greater good," often without realizing the toll it takes on ourselves and our teams. Special guest, Sonya Perez-Lauterbach, founder of Atlas Leadership, is sharing how to create new ways of being and serving with resilience, clarity, and joy. This conversation is for everyone because everyone can be a leader. Let's arm ourselves with strategies to sidestep unproductive behaviors that fuel stress and fear💪

💡Learn in this series

Trends that’ll grow and elevate your mission
Pro tips for success
Case studies of who's already doing it well in the sector (because let's replicate what's working!💪)
Ways to infuse joy into your work 😊

“One of the things that we can do is invest in and have places in our life where we can just be. Where we aren’t performing and producing.”

— Sonya Perez-Lauterbach, Founder, Atlas Leadership

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Episode Highlights

Tonesetting (1:00)
Who’s Doing it Well? (7:05)
Reflections from the We Are For Good Community (8:55)
What being a whole leader looks like to Sonya (16:15)
Core strategies to build sustainability in our work and lives (5:50)
Questions to ask yourself to move toward being a whole leader (23:05)
How to navigate change with more resilience, clarity and joy (25:15)
How to support team members (30:40)
Hallmarks of a workplace where employees can embody whole leadership (34:05)
Sonya’s One Good Thing: Change is possible. (39:10)
How to connect with Sonya (40:05)

Impactful Quotes

“I want people to feel held in this conversation with energy that things can be different.” -Sonya

“This takes intentionality. The cool part about this trend is that we don’t have to get permission from other people.” -Sonya

“We get so tied into the work that we forget that this is an area that we have control over. We can take agency for how we show up as leaders.” -Sonya

“One of the things that we can do is invest in and have places in our life where we can just be. Where we aren’t performing and producing.” -Sonya

“We can build nurturing habits.” -Sonya

“Take action on your own internal development because it has a huge impact on the world.” -Sonya