513. Cultivating Wellness in Leadership: How The Teaching Well's Approach Revolutionizes Nonprofit Work Environments - Lindsey Fuller

We Are For Good Podcast - The Podcast for Nonprofits

Chapters
0:01
Whole Leadership and Nonprofit Wellness
10:38
Human Centered Leadership and Policies
20:02
Creating a Healthy Workplace Culture
29:39
Challenges in Nonprofit Hiring Processes
38:58
Philanthropic Partnership and Organizational Healing
We Are For Good Podcast - The Podcast for Nonprofits
513. Cultivating Wellness in Leadership: How The Teaching Well's Approach Revolutionizes Nonprofit Work Environments - Lindsey Fuller
Feb 26, 2024 Season 9
We Are For Good

Meet Lindsey. She’s the Executive Director of The Teaching Well, a nonprofit wellness collective of educators, education leaders and healers. She’s unraveling the intricacies of creating a culture that priotizes wellness in the nonprofit sector. You won’t want to miss her perspective on whole leadership, which emphasizes the need for environments that employees don't have to recover from, and how individual health can initiate systemic healing. Tune in to get your game plan to foster a nurturing workplace🌱


Today’s Guest
Lindsey Fuller, Executive Director, The Teaching Well


Episode Highlights

  • Nonprofit stabilization program (6:30)
  • Human-centered approach to leadership (13:00)
  • Human-centered policies to put in practice today (18:00)
  • The differences between supervising and coaching (26:00)
  • Retention is an inside job (30:00)
  • Hiring profiles (32:00)
  • Professional authenticity (36:00)
  • Pre-HR interventions (38:00)
  • A powerful moment of philanthropy in Lindsey’s life (42:00)
  • Lindsey’s One Good Thing: The organization that you want, you have to be a part of building it. (48:00)


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