578. Cultivating Wellness + Building Balanced Cultures Within Our Orgs - Marisol Pineda Conde, Kirk Brown, and Maya Enista Smith
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🎧 Replay Alert! Today, we’re bringing you an unforgettable conversation straight from our Impact Up gathering focusing on Pause ⏸️ If you’re looking to gain actionable ideas to enhance your organization’s culture and promote wellness at all levels, this panel is for you 🥳 We gathered leaders and missions we admire who have built cultures of wellness within their nonprofits, and this convo did not disappoint. They shared incredible insights on creating sustainable, supportive workplaces prioritizing staff health and resilience. Tune in!
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Panelists
Kirk Brown, CEO, Handy Inc.
Marisol Pineda Conde, Deputy Director, The Teaching Well
Maya Smith, President, Thoughtful Human
“We’re on a mission to build cultures that we don’t have to heal from”
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Episode Highlights
Prioritizing staff well-being at Handy, Inc. (14:30)
Investing in staff wellness (17:35)
Creating wellness practics that are inclusive + responsive (22:50)
Balancing immediate needs with playing the long game (25:50)
How to create buy-in around wellness-oriented cultures (30:30)
One Good Thing: (34:25)
Maya: Take a moment, ground yourself and take a breath.
Kirk: See value in people, even when the data says they're failing.
Marisol: Beat ourselves to kindness.
Powerful Quotes
"We're on a mission to build cultures that we don't have to heal from." -Marisol
Beating your team to kindness tells them that you're considering them as a person." -Kirk
"Be okay being kind, because society somehow has been giving people a lot of points for not being kind." -Kirk
“Be okay being kind in conflict and chaos.” -Kirk
"I don't care how we scored a touchdown, I want to see who picks up the fumble, how they pick up the fumble, and what they say after they pick up the fumbled ball.” -Kirk
"It's really in the everyday practice. It's in the every-hour practice. It's in the every-moment practice where we can think about, are we structuring agendas to include breaks, or are we not? Because that's an intentional decision we're making, and we're either saying wellness is welcome here, or we're sending a different message." -Marisol
"Pause for me in this moment really looks like walking away from my computer so often I'm engaging in digital formats. And so it's literally walking outside and allowing the sun to kiss my face and just allowing a moment." -Marisol
"It makes it easier to come back to the computer when you see the worth in what you do." -Kirk
"It's really ensuring that we're not walking away with more to-do's and that we can get things done in the space. And again, it's those orientations, those small decisions. It's centering where we have an agency to say our wellness is welcome here, and that's the part of living." -Marisol
"As leaders in our sector, we have to take the risk to add value to our teams in rooms that they're not in." -Kirk
"See value in people, even when the data says they're failing." - Kirk
"How are we practicing and playing with different structures?" -Maya
"You listen, practice, encourage, repeat." -Maya
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