{"id":362900,"date":"2026-08-02T03:30:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T03:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/the-energy-drainers-on-your-nonprofit-team\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T03:30:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T03:30:19","slug":"the-energy-drainers-on-your-nonprofit-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=362900","title":{"rendered":"The Energy Drainers on Your Nonprofit Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<div id=\"781878830328294126-blog\" class=\"blog-body\" style=\"float: left;\">\n<div id=\"wsite-content\">\n<div id=\"blog-post-483780182675029116\" class=\"blog-post\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"blog-content\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"wsite-image wsite-image-border-none \" style=\"padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:center\"> <a> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kathyarcher.com\/uploads\/5\/9\/9\/8\/5998742\/when-your-teams-energy-runs-dry-kathy-archer_orig.png\" alt=\"\u201cYour team is drawn to you because of your energy,\" from=\"\" character=\"\" driven=\"\" leadership=\"\" for=\"\" women=\"\" by=\"\" kathy=\"\" archer=\"\" style=\"width:auto;max-width:100%\"\/> <\/a>  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"271932477856136871\">\n<div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\t\n]]><\/style>\n<p><style><![CDATA[\n\n            .bundle-seo-title-link {\n                position: relative;\n            }\n\n            .bundle-seo-title-link a {\n                position: absolute;\n                left: 0;\n                top: 0;\n                width: 100%;\n                height: 100%;\n            }\n\n            body #seo-title-7p3806515f9 {\n                text-align: left!important;\n                margin: 10px auto 10px!important;;\n                background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0)!important;;\n                padding: 10px 0px!important;;\n                color: #333!important;;\n                text-decoration: none;\n                line-height: 1.5!important;;\n                font-size: 25px!important;;\n                -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;\n                box-sizing: border-box;\n                font-family: Roboto!important;;\n                font-style: normal!important;\n                font-weight: 400!important;;\n                letter-spacing: 0px!important;;\n                \n                \n\n                \n\n\n\n                border-radius: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n                overflow: hidden;\n            }\n            #seo-title-7p3806515f9 i {\n                font-size: inherit;\n            }\n            #seo-title-7p3806515f9.bundle-seo-title-link:hover{\n                background-color:  rgba(0,0,0,0);\n                color: #333;\n                border-color: #333;\n            }\n            #seo-title-7p3806515f9.button-shadow-normal {\n                -webkit-box-shadow: 2px 7px 12px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.2);\n                box-shadow: 2px 7px 12px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.2);\n            }\n           \n            @media(max-width: 768px) {\n                \n                body #seo-title-7p3806515f9 {\n                    text-align: left!important;\n                    font-size: 25px!important;\n                    letter-spacing: 0!important;\n                    line-height: 1.5!important;\n                    padding: 10px 0px!important;\n                }\n            }\n            @media(max-width: 576px) {\n              \n                body #seo-title-7p3806515f9 {\n                    text-align: left!important;\n                    font-size: 25px!important;\n                    letter-spacing: 0!important;\n                    line-height: 1.5!important;\n                    padding: 10px 0px!important;\n                }\n            }\n        ]]><\/style>\n<h2 id=\"seo-title-7p3806515f9\" class=\"bundle-seo-title\"> <span spellcheck=\"false\"><b>The Energy Drainers on Your Nonprofit Team, and What To Do About It<\/b><\/span> <\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102)\">You can feel someone\u2019s energy when they walk into a room. Hopefully it\u2019s some positive vibes like lighting up the room the second they walk in. These kinds of people leave the rest of the people in the meeting feeling energized and motivated. Unfortunately, it\u2019s often the opposite that we find in our stretched, underfunded and overwhelmed nonprofit teams. Someone comes to the meeting dragging their butt, heavy vibe and all. It doesn\u2019t take long for their icky feeling to infiltrate the room, leaving everyone a little quieter, burnt out and discouraged. Like Kool-Aid crystals, energy moves through a room, and as the leader, yours moves the fastest.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102)\">This matters for your own energy and its impact on your organization, and for the collective energy of your leadership team. The vibe you\u2019re giving off, whether that\u2019s engaged and positive or heavy and overwhelmed, spreads to everyone around you. The more intentional you are about it, the better chance you have of being the leadership team that lifts others up instead of dragging them down.