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Bring happiness to others... In life, we are very focused on achieving our goals. The metric we use for achievement tends to be self-focused. But the satisfaction you gain from making others happy is something else altogether. What say you, fellow acolytes of Life staring into your Giant Crystalballs of Truth? 🤸♂️➿️💥🔮🏃💨👀💦 Do you agree? #payitforward #givetillithurts I am Stephen Tan, and I write about #leadership, #management and #fundraising. 👀 my latest posts here: https://lnkd.in/g7j29kqU 🙋 Follow me on LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/gPAgBfaT #relationships | #people | #family | #friends | #work | #mentalhealth | #mindfulness #LBFAlumni | #skyhightower

A simple way to infuse purpose into everyday tasks within an organization is by approaching them with intention and mindfulness. By focusing on the impact and significance of each task, even the most mundane activities can contribute to the overall goals and mission of the organization. Taking the time to understand the purpose behind each task can help employees feel more connected to their work and motivated to perform at their best. This shift in perspective can lead to increased productivity, job satisfaction, and a sense of fulfillment in the workplace. #leadership #purpose #forprofit #nonprofit #mpwrpeople

The surprising truth about nice teams… Did you know that purpose-driven organizations—those serving some of the most important community needs and people—are often the organizations with the unhealthiest team norms?   Shocking, right?!   It's their commitment to nice, polite human interactions that comes back to bite them. I see it most often in non-profits and faith-based organizations, though it certainly surfaces in other settings as well.   This week's Two-Minute Tip was requested by a non-profit client of mine who faces this very phenomenon.    Can you relate? Does your team prioritize niceness over kindness?    Watch the video now so you can get ahead of this team norm that has a sneaky way of eroding trust and performance. #culture #teamculture #difficultconversations #nicevskind #trust #performance #leadership #teamdevelopment #feedback #conflictresolution #conflictmanagement #honesty #transparency 

Practicality and Passion. I was recently asked how do you balance the two. I realized, I don't. And neither should you. As a nonprofit leader, you passion brought you to join or start this organization. Practicality keeps the lights on. There are days when your passion will burn BRIGHT! Lean into those days and remember that feeling. There are days when you are knee deep in systems and budgets and the practicality it takes to manage the vision. This isn't a balance -- passion and practicality are intertwined. Both are essential in nonprofit work. Balance? That's something that only happens on a see saw. Be passionate - cast that HUGE vision. Be practical - create the system that enables you to achieve that DREAM. Some seasons will be more passion driven and others will be more practically driven. Where are you today? Passionate or Practical? #nonprofitstorytelling #nonprofitleadership #nonprofitstrategy

Is there a charity or cause you’re passionate about? Find out what you can do to help. Sometimes just an extra pair of hands is helpful. Utilize your skills. Maybe you're good with talking to people, or you have design skills. Whatever it is, offer yourself and your skills to a cause you support. There are many ways you can help, all you need to do is let someone know you’re interested. For more confidence building follow the link and sign up for one of my email series! https://lnkd.in/gEeV3ccz #confidence #bootcamp #leadership #coaching #stronger #youcandoit #emailseries #builditup #life #love #challenge #maxwellleadership

“In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.“  Albert Camus I'm going to do a few posts about a subject I really enjoy: Board Retreats! WHAT IS A RETREAT? 📚 The dictionary says:  A retreat is a period of withdrawal for meditation and/or study. ✴ A retreat is an opportunity to step away from the day-to-day, business as usual. It's a chance to exhale, to consider your work, your goals, your future outside the office with no distractions. 🕛 A retreat is an opportunity to take the time you never have to consider the issues that actually deserve the most time of all. To focus on the important rather than the urgent. ⚡ A retreat exists on the 30,000 foot level- not to solve day-to-day problems, but to look at the broad brush strategic aspects of the organization, and the roles and responsibilities board members have to use to guide that strategy. 🌟 🌟 IMPORTANT!! This type of strategic session can be transformative, but only if what happens at the retreat can be TRANSFORMED into action. STAY TUNED for more on what a board retreat can help you accomplish, and how to plan a successful retreat. And please DM me if you're interested in planning a retreat for your organization! #intuitionconsulting #boards #nonprofitboardretreats #nonprofitleadership #nonprofitleaders #nonprofitboards

Great nonprofit leaders value progress for themselves, their staff, and their organizations. And, they know that in order to make progress, they have to put aside the impulse to strive for perfection. Trying to attain perfection is a sure fire way to prevent progress because it is unattainable! It is also exhausting, stifles innovation and growth, and stops momentum dead. In Mental Fitness, we label that impulse for perfection, the Stickler Saboteur. The Stickler creates fear, doubt and stress. Do you recognize that Saboteur? Where does it come out the most? #progressnotperfection #positivemindset #leadershipcoach #executivecoach #positiveintelligence #nonprofitleaders #nonprofitcoach #coaching #stress #personaldevelopment

My passion is to make an impact on teams through my coaching. And it is great when you get such feedback as per below, thank you Mark Upton, it was great working with your team at MyVision Oxfordshire. "Julian helped our team open up and have honest and constructive conversations. Over the past few months, Julian has brought out in us a desire to learn, grow and challenge each other, to look at situations differently and build stronger unity. I can highly recommend Julian, who expertly coached and facilitated our discussions around team resilience. Our charity is much better off, now having a stronger and deeper team relationship, ultimately improving our work and effectiveness. If you're unsure about investing the time and money - go for it, you will get it back tenfold!" If you are looking for support for your team on your journey of success, or need help getting unstuck or finding your purpose to make a difference as a team. Then do get in touch, would love to have an opportunity to discuss further. #sme #coaching #impact #business #teams

My personal mission is to weave together the fabric of a stronger community. While most of us are still feeling the heat of summer, my kiddo is readying to go back to school… which puts me in the mind of renewal and fall, and especially for me, reconnecting.  So I am taking a moment, as I come off of my own strategic planning, to reconnect with each of YOU in my personal mission and my values.  As much as I can tell you what I do, the WHY and HOW of my being are what I most want you to know. My core values show up in my work as a coach every single day. I am a nonprofit coach. But I see myself as more than that: I’m a people weaver. I cherish diversity — by connecting to people, building community, and ensuring that our world is a vibrant fabric of people. I endorse belly laughs. I seek joy in the world, and moments where I can let our guards down completely, to experience child-like wonder, and humor even in the hardest of times. I value exploration. I am constantly learning, exploring, and appreciating what I don’t know. I do this in service of seeing and appreciating all the differences. I value civic trusteeship. Described as “planting a tree you will never sit under.” I take care of and nurture others, not for my benefit but for theirs. I hope to continuously pay it forward, with humility and in support of our communities. I have metaphorical bare feet. I prioritize staying grounded and keeping in touch with the world so as to always feel the blades of grass between my toes. I encourage cultivation. I believe that just as food can be grown, each person deserves to be nurtured and cultivated to become their finest self. I make intentional space for this cultivation in my personal life and in work encounters. If you want to see these aspects of my coaching in action, don't hesitate to reach out. Send me a DM so we can work on your team’s communication, together! I’d be honored to help you find your team values as a coach and catalyst, just like I have for other small & mid-size nonprofits and the leaders and coaches who support them. #nonprofit #nonprofitcoaching #coaching #relationships #team

There is still time to save your seat! #nonprofitleaders #nonprofit #womenleaders #executivecoaching #leadershipcoaching #executivecoachingforwomen