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"641565034149721002\">\n<div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\t\n]]><\/style>\n<p><style><![CDATA[\n\n            .bundle-seo-title-link {\n                position: relative;\n            }\n\n            .bundle-seo-title-link a {\n                position: absolute;\n                left: 0;\n                top: 0;\n                width: 100%;\n                height: 100%;\n            }\n\n            body #seo-title-g638mse766q {\n                text-align: left!important;\n                margin: 10px auto 10px!important;;\n                background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0)!important;;\n                padding: 10px 0px!important;;\n                color: #333!important;;\n                text-decoration: none;\n                line-height: 1.5!important;;\n                font-size: 25px!important;;\n                -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;\n                box-sizing: border-box;\n                font-family: Roboto!important;;\n                font-style: normal!important;\n                font-weight: 400!important;;\n                letter-spacing: 0px!important;;\n                \n                \n\n                \n\n\n\n                border-radius: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n                overflow: hidden;\n            }\n            #seo-title-g638mse766q i {\n                font-size: inherit;\n            }\n            #seo-title-g638mse766q.bundle-seo-title-link:hover{\n                background-color:  rgba(0,0,0,0);\n                color: #333;\n                border-color: #333;\n            }\n            #seo-title-g638mse766q.button-shadow-normal {\n                -webkit-box-shadow: 2px 7px 12px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.2);\n                box-shadow: 2px 7px 12px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.2);\n            }\n           \n            @media(max-width: 768px) {\n                \n                body #seo-title-g638mse766q {\n                    text-align: left!important;\n                    font-size: 25px!important;\n                    letter-spacing: 0!important;\n                    line-height: 1.5!important;\n                    padding: 10px 0px!important;\n                }\n            }\n            @media(max-width: 576px) {\n              \n                body #seo-title-g638mse766q {\n                    text-align: left!important;\n                    font-size: 25px!important;\n                    letter-spacing: 0!important;\n                    line-height: 1.5!important;\n                    padding: 10px 0px!important;\n                }\n            }\n        ]]><\/style>\n<h2 id=\"seo-title-g638mse766q\" class=\"bundle-seo-title\"> <span><b>Your own energy<\/b><\/span> <\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102)\">Think about how you\u2019d describe yourself lately. Are you the person who brings the juice and the passion, the one people describe as infectious? Are you the calm one, the anchor, the person whose presence makes everyone else feel a bit better? Sometimes I was. I\u2019d show up at the office in the morning singing the latest song I\u2019d heard on the radio on my drive to work. I\u2019d have a bit of pep in my step and a cheery voice. My energy created a ripple across the team.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102)\">Sadly, there were times I was not like that. I\u2019d arrive grumpy, head down, ready to tackle whatever challenge I was facing with determined persistence, but little \u201cjoy\u201d for those around me. And that \u201cstay out of my way\u201d energy rippled a different feeling through those around me.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102)\">Maybe you\u2019re checked out, drained, negative or frustrated. Perhaps you\u2019re the one who\u2019s antsy, a bit frantic, and reacting a little too strongly to everything. As such, the people are quietly watching to see what mood you walked in with today. Or maybe there is a heaviness to you. Glum, depressed, down and low energy.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102)\">I have a slide in my training with a picture of someone sick and coughing, and it says, \u201cYour vibe infects your tribe.\u201d And so whether your vibe is lifting up or dragging down, it\u2019s doing that to everyone around you. But it\u2019s not just you. The rest of your leadership is having a similar effect.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"wsite-image wsite-image-border-none \" style=\"padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:center\"> <a> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kathyarcher.com\/uploads\/5\/9\/9\/8\/5998742\/cdl-team-drawn-to-energy_orig.png\" alt=\"\u201cYour team is drawn to you because of your energy,\u201d from Character Driven Leadership for Women by Kathy Archer\" style=\"width:auto;max-width:100%\"\/> <\/a>  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"393476361278210087\">\n<div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\t\n]]><\/style>\n<p><style><![CDATA[\n\n            .bundle-seo-title-link {\n                position: relative;\n            }\n\n            .bundle-seo-title-link a {\n                position: absolute;\n                left: 0;\n                top: 0;\n                width: 100%;\n                height: 100%;\n            }\n\n            body #seo-title-qol9qk75gcl {\n                text-align: left!important;\n                margin: 10px auto 10px!important;;\n                background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0)!important;;\n                padding: 10px 0px!important;;\n                color: #333!important;;\n                text-decoration: none;\n                line-height: 1.5!important;;\n                font-size: 25px!important;;\n                -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;\n                box-sizing: border-box;\n                font-family: Roboto!important;;\n                font-style: normal!important;\n                font-weight: 400!important;;\n                letter-spacing: 0px!important;;\n                \n                \n\n                \n\n\n\n                border-radius: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n                overflow: hidden;\n            }\n            #seo-title-qol9qk75gcl i {\n                font-size: inherit;\n            }\n            #seo-title-qol9qk75gcl.bundle-seo-title-link:hover{\n                background-color:  rgba(0,0,0,0);\n                color: #333;\n                border-color: #333;\n            }\n            #seo-title-qol9qk75gcl.button-shadow-normal {\n                -webkit-box-shadow: 2px 7px 12px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.2);\n                box-shadow: 2px 7px 12px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.2);\n            }\n           \n            @media(max-width: 768px) {\n                \n                body #seo-title-qol9qk75gcl {\n                    text-align: left!important;\n                    font-size: 25px!important;\n                    letter-spacing: 0!important;\n                    line-height: 1.5!important;\n                    padding: 10px 0px!important;\n                }\n            }\n            @media(max-width: 576px) {\n              \n                body #seo-title-qol9qk75gcl {\n                    text-align: left!important;\n                    font-size: 25px!important;\n                    letter-spacing: 0!important;\n                    line-height: 1.5!important;\n                    padding: 10px 0px!important;\n                }\n            }\n        ]]><\/style>\n<h2 id=\"seo-title-qol9qk75gcl\" class=\"bundle-seo-title\"> <span spellcheck=\"false\"><b>Your team\u2019s collective energy<\/b><\/span> <\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102)\">A leadership team has its own energy too, and it isn\u2019t just an average of everyone\u2019s individual mood. Your collective energy creates the culture of your organization. Every workplace has a specific culture. It has a feel to it, an impression that it leaves. Your workplace has a certain intangible quality that makes something about it distinct and decidedly different but difficult to define or describe. You know whether you like it or not, and whether you want to be there or run away quickly. A big portion of this comes from the team\u2019s energy.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102)\">Some teams walk into a room together, and there\u2019s a buzz, people building on each other\u2019s ideas, everyone leaving a little more charged than they came in. Other teams are steady, nobody rattled, calm even when something goes wrong. And some teams have gone the other way, meetings that feel like walking on eggshells, nobody sure what will set someone off, or the opposite, a flatness where people are in the room but nobody\u2019s really there. Those are the energy drainers on a leadership team.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102)\">I\u2019ve had Executive Directors describe their own team in almost this exact same way. One told me she could feel herself suck the air out of the room when she addressed a problem. She didn\u2019t want it to come across that way, but she didn\u2019t know how else to do it. Another said her team seemed oblivious to their own negativity. They were so caught up in the dark humour, heavy sighs, and \u201cmoaning and bitching,\u201d they didn\u2019t even seem to notice the problem.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"944121453862841732\">\n<div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\t\n]]><\/style>\n<p><style><![CDATA[\n\n            .bundle-seo-title-link {\n                position: relative;\n            }\n\n            .bundle-seo-title-link a {\n                position: absolute;\n                left: 0;\n                top: 0;\n                width: 100%;\n                height: 100%;\n            }\n\n            body #seo-title-4sy8tr3nxwx {\n                text-align: left!important;\n                margin: 10px auto 10px!important;;\n                background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0)!important;;\n                padding: 10px 0px!important;;\n                color: #333!important;;\n                text-decoration: none;\n                line-height: 1.5!important;;\n                font-size: 25px!important;;\n                -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;\n                box-sizing: border-box;\n                font-family: Roboto!important;;\n                font-style: normal!important;\n                font-weight: 400!important;;\n                letter-spacing: 0px!important;;\n                \n                \n\n                \n\n\n\n                border-radius: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n                overflow: hidden;\n            }\n            #seo-title-4sy8tr3nxwx i {\n                font-size: inherit;\n            }\n            #seo-title-4sy8tr3nxwx.bundle-seo-title-link:hover{\n                background-color:  rgba(0,0,0,0);\n                color: #333;\n                border-color: #333;\n            }\n            #seo-title-4sy8tr3nxwx.button-shadow-normal {\n                -webkit-box-shadow: 2px 7px 12px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.2);\n                box-shadow: 2px 7px 12px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.2);\n            }\n           \n            @media(max-width: 768px) {\n                \n                body #seo-title-4sy8tr3nxwx {\n                    text-align: left!important;\n                    font-size: 25px!important;\n                    letter-spacing: 0!important;\n                    line-height: 1.5!important;\n                    padding: 10px 0px!important;\n                }\n            }\n            @media(max-width: 576px) {\n              \n                body #seo-title-4sy8tr3nxwx {\n                    text-align: left!important;\n                    font-size: 25px!important;\n                    letter-spacing: 0!important;\n                    line-height: 1.5!important;\n                    padding: 10px 0px!important;\n                }\n            }\n        ]]><\/style>\n<h2 id=\"seo-title-4sy8tr3nxwx\" class=\"bundle-seo-title\"> <span spellcheck=\"false\"><b>Why it actually matters<\/b><\/span> <\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph\"><span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102)\">A team running on drained, flat, or chaotic energy will struggle to lead well. A drained leader can\u2019t say no to the things that don\u2019t matter, which is most of what leading sustainably actually requires. They\u2019ll walk into a conversation short-tempered or checked out instead of curious, and an employee who needed to feel supported will walk away feeling shut down instead.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102)\">When this happens, morale slips, meetings get tense because everyone wants out of the room, and good people start looking around for another job. A leadership team running on empty sets that tone for everyone underneath them, whether they mean to or not. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/businessjournal\/182792\/managers-account-variance-employee-engagement.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:rgb(17, 85, 204)\">Gallup\u2019s research<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102)\"> backs this up directly, finding that managers account for 70 percent of the variance in employee engagement. Your energy isn\u2019t a side issue for your team; it\u2019s most of the equation.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102)\">As I talk about often, zest, or energy and enthusiasm for life, is definitely needed in leadership. But you can\u2019t bring it if you don\u2019t have it. Energy isn\u2019t a fixed trait, though. You can build, bring and create energy, even when you are short-staffed, underfunded and stretched way too thin.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"117710282516009533\">\n<div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\t\n]]><\/style>\n<p><style><![CDATA[\n\n            .bundle-seo-title-link {\n                position: relative;\n            }\n\n            .bundle-seo-title-link a {\n                position: absolute;\n                left: 0;\n                top: 0;\n                width: 100%;\n                height: 100%;\n            }\n\n            body #seo-title-2i6p89ep2mo {\n                text-align: left!important;\n                margin: 10px auto 10px!important;;\n                background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0)!important;;\n                padding: 10px 0px!important;;\n                color: #333!important;;\n                text-decoration: none;\n                line-height: 1.5!important;;\n                font-size: 25px!important;;\n                -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;\n                box-sizing: border-box;\n                font-family: Roboto!important;;\n                font-style: normal!important;\n                font-weight: 400!important;;\n                letter-spacing: 0px!important;;\n                \n                \n\n                \n\n\n\n                border-radius: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n                overflow: hidden;\n            }\n            #seo-title-2i6p89ep2mo i {\n                font-size: inherit;\n            }\n            #seo-title-2i6p89ep2mo.bundle-seo-title-link:hover{\n                background-color:  rgba(0,0,0,0);\n                color: #333;\n                border-color: #333;\n            }\n            #seo-title-2i6p89ep2mo.button-shadow-normal {\n                -webkit-box-shadow: 2px 7px 12px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.2);\n                box-shadow: 2px 7px 12px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.2);\n            }\n           \n            @media(max-width: 768px) {\n                \n                body #seo-title-2i6p89ep2mo {\n                    text-align: left!important;\n                    font-size: 25px!important;\n                    letter-spacing: 0!important;\n                    line-height: 1.5!important;\n                    padding: 10px 0px!important;\n                }\n            }\n            @media(max-width: 576px) {\n              \n                body #seo-title-2i6p89ep2mo {\n                    text-align: left!important;\n                    font-size: 25px!important;\n                    letter-spacing: 0!important;\n                    line-height: 1.5!important;\n                    padding: 10px 0px!important;\n                }\n            }\n        ]]><\/style>\n<h2 id=\"seo-title-2i6p89ep2mo\" class=\"bundle-seo-title\"> <span spellcheck=\"false\"><b>So what actually shifts it<\/b><\/span> <\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102)\">You are probably skeptical about how to build energy when it feels like there is so little. It\u2019s not impossible; it just takes a bit of sleuthing to figure out where to start, and it depends on what\u2019s really going on for you and your team.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"165098699856701971\">\n<div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\t\n]]><\/style>\n<p><style><![CDATA[\n\n            .bundle-seo-title-link {\n                position: relative;\n            }\n\n            .bundle-seo-title-link a {\n                position: absolute;\n                left: 0;\n                top: 0;\n                width: 100%;\n                height: 100%;\n            }\n\n            body #seo-title-x1092ka2svr {\n                text-align: left!important;\n                margin: 10px auto 10px!important;;\n                background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0)!important;;\n                padding: 10px 0px!important;;\n                color: #333!important;;\n                text-decoration: none;\n                line-height: 1.5!important;;\n                font-size: 25px!important;;\n                -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;\n                box-sizing: border-box;\n                font-family: Roboto!important;;\n                font-style: normal!important;\n                font-weight: 400!important;;\n                letter-spacing: 0px!important;;\n                \n                \n\n                \n\n\n\n                border-radius: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n                overflow: hidden;\n            }\n            #seo-title-x1092ka2svr i {\n                font-size: inherit;\n            }\n            #seo-title-x1092ka2svr.bundle-seo-title-link:hover{\n                background-color:  rgba(0,0,0,0);\n                color: #333;\n                border-color: #333;\n            }\n            #seo-title-x1092ka2svr.button-shadow-normal {\n                -webkit-box-shadow: 2px 7px 12px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.2);\n                box-shadow: 2px 7px 12px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.2);\n            }\n           \n            @media(max-width: 768px) {\n                \n                body #seo-title-x1092ka2svr {\n                    text-align: left!important;\n                    font-size: 25px!important;\n                    letter-spacing: 0!important;\n                    line-height: 1.5!important;\n                    padding: 10px 0px!important;\n                }\n            }\n            @media(max-width: 576px) {\n              \n                body #seo-title-x1092ka2svr {\n                    text-align: left!important;\n                    font-size: 25px!important;\n                    letter-spacing: 0!important;\n                    line-height: 1.5!important;\n                    padding: 10px 0px!important;\n                }\n            }\n        ]]><\/style>\n<h2 id=\"seo-title-x1092ka2svr\" class=\"bundle-seo-title\"> <span spellcheck=\"false\"><b>The Infinite Leadership Loop<\/b><\/span> <\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph\"><span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102)\">To do that, I encourage leaders to work through the Infinite Leadership Loop, starting with pausing and then pondering. You need to schedule some time to get off the merry-go-round and really take a look at what\u2019s going on for you and your leadership team.<br \/><\/span><\/span><span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight:700\"\/><\/span><strong style=\"color:rgb(42, 42, 42)\"><span>PAUSE<\/span><\/strong><span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight:700\">.<\/span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102)\"> Stop and turn inward. Most of us never do this. We just keep whacking moles, going from meeting to meeting, fire to fire, and crisis to crisis. The energy problem just keeps riding along underneath everything else. The more frequently you pause and take a look at what\u2019s really going on, the sooner you can create the experience you desire for you, your leadership team and your organization.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span\/><span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight:700\"\/><\/span><strong style=\"color:rgb(42, 42, 42)\"><span>PONDER<\/span><\/strong><span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight:700\">.<\/span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102)\"> Tune in to what\u2019s actually happening: your thoughts, your feelings, what\u2019s driving your team\u2019s behaviour. You might ask yourself some questions like:<\/span><\/span><br \/><span\/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102)\"><span><span>What\u2019s actually going on here, not the excuse you\u2019d give in a meeting, but what you really think is happening underneath?<\/span><\/span><br \/><span\/><\/li>\n<li style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102)\"><span><span>Is this a \u201cme\u201d problem, a \u201cthem\u201d problem, or some tangle of both?<\/span><\/span><br \/><span\/><\/li>\n<li style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102)\"><span><span>When did this start feeling different than it used to, and what changed around that time?<\/span><\/span><br \/><span\/><\/li>\n<li style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102)\"><span><span>If you had to guess right now, would you call this exhaustion, disorganization, or people working against their own wiring?<\/span><\/span><br \/><span\/><\/li>\n<li style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102)\"><span><span>What are you telling yourself about why this is happening, and is that actually true, or just the story that\u2019s easiest to believe?<\/span><\/span><br \/><span\/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight:700\"\/><\/span><strong style=\"color:rgb(42, 42, 42)\"><span>PIVOT<\/span><\/strong><span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight:700\">.<\/span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102)\"> At some point, as you slow down and ponder, you\u2019ll start to see things more clearly and maybe from a different perspective. Shift your thinking to see the situation differently, and choose a new direction.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span\/><span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight:700\"\/><\/span><strong style=\"color:rgb(42, 42, 42)\"><span>PROCEED<\/span><\/strong><span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight:700\">.<\/span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102)\"> When you\u2019ve had an aha or two, it\u2019s time to move forward with intention instead of reaction. Moving with intention may mean trying something different, or reaching out for someone who can help you do it. Perhaps you\u2019ll ask a mentor or your boss, or realize it\u2019s time to talk to a consultant or trainer who can help you build it. This part will take some courage, often because it\u2019s going against the path of least resistance, which, if we are honest, hasn\u2019t been working, but has been easiest.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span\/><span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight:700\"\/><\/span><strong style=\"color:rgb(42, 42, 42)\"><span>PEOPLE<\/span><\/strong><span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight:700\">.<\/span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102)\"> This shift in thinking, coming up with a new plan and maybe asking for help, will mean you first interact with your leadership team differently, addressing the energy problem head-on.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span\/><\/div>\n<div id=\"179241564203651018\">\n<div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\t\n]]><\/style>\n<p><style><![CDATA[\n\n            .bundle-seo-title-link {\n                position: relative;\n            }\n\n            .bundle-seo-title-link a {\n                position: absolute;\n                left: 0;\n                top: 0;\n                width: 100%;\n                height: 100%;\n            }\n\n            body #seo-title-mannc1x7lv {\n                text-align: left!important;\n                margin: 10px auto 10px!important;;\n                background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0)!important;;\n                padding: 10px 0px!important;;\n                color: #333!important;;\n                text-decoration: none;\n                line-height: 1.5!important;;\n                font-size: 25px!important;;\n                -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;\n                box-sizing: border-box;\n                font-family: Roboto!important;;\n                font-style: normal!important;\n                font-weight: 400!important;;\n                letter-spacing: 0px!important;;\n                \n                \n\n                \n\n\n\n                border-radius: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n                overflow: hidden;\n            }\n            #seo-title-mannc1x7lv i {\n                font-size: inherit;\n            }\n            #seo-title-mannc1x7lv.bundle-seo-title-link:hover{\n                background-color:  rgba(0,0,0,0);\n                color: #333;\n                border-color: #333;\n            }\n            #seo-title-mannc1x7lv.button-shadow-normal {\n                -webkit-box-shadow: 2px 7px 12px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.2);\n                box-shadow: 2px 7px 12px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.2);\n            }\n           \n            @media(max-width: 768px) {\n                \n                body #seo-title-mannc1x7lv {\n                    text-align: left!important;\n                    font-size: 25px!important;\n                    letter-spacing: 0!important;\n                    line-height: 1.5!important;\n                    padding: 10px 0px!important;\n                }\n            }\n            @media(max-width: 576px) {\n              \n                body #seo-title-mannc1x7lv {\n                    text-align: left!important;\n                    font-size: 25px!important;\n                    letter-spacing: 0!important;\n                    line-height: 1.5!important;\n                    padding: 10px 0px!important;\n                }\n            }\n        ]]><\/style>\n<h2 id=\"seo-title-mannc1x7lv\" class=\"bundle-seo-title\"> <span spellcheck=\"false\"><b>Three common directions<\/b><\/span> <\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph\"><span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102)\">I want to share an example of how slowing down, pausing and pondering might get you to three different places regarding the \u201cenergy\u201d fix. You might realize three different paths.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span><strong><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight:700\">Wellness:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102)\">\u00a0Sometimes\u00a0the real work for a team is supporting your leaders and team in finding a pace people can sustain. If you see burnout is the real issue, you may pause and strategize how to bring more wellness to the day-to-day structure of your organization. It might mean having a facilitated conversation about whether the exhaustion you\u2019re seeing is really about the size of the workload or about how that workload is being carried and how to carry it better.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight:700\">Time management:<\/span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102)\"> When everyone is overwhelmed with their to-do lists and can\u2019t figure out how to prioritize, set boundaries and say no, it might be time for some time management 101 training. We often think this should be common sense, but it\u2019s not something that\u2019s actually been taught, including how the basic tenets of time management apply to a group home setting, to the cultural styles of people on your team or to the reality of the clients you serve. Each nonprofit has a unique challenge, and having some honest conversation about how to manage projects, priorities, and pace might be worth it.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight:700\">Strength-based leadership:<\/span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102)\"> Sometimes the issue is that your team doesn\u2019t fully understand their own strengths, so people are working against their natural wiring instead of with it, which is exhausting in a way that\u2019s hard to put a finger on. Not everyone is a morning person. Some people are great at working in a team, others not so much. You\u2019ve got people who need time to think before they make decisions and others who want to work collaboratively rather than in isolation. If you\u2019ve got people firmly trapped in their job description rather than what they excel at, it might be time to talk about how to use your strengths more effectively across the whole leadership team.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102)\">The work I do with leaders before we ever set up a training together is walking through this loop with them until we find what\u2019s actually underneath it, and then building something that fits that specific team at that specific moment.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102)\">Here\u2019s what that actually looked like for one Executive Director who worked through this loop with me last month. She realized she is the visionary and ideas person, great at starting things and kicking off new programs. But it\u2019s her team who gets left implementing without sufficient resources. That awareness helped her think differently about the conversation she needed to have at her next leadership team meeting, and about bringing me in to review their collective Gallup Strengths again, to look at how to approach the workload in a more sustainable way.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102)\">If any of this sounded like something you\u2019d like help sorting out, I\u2019d love to talk it through with you. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kathyarcher.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#deb5bfaab6a79eadb7b2a8bbacacb7a8bbacbdb1bfbdb6b7b0b9f0bdb1b3\"><span style=\"color:rgb(17, 85, 204)\">Email me<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color:rgb(102, 102, 102)\">, and we\u2019ll find a time to figure out what would actually help your team.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <a name=\"comments\" id=\"comments\"\/><\/p>\n<p><!-- bid: $blog_id --><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"blog-sidebar\" valign=\"top\">\n<\/td><\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '460990100720086'); \/\/ Insert your pixel ID here.\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script>\n\twindow.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n\t\tFB.init({\n\t\t\tappId : '190291501407',\n\t\t\txfbml : true,\n\t\t\tversion : 'v25.0'\n\t\t});\n        \/\/ Set Facebook comment plugin's colorscheme based off of theme\n\t\tvar comments = document.getElementsByClassName('facebook-comment-widget'),\n\t\t\tscheme = document.body.className.match('wsite-theme-light');\n\t\tfor (var i = 0; i < comments.length; i++) {\n\t\t\tcomments[i].setAttribute('colorscheme', scheme ? 